‘Whole country potentially at risk’: Govt warns against spike in Covid cases | Key Points

The complete country is potentially at threat, the federal government warned on Tuesday against the sudden spike in Covid cases. The Health Ministry, in a presser, stated that the coronavirus scenario in the country was going from “bad to worse”. It is a big trigger for fear, the ministry stated. It additionally urged all these states which might be reporting an increase in Covid cases to ramp up testing with concentrate on RT-PCR, immediate isolation, contact tracing, and boosting healthcare sources. 

WHAT HEALTH MINISTRY SAID

• COVID-19 scenario going from dangerous to worse lately, it’s large trigger for fear.
• Ramp up testing with concentrate on RT-PCR, isolate promptly, hint contact, enhance healthcare sources: Govt to states with spike in COVID cases. 
• We are dealing with an more and more extreme and intensive scenario in some districts however the entire country is potentially at threat. All efforts to comprise the virus and save lives must be taken. 
• Punjab neither conducting sufficient variety of assessments nor with the ability to promptly isolate COVID-19 optimistic folks. 
• Delhi, taken as one district, amongst prime 10 COVID-19 high-burden districts. Eight such districts are from Maharashtra. 
• 807 UK variants, 47 South African variants and 1 Brazilian variant have been discovered in India.
• The weekly nationwide common positivity price is 5.65%. Maharashtra has a weekly common of 23%, Punjab has a weekly common of 8.82%, Chhattisgarh 8%, Madhya Pradesh 7.82%, Tamil Nadu 2.50%, Karnataka 2.45%, Gujarat 2.2% & Delhi 2.04%.
• We spoke to representatives of those states. We advised them why are they not rising testing when cases are rising. It’s important to extend testing with concentrate on RT-PCR assessments. Rapid Antigen assessments be used for screening assessments in densely populated areas. 
• We discovered that isolation is not happening in most states, persons are being advised to isolate at house. But it is to be monitored in the event that they’re really doing it. If they cannot, they should be quarantined institutionally. Delhi was capable of carry numbers below management by it. 
• Till date, we have not obtained any particular request from Maharashtra Govt. In India, we do Universal Immunisation however even there we have not achieved door-to-door vaccination. 
• From April 1 all folks above 45 yrs of age might be eligible for vaccination. Advance appointments could be booked by cowin.gov.in. If you do not need to do that, you’ll be able to go to your nearest vaccination centre after 3 pm & go for on-site registration. 
• Those who need to go for on-site registration are requested to go to their nearest vaccination centre after 3 pm with any identification doc. Usually folks with Aadhaar Card & voter ID. But you too can produce financial institution passbook, passport, ration card. 

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