New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Friday urged eight states and union territories to take immediate action. preventive measures This includes preventing crowding, conducting widespread testing as well as increasing vaccine coverage on a priority basis in districts where Delta Plus The type of coronavirus has been detected.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had suggested the measures in a letter. Tamil Naduhandjob Rajasthan Rajasthan, Karnataka, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Haryana.
He also urged them to ensure that sufficient samples of people who test positive for COVID-19 are immediately sent to the designated laboratories of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia (INSACOG) so that the clinical epidemiological relationships can be established.
Bhushan said the Delta Plus variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been detected Tirupati Districts in Andhra Pradesh, Surat in Gujarat, Faridabad in Haryana, Katra in Jammu and Kashmir, Bikaner in Rajasthan, Patiala and Ludhiana in Punjab, Mysore in Karnataka, Chennai, Madurai and Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu.
“You are aware that INSACOG is a consortium of laboratories for whole genome sequencing in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. INSACOG is tasked with providing timely input not only on whole genome sequencing but also on appropriate public health response in specific geographic areas. Has been assigned. has been found.
“It has been reported by INSACOG that the Delta Plus variant, which is currently a variant of concern (VOC), has the following characteristics – increased transmissibility, stronger binding to the receptors of lung cells and potential reduction in monoclonal antibody response ,” They said. said.
Bhushan emphasized the public health response to the matter, while remaining broadly the same, would have to be more focused and rigorous.
“Thus, you are requested to take immediate containment measures in these districts and clusters, including prevention of crowding and mingling, prioritizing (increasing) vaccine coverage along with widespread testing, early (contact) tracing. Includes base.
“You are also requested to ensure that sufficient samples of positive persons are sent immediately to the designated laboratories of INSACOG so that clinical epidemiological linkage can be established,” he said.
Earlier in the day, the Center said 51 cases of the Delta Plus variant of coronavirus have been found in the 45,000 samples sequenced so far in the country. Maharashtra Reporting the highest number of 22.
It emphasized that there are still very limited cases of this mutation and it cannot be inferred that it is showing an upward trend.
National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) Director Sujit Singh said that 22 cases of Delta Plus variant have been found in Maharashtra, followed by nine in Tamil Nadu, seven in Madhya Pradesh, three in Kerala, two each in Punjab. Huh. One each in Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Karnataka.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had suggested the measures in a letter. Tamil Naduhandjob Rajasthan Rajasthan, Karnataka, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Haryana.
He also urged them to ensure that sufficient samples of people who test positive for COVID-19 are immediately sent to the designated laboratories of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia (INSACOG) so that the clinical epidemiological relationships can be established.
Bhushan said the Delta Plus variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been detected Tirupati Districts in Andhra Pradesh, Surat in Gujarat, Faridabad in Haryana, Katra in Jammu and Kashmir, Bikaner in Rajasthan, Patiala and Ludhiana in Punjab, Mysore in Karnataka, Chennai, Madurai and Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu.
“You are aware that INSACOG is a consortium of laboratories for whole genome sequencing in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. INSACOG is tasked with providing timely input not only on whole genome sequencing but also on appropriate public health response in specific geographic areas. Has been assigned. has been found.
“It has been reported by INSACOG that the Delta Plus variant, which is currently a variant of concern (VOC), has the following characteristics – increased transmissibility, stronger binding to the receptors of lung cells and potential reduction in monoclonal antibody response ,” They said. said.
Bhushan emphasized the public health response to the matter, while remaining broadly the same, would have to be more focused and rigorous.
“Thus, you are requested to take immediate containment measures in these districts and clusters, including prevention of crowding and mingling, prioritizing (increasing) vaccine coverage along with widespread testing, early (contact) tracing. Includes base.
“You are also requested to ensure that sufficient samples of positive persons are sent immediately to the designated laboratories of INSACOG so that clinical epidemiological linkage can be established,” he said.
Earlier in the day, the Center said 51 cases of the Delta Plus variant of coronavirus have been found in the 45,000 samples sequenced so far in the country. Maharashtra Reporting the highest number of 22.
It emphasized that there are still very limited cases of this mutation and it cannot be inferred that it is showing an upward trend.
National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) Director Sujit Singh said that 22 cases of Delta Plus variant have been found in Maharashtra, followed by nine in Tamil Nadu, seven in Madhya Pradesh, three in Kerala, two each in Punjab. Huh. One each in Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Karnataka.
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