ANI Photo | As Covid cases surge internationally, some parliamentarians decide to mask up

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla wore a mask as the proceedings of the Parliament began today. A few other MPs including Raghav Chadda, Sushil Gupta, and Minister of State for skill development Rajeev Chandrasekhar were also seen wearing masks in the wake of a sudden surge in Covid cases in China and other countries. Security, Visitors and Personal Staff also wore masks today.
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Masks were being distributed in Parliament as well.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to chair on Thursday afternoon a high-level meeting to review the Covid-19 situation and its related aspects in the county.
In the last six months, India reported four cases of the BF.7 Omicron sub-variant, which is driving China’s current surge of infections.
Sources said, there are currently 10 different variants of Covid-19 in the country, with the latest being BF.7.
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Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the country and the preparedness of the public health system for surveillance, containment, and management of the pandemic.
He urged people to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour and get vaccinated against Covid-19.

This report is filed by ANI news service. TheNewsMill holds no responsibility for this content.

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