<span style="color: #222222;">In Hyderabad, tight screening of passengers is being held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport especially those arriving from at-risk countries in the wake of Omicron alert. The surveillance teams of the State Health Department at Shamshabad airport have tested over 40 international passengers, who arrived from the 12 at-risk countries where Omicron, the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been reported, during the past 24 hours.<br />''<br />''According to the health authorities, all the international travellers have tested negative for COVID-19 and are now in mandatory home quarantine. Apart from passengers arriving from at-risk countries, the surveillance teams are also randomly collecting at least five per cent of the samples from international passengers arriving from any foreign country at the Shamshabad international airport. Over 1,500 international passengers have been screened at the airport during the past 20 days.<br />''<br />''Adequate infrastructure and manpower is available to conduct the screening and RT-PCR testing of all the international passengers who arrive at Shamshabad airport from at-risk countries.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, Telangana reported 196 fresh COVID-19 cases during the past 24 hours, which is slightly high. The new infections yesterday included 78 from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation region, 20 from Medchal-Malkajgiri and 15 from Rangareddy. No infection was detected in six districts.</span><br />