Mandaviya oversaw training at the Centre-run Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, while fitness ministers took stock in their respective states and provided information on available beds, oxygen and other equipment supply, medicines, vaccines, etc.
The center had asked states and union territories to conduct the training as part of precautionary measures following a buildup of infections in China and other countries.
“To make sure there is no covid outbreak in the country, Prime Minister Modi has asked us to be careful. It is therefore vital that the entire covid infrastructure in terms of equipment, processes and human resources is in a state of operational readiness. ” he said, adding that the government and private hospitals are making arrangements to make sure other people don’t face any problems.
Clinical preparation in hospitals is crucial, Mandavya said.
He warned that he was opposed to complacency and suggested everyone stick to appropriate Covid behavior. He also asked other people to join in to share unverified data and a higher point of preparation.
“In the face of an outbreak, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ordered us to remain vigilant and prepared,” he said.
India recorded a single-day increase of 157 new COVID-19 cases, while the number of active cases of the disease declined to 3,421, according to Union Health Ministry data updated Tuesday.
In Elhi, but still at LNJP Hospital, training was held at other government hospitals, such as Centre-run Safdarjung Hospital and private hospitals, as well as Apollo Hospital in South Delhi.
Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who also holds the fitness portfolio, visited Delhi’s government-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP) around noon to assess the training and claimed that the hospitals run by the city government were “fully equipped”. to combat covid.
“The Delhi government is ready for any kind of emergency. In the LNJP, there are 2000 beds and 450 of them are marked for COVID-19. If a need arises, we can dedicate the 2000 beds for COVID-19. . . You can also increase this number through nearby banquet halls and load an additional 500 beds for COVID-19, so there is no shortage,” Sisodia told reporters at the hospital.
Four foreign travelers from Myanmar, who took the Covid test at Delhi airport, are admitted to Safdarjung Hospital and their samples were sent for genome sequencing.
In Mumbai, the medical facility, Seven Hills Hospital (with 1,700 beds) and Bed Hospital (100 beds), conducted the simulated exercise.
The dean of JJ Hospital, Dr. Pallavi Saple, told PTI that they conducted the mock training in accordance with fitness authorities.
According to the state’s fitness department, 44,666 passengers arrived at the foreign airports of Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur, and at least 703 underwent RT-PCR tests and two were tested for infection.
Samples from inflamed passengers sent for genome sequencing, he said.
In Madhya Pradesh, the state’s medical education minister, Vishvas Sarang, said the trainings were held at all government medical centers in the state.
“We are in a position to deal with any situation. The training done to check the readiness of oxygen generation, intensive care unit, pediatric intensive care unit, oxygen beds, medication,” Sarang said while calling on everyone to stick to COVID-friendly measures. behaviour.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak said the simulation of all COVID hospitals in the state.
“I personally checked the Covid control (facilities), oxygen and ventilators at Balrampur Hospital in Lucknow. Everything is working well,” he told reporters.
At least one senior official, congressman or minister is present at training at state hospitals, Pathak said.
West Bengal officials said the mock training was conducted at Kolkata-based hospitals, adding MR Bangur Hospital, infectious diseases and Beleghata General Hospital.
All of the city’s personal hospitals and one district hospital are also participating in the exercise, they said.
In Gujarat, authorities said at least one lakh bed and 15,000 intensive care sets with ventilators are in a position to be changed for use in COVID-19 patients.
The state’s fitness minister, Rushikesh Patel, said Gujarat has a comprehensive plan ready and reviewed the readiness of existing fitness infrastructure in case of a contingency on the pandemic front.
It will also launch a new crusade to administer booster doses after receiving 12 lakh doses of the Covaxin and Covishield vaccines for which it placed a new order, the minister told reporters.
About 59 percent of eligible people have not yet received the booster dose of coronavirus vaccines and the state government has suggested that the Center provide the vaccines to speed up the vaccination campaign, an official said.
Odisha also plans to conduct next year’s State Council exams for categories 10 and 12 according to Covid guidelines.
Education Minister SR Dash said mask wearing is not mandatory now, it is greater to protect yourself from infection because Omicron’s BF. 7 subvariant has wreaked havoc in some countries.
On 21 December, it emerged that a case of BF. 7, allegedly the strain of China’s existing outbreak of covid cases, was detected in Odisha.
The Sikkim government on Tuesday issued a statement calling on others to take precautionary measures to prevent the outbreak of the COVID-19 disease in the state again.
Residents of the Himalayan state have been asked to practice social distancing and wear face masks when visiting public places, Sikkim Chief Secretary VB Pathak said in a notification issued through the Interior Ministry.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian, who oversaw a simulated exercise at Chennai’s Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, said the state has enough inventory of medicines, beds, appliances and oxygen to cope with any rise in COVID-19 cases.
In addition, district-level fitness officials have been asked to assess readiness and submit a report to the fitness branch soon, he said.
Of the total beds, approximately 1,14,471 beds have been reserved for COVID-19. Of these, 68,624 are oxygen-free beds, 37,526 are oxygen beds and 8,321 are intensive care unit beds in public and state hospitals.
Kerala Prime Minister Pinarayi Vijayan met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, where the southern state’s preparedness for COVID-19 was discussed among the issues.
COVID trainings have also been held in state hospitals, adding Uttarkhand, Goa, Rajasthan, Kerala and Telangana, and Union territories such as Pondicherry and Jammu and Kashmir.
All fitness services have proven to be in a state of readiness to deal with any increase in Jammu and Kashmir, said Secretary of the Department of Health and Medical Education Bhupinder Kumar, who oversaw conducting simulated trainings in the Union.
Union Minister Bharati Pravin Pawar in Port Blair to take stock of the scenario in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.