India News | Christmas-New Year Festival Season: Goa COVID-19 Task Force Meets over Omicron Situation

Panaji, Dec 24 (PTI) The Goa government's task force on COVID-19 met on Friday to discuss the Omicron variant situation amid the Christmas-New Year festival season in the coastal state.

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Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who chaired the meeting, said the task force has asked all stakeholders to take complete precaution during the festival season to curb the spread of Omicron.

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He said his government had decided not to impose any curbs during this season but people need to be alert and adhere to COVID-19 appropriate behaviour.

He informed that the state would install a genome sequencing machine next month in Goa Medical College and Hospital to test COVID-19 samples to find if the Omicron variant, found first in Africa in November, is present.

The state's expert committee on COVID-19 will meet on Monday, the CM said.

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