Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a review meeting on the Covid-19 situation in the country on Thursday evening amid rising concerns over the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Official sources said PM Modi took stock of the pandemic situation across the country in a high-level meeting attended by senior officials and experts.
Separately, the Centre proposed a five-fold strategy for tackling the threat of Covid-19 variant Omicron, in a review meeting on Thursday over public health preparedness by States and Union Territories for fighting the Omicron variant. India recorded 236 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus across 16 states and Union Territories so far, out of which 104 people have recovered or migrated, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. India reported 7,495 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.
