Travellers arriving from South Africa to the Mumbai Airport will have to undergo quarantine, Mayor Kishori Pednekar said on Saturday. In case if a passenger is tested positive for Covid-19 then the samples will be sent for genome sequencing. The move has been taken after a new kind of Covid-19 variant, WHO has named it Omicron, has been detected in South Africa.The Mumbai Mayor said that to prevent the entry of the Omicron variant in the city she has made strict orders against passengers travelling from South Africa.

Travellers arriving from South Africa to the Mumbai Airport will have to undergo quarantine, Mayor Kishori Pednekar said on Saturday. In case if a passenger is tested positive for Covid-19 then the samples will be sent for genome sequencing. The move has been taken after a new kind of Covid-19 variant, WHO has named it Omicron, has been detected in South Africa.The Mumbai Mayor said that to prevent the entry of the Omicron variant in the city she has made strict orders against passengers travelling from South Africa.