Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandavya on Monday held a meeting with members of the Indian Medical Association and other top doctors and public health experts to review the Covid situation. In that meeting, the doctors requested that the second booster dose or fourth vaccination of Covid vaccine should be started.
1/5This meeting took place on Monday through video conference. The meeting was called to discuss preparedness to contain the possible spread of the COVID outbreak. Mandavya appealed to the doctors and experts present in the meeting to remove the fear of mango crowd. Have asked the experts to join the fight by giving correct information to prevent Kovid. In addition, the Health Minister consulted experts on how prepared the country is to contain COVID and what other steps need to be taken. (Somant Sen)2/5Keeping in view the COVID situation in China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Hong Kong, the government wants to take advance precautions. Because of this, the government wanted to consult top local doctors of the country to review the situation. That’s why this meeting took place on Monday. After the meeting, the Health Minister tweeted, ‘Today discussed prevention from Kovid-19 with about 100 public health experts and doctors from across the country.’ (Somant Sen)3/5Former President of the Indian Medical Association, Dr. JA Jayalal, who attended the meeting with the Health Minister on Monday, claimed that the government has been requested to consider the fourth dose of corona vaccine for the people, especially health care. personnel and frontline workers. He said, ‘Health workers were last vaccinated about a year ago. During this time the immune system can become weak. (Somant Sen)4/5Meanwhile, in Monday’s meeting, the emphasis was again on wearing masks in the crowd. Meanwhile, the meeting also discussed keeping an eye on the spread of false information related to Covid. Health Minister Mansukh Mandavya has said that experts have an important role to play in ensuring that the ‘pandemic’ does not turn into an ‘infodemic’. The Health Minister asked to ensure that correct information reaches the people. (Somant Sen)5/5Mock drill will be conducted today in all health centers across the country. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandavya will also visit Safdarjung Hospital to conduct a mock drill in Delhi. This mock drill has been organized to check how prepared the country is to deal with the corona virus. How prepared are all the districts to deal with Corona, how many isolation beds are there, availability of oxygen, how many oxygen beds are there, how many health workers are there, it will be investigated. (Somant Sen)