Corona News: In view of the increasing cases of corona in the country, the central government has written a letter to eight states. It has been said by the Center that there is a need to strengthen the monitoring being done regarding Kovid 19. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan writes to Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and Health Secretaries of eight States including Union Territories – Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Rajasthan – to strengthen COVID-19 surveillance Is.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has said in the letter, “The epidemic is still not over. We should be vigilant against laxity at any level because laxity can reduce the gains of epidemic management so far.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan writes to Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary (Health) of eight States/UTs (Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Rajasthan) on strengthening #COVID19 monitoring
— ANI (@ANI) April 21, 2023
What did the Union Health Secretary say in the letter written to the states?
Health Sachin said that the hospitalization rate and the number of deaths due to Kovid remain low, in such a situation, the states and districts where more number of cases are being reported, they can reduce the local spread of infection. can indicate. He said that there is a need to closely monitor such states and districts where more cases are being reported daily or where the positivity rate is high. There is also a need to put in place necessary public health measures so that such outbreaks can be controlled and stopped at an early stage.
Cases with more than 10 percent corona positivity rate include one district from Uttar Pradesh, 11 districts from Tamil Nadu, 6 districts from Rajasthan, 8 districts from Maharashtra, 14 districts from Kerala, 12 districts from Haryana and 11 districts from Delhi. The Center has asked states to keep a tab on cases of influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infection (SARI), besides strengthening Covid surveillance in all districts.
Direction to increase the number of positive samples for genome sequencing
States have been asked to increase the number of positive samples sent for whole genome sequencing through the INSACOG network of laboratories. Significantly, INSACOG (Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium) corona virus A consortium of 54 laboratories for monitoring genomic variations in.
Increase in Kovid cases and positivity rate
Since March, a steady increase in the cases of Kovid is being seen in the country. In the week ending 20, 10,262 cases were registered. An increase in the positivity rate was also seen across the country. It was 5.5 per cent in the week ending April 19, compared to 4.7 per cent in the previous week.
Let us tell you that according to the data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday (April 21), 11,692 new cases of corona were registered in the country, while the number of active cases increased to 66,170.
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