New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Thursday (July 16) voiced its issues over studies of blatant crowding at hill stations and reminded the states the necessity for focussed public well being measures to verify the novel coronavirus pandemic. The subject of violations in COVID-19 norms has been seen in many elements of the nation because the course of of unlock got here into impact.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan wrote a letter to all states and Union Territories, saying non-compliance of COVID-19 protocols at this juncture has the potential to consequence in one other surge in COVID-19 circumstances.
“Violations of Covid norms have been noticed in varied elements of the nation, particularly in hill stations, public transport and markets. Needless to say, such complacency at this juncture has the potential to consequence in one other surge in circumstances,” he stated in the letter as per PTI.
The letter comes a day after the Union Home ministry raised the difficulty of violations of COVID-19 norms noticed in a number of elements of the nation, together with hill stations, and requested states and union territories to take motion in opposition to officers accountable for guaranteeing compliance to tips.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged states with excessive quantity of COVID-19 circumstances to take proactive measures to forestall a 3rd wave and careworn on shifting ahead with the technique of take a look at, monitor, deal with and ‘tika (vaccine)’.
Modi held an interplay with the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra and Kerala as 80 per cent of the brand new COVID circumstances final week had been from these states.
