Dhaka, Nov. 29 -- India has kept Bangladesh on its list of risky countries for transmission of the Omicron variant of coronavirus.

The country released the list on Sunday, keeping nearly a dozen countries, and removing the exemption for vaccinated people. It also released revised travel guidelines to check the spread of the new variant, which was detected in South Africa for the first time.

As per the new guidelines, the UK, entire Europe and 11 countries - Bangladesh, South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong and Israel - are "at-risk".

"Passengers travelling from or transiting through 'at-risk' countries will have to undergo RT-PCR test on arrival in India and will be required to wa...