new Delhi: Days after several states curbed the spread of COVID-19 in the wake of declining daily caseload, the Union Health Ministry on Friday asked Delhi, Haryana, Kerala, Maharashtra and Mizoram to keep a close watch and take prompt action if required.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to the above states on the rise in Covid-19 cases last week, asking them to maintain strict vigil and take pre-emptive action, if required, news agency ANI reported.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan wrote to Delhi, Haryana, Kerala, Maharashtra and Mizoram last week on the rise in COVID-19 cases in the respective states, asking them to maintain strict vigil and take pre-emptive action, if necessary.
— ANI (@ANI) 8 April 2022
As per reports, Bhushan will hold a meeting tomorrow with the Health Secretaries and health officials of all the States/UTs regarding the administration of COVID19 precautionary doses.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan to hold meeting tomorrow with Health Secretaries and Health Officers of all States/UTs regarding COVID19 precautionary dosage administration: Official sources
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— ANI (@ANI) 8 April 2022
Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Kerala and other states have all lifted COVID-induced restrictions, while some have made wearing face masks optional.
Experts questioned the move and said that wearing of masks should be mandatory despite India seeing a big drop in Covid cases.
The recent directive from the central government comes weeks after asking states to follow a risk assessment-based approach in opening up of economic and social activities.
In a letter to all states and union territories in March, Bhushan had said, “There is a need to follow a risk assessment-based approach in opening up of economic and social activities without losing the gains made so far in the fight against the pandemic.” “
Bhushan asked states to enforce norms like wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing in all public places, “There should be a constant focus on a five-fold strategy i.e. test, track, treat, vaccinate and adhere to COVID-appropriate behaviour. ” ,
He also emphasized that there should be a continuous review of the emerging data of new cases on the basis of continuous and critical level of testing.
India’s Covid Tally
India on Friday registered a marginal increase with 1,109 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours as against 1,033 infections recorded a day earlier. Also in the same period, 43 additional Covid-19 deaths took the total death toll to 5,21,573.
Delhi’s daily Covid caseload registered a slight jump on Thursday for the third consecutive day with the capital reporting 176 new infections. With this, the national capital’s total COVID count rose to 18,65,796, while the death toll rose to 26,155.
Maharashtra on Thursday added 128 new Covid-19 cases and six more deaths, taking the caseload and death toll to 78,74,818 and 1,47,806 respectively.
Meanwhile, 159 patients were cured in Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, taking their total tally to 77,26,184 and out of the state with 828 active cases.
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