NEW DELHI, Jun 10 (NNN-PTI) – India’s federal health ministry, yesterday wrote to the states, asking them to strengthen surveillance and take pre-emptive measures, to limit the spread of COVID-19 infection.
The letter was written in the backdrop of a resurgence in COVID-19 cases in the past two weeks.
“Sustained and significant decline in the number of COVID-19 cases across the country during the past four months. However, in the past two weeks, an upsurge in cases has been noticed. In the week ending Jun 8, 4,207 average daily new cases were reported as compared to 2,663 average daily cases in the week ending Jun 1,” Rajesh Bhushan, federal health secretary said.
“There has also been an increase in the weekly positivity rate from 0.63 percent (week ending Jun 1) to 1.12 percent (week ending Jun 8). In the last 24 hours, 7,240 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the country, out of which, 81 percent cases have been reported from four states of Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi and Karnataka.”
The ministry in previous letters, has underlined specific strategic areas of intervention for the states, like testing and surveillance, clinical management, vaccination, COVID-19 appropriate behaviour and community engagement with an increased focus on evidence-based decision-making.– NNN-PTI
