Amid rising Covid cases on daily basis, the Centre on Saturday wrote to seven states reporting rising infections, asking them to ensure adequate testing, and promote Covid-appropriate behaviour.<\/p>\n
In a letter to Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Telangana, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said: “Upcoming months are likely to witness mass gatherings in context of various festivities to be held in different parts of the country, leading to large number of individuals undertaking intra- and inter-state journey or congregating at same places.”<\/p>\n
Noting that this may potentially facilitate transmission of infectious diseases, including Covid-19, he said that it is critical to ensure adequate testing is undertaken in all the districts of the state while maintaining the recommended share of RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests.<\/p>\n
“The state must also closely monitor districts reporting higher cases, positivity rates and clusters to prevent further spread of infection and effective case management.<\/p>\n
“ln view of some changes in symptoms and clinical manifestation of the disease, it is crucial to monitor and report district wise lnfluenza-like illness (lLl) & SARI cases in all health facilities as per the guidelines, on a regular basis for detecting early warning signals of the spread of infection,” he underlined in the letter.<\/p>\n
The Genome Sequencing of prescribed samples of international passengers as well as collection of samptes from sentinel sites (identified health facilities) and local cluster of new Covid-19 cases is equally important, he added.<\/p>\n
The Centre has also asked these states to increase the pace of vaccination for all eligible population and accelerate the administration of free precaution doses.<\/p>\n
These states have also been advised to diligently follow the five-fold strategy, ‘Test-Track- Treat-Vaccinate and adherence to Covid Appropriate Behaviour within the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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