Be alert & safe: PM Narendra Modi to states on Omicron variant threat

The Centre would also send teams to states with low vaccination, rising cases, insufficient health infrastructure to assist them.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a high-level review meeting on Thursday on status of Covid-19, Omicron, and preparedness of health systems said the country needs to be “satark” and “savdhan” in light of the new variant and assured that the government is alert and seized of the evolving scenario. 

The meeting was held on the day India achieved full vaccination for 60 per cent of its total adult population even as the Omicron cases in the country reached 236, according to the health ministry data. 

The PM directed the officials to ensure that the health systems in the states, beginning from the