Amid the detection of Omicron — the new variant of Coronavirus — in several countries, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led Cabinet wants to know how the state’s screening machinery will know the health status of travellers who do not land in Mumbai or any other airport in Maharashtra, but arrive in the state from other cities by domestic air service, trains or road.

Thackeray has suggested that sharing of passenger information by airlines operating international and national flights will help a great deal in tracing travellers and their contacts. The state Cabinet discussed the Omicron scare in detail on Monday. Thackeray, who is recuperating in hospital after undergoing spine surgery, participated online and shared information gathered from the Covid Task Force and divisional commissioners who he deliberated with online over the weekend.