Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan advised Delhi and four states to follow a five-fold strategy of “test-track-treat-vaccination and adherence to COVID-appropriate behaviour”.
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- Center advised to keep a close watch on Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra and Mizoram
- Delhi and other states are reporting high Covid19 cases since last one week
- Union Health Secretary Bhushan advised Delhi and the four states to follow a five-fold strategy
The Center on Tuesday advised Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra and Mizoram to keep a strict vigil in the areas of concern and take pre-emptive action, if necessary, to control any emerging spread of the coronavirus.
As these states and the Union Territory of Delhi are reporting high contributions and high positivity rates to India’s COVID-19 caseload, the Center has advised them to monitor clusters of new cases and focus efforts to contain the spread of the infection. Gave. With regard to vaccination of eligible populations, including primary vaccination and administration of precautionary doses.
In a letter, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan advised Delhi and four states to follow a five-fold strategy of “test-track-treat-vaccination and adherence to COVID-appropriate behaviour”, with special emphasis on wearing masks in crowds. was emphasized. Area. “It is essential that states should maintain strict surveillance and take pre-emptive action, if necessary, in any area of concern to control any emerging spread of infection. Testing and surveillance are still ongoing with the virus, It is important to track its spread and development,” Bhushan said in the letter.
He said, “Lackiness at any level can nullify the gains achieved so far in Covid management. India has seen a steady and significant drop in the number of fresh COVID-19 cases over the past two months, with the country reporting nearly 1,000 daily cases for the past few weeks. The weekly positivity rate remains below one per cent, Bhushan pointed out in the letter.
The Union Health Secretary advised all the States and Union Territories to follow a risk assessment-based approach on opening up of economic and social activities, without losing the gains made so far in the fight against the pandemic. Routine surveillance of Influenza Like Illness (ILI) and SARI cases at all health facilities to detect early warning signs of spread of infection, genomic sequencing for prescribed samples of international travellers, collection of samples from sentinel sites ( Identified) health facilities as well as sewage samples) and local clusters of cases have also been advised.
Bhushan highlighted that the number of new cases in Delhi has increased from 998 in the week ended April 12 to 2,671 in the week ended April 19. In the Union Territory also, the positivity rate of Kovid has increased from 1.42 percent to 3.49. Percentage last week. Bhushan informed that the number of new cases in Haryana has increased from 521 in the week ended April 12 to 1,299 in the week ended April 19. The positivity rate has increased to 2.86 percent from 1.22 percent last week. out in the letter.
The number of new cases in Uttar Pradesh has increased from 217 in the week ended April 12 to 637 in the week ended April 19. In this, the positivity rate has increased to 0.09 percent from 0.03 percent last week. In the week ending April 19, 693 new cases have been reported in Maharashtra. The positivity rate in the state has increased to 0.4 per cent from 0.39 per cent last week. The letter said that Mizoram has registered 539 new Covid cases in the week ending April 19 and the positivity rate has increased from 16.11 per cent to 16.68 per cent.
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