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Infected people looking for open beds, lying on benches in hospital corridors and patients lying on the floor due to lack of beds.
According to a Bloomberg report, which cited an estimate from the Chinese government’s top health authority, China may have reported 37 million Covid cases in a single day this week, the largest single-day spike ever. Spike is. The Bloomberg report, which cited minutes from an internal meeting of China’s National Health Commission held on Wednesday, estimated that 248 million people were likely to be infected in China in the first 20 days of December this year and also That December 37 million new cases were registered. 20, which is a huge deviation from China’s official tally of 3,049 infections that day.
Horror stories from China have prompted India to step up anti-Covid measures and tests, with the central government on Saturday announcing mandatory RT-PCR tests for international travelers arriving from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong Will happen. and Thailand. This development comes a day after Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya held a meeting with state ministers regarding the current Covid situation.
“RT-PCR test is mandatory for international arrivals from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand. On arrival, if any passenger from these countries is found symptomatic or tests positive for Covid19, he/she will be kept in quarantine,” Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Meanwhile, the Center on Saturday urged states and union territories to ensure availability of liquid medical oxygen, adequate stock of cylinders and availability of functional life support equipment like ventilators in hospitals so that the need arises in future for COVID-related emergencies. needs can be met. Avoid the oxygen crisis the country faced in the second wave of Covid-19.
PTI reported that the health ministry has asked states and union territories to ensure that pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen generating plants are kept fully functional and regular mock drills are conducted on them.
In a letter to all states and union territories, Manohar Agnani, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health, said that despite the low number of cases in the country, operation and maintenance of these medical infrastructure is of utmost importance to deal with any situation.
“Availability of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) in health facilities and uninterrupted supply chain for their refilling should be ensured. Adequate inventory of oxygen cylinders has been maintained with backup stock and robust refilling system,” the letter said, citing lines from the letter.
On the other hand, many states have also increased their COVID scanning and containment measures individually in view of the upcoming winter festive season (Christmas and New Year). Many states like Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh etc. have started their battle plans to deal with the possible wave of infection if needed in the near future.
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