Control key, monitor hotspots, government tells states India News – Times of India

New Delhi: In view of the potential danger that omicron Can pose for the country, Center The preparations have been intensified. NS Ministry of Health gave advice states and Union Territories to immediately focus on intensive preventionImplementation of appropriate COVID treatment along with proactive surveillance, increased vaccination coverage.
Apart from strict monitoring and better testing of international travelers, the health ministry has also directed states to monitor hotspots and send positive samples for genome sequencing.
The move came after the PM on Saturday chaired a high-level review meeting and asked officials of the Center to actively engage with the states and union territories. Soon after the meeting, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan wrote to all chief secretaries and administrators of states and union territories listing a series of measures that needed to be implemented immediately.
“As a proactive step, the government has already placed the countries where it is” You International travelers coming to India from these countries have been found in the category of ‘at-risk’ countries for additional follow-up measures,” Bhushan said in a letter sent to the states on Saturday.
The Center suggested that strict screening of all international travelers coming to and from these countries should be done. In his letter to the states, Bhushan pointed out that there is already a reporting mechanism in place to get past travel details of passengers. In this regard, the overall global situation was reviewed in a meeting chaired by the Home Secretary on Sunday.

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