Speed ​​up vaccination, increase COVID testing: Health secretaries of polling states

In a high-level meeting organized by Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Monday, December 27, the polling states of Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab were advised to expeditiously increase the COVID-19 vaccination for all. eligible population.

In addition, they were asked to “rapidly increase testing to ensure that infected cases are identified promptly for the timely initiation of public health response measures and to ensure that there is a need for less testing.” The reason is there is no sudden increase in numbers.”

State officials were also asked to implement COVID-appropriate behavior effectively.

The meeting is said to have been conducted to review public health response measures for control and management of COVID-19.

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