With nearly 1200 new Covid-19 cases reported in a week, the Union Ministry of Public Health wrote on Thursday to six states, adding Karnataka, urging them to closely monitor emerging local groups, actively publicize the third preventive dose of the vaccine among those eligible. and continue genetic sequencing to check if a new strain emerges.
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Telangana are other states that won the warning letter from Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, who called on states to control influenza-like illnesses and cases of severe acute respiratory infections in all gyms or facilities. Fever clinics. to stumble upon the first signs of caution about the spread of infections.
India recorded 2081 new Covid cases in the week ending March 6. But the number rose sharply to 3264 the following week ending March 15, a backlog of 1182 new cases. Nearly 82% of those cases come from those six states.
Karnataka recorded 493 new cases last week, but the number rose to 604 a week later. Similarly, new Covid cases in Kerala increased from 434 to 579 in the same period.
Positivity from instances in Karnataka (2. 77%) and Kerala (2. 64%) is also above the national average of 0. 61%.
Maharashtra, which was the epicentre of the first two waves, reported 668 cases this week compared to 355 last week with a positivity of 1. 92%. In Tamil Nadu, the number of new infections rose to 258 this week compared to 170 last week with a positivity of 1. 99%.
“It is imperative that the state maintain strict vigilance and take preventive measures if they are mandatory in all spaces of fear of the emerging spread of infection,” Bhushan wrote.
The new warning comes days after the World Health Organization reminded the world that the pandemic is over, even after three years. As of March 12, there were more than 760 million cases and more than 6. 8 million deaths worldwide, according to the UN. Fitness agency
The WHO South-East Asia Region reported more than thirteen 000 new cases, an increase of 14% over the last 28-day period. Two of the 11 countries in the region recorded an increase of more than 20% in new cases during the same period: India (6374 vs. 3078 new cases; 107% growth) and Maldives (21 vs. 15 new cases: 40% growth).
Last week, while writing to states about seasonal flu, Bhushan drew states’ attention to a slow buildup in positivity rates from covid-19 tests. “Such a backlog is a worrying factor that needs to be addressed quickly,” he said.
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