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    24-Dec-2022 04:47 PM


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    Focus On Oxygen, Mandatory Test For China Arrivals: India's Covid Steps

    Centre asked states to keep enough medical oxygen in stock The Health Ministry has given a fresh six-point advisory to the states to face any Covid emergency amid rising cases in neighbouring China.
    All travellers coming from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand will have to show a negative Covid certificate, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said today.
    PSA, short for pressure swing adsorption, is the process by which ambient air passes through an internal filtration system to separate nitrogen from the air, concentrating the remaining oxygen to a known purity.
    The availability of liquid medical oxygen, or LMO, in health facilities and uninterrupted supply chain for their refilling should be ensured, the government said in the letter.
    India has so far stepped up genome sequencing of Covid cases in view of the sudden spurt in cases in China and elsewhere.
    Cases are soaring across China, with crematoriums and hospitals struggling to cope in the wake of the government's sudden decision to lift years of lockdowns, quarantines and mass testing.
    Source - NDTV