Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare with 100 medical experts and member of Indian Medical Association emphasized on attenuating the sense of panic from the minds of citizens by proper awareness about current status of Covid data, vaccination and measures taken by governments as he urged adherence to the five fold ‘Test-Track-Treat-Vaccinate & Adherence to COVID Appropriate Behaviour’.
“While it is important to be on the alert and follow COVID Appropriate Behaviour including wearing of masks, it is equally important to prevent an infodemic and share only authentic and verified information on COVID19. The Union Ministry of Health has been sharing information on various aspects of COVID prevention and management. I urge everyone to access and share only verified information and encourage others to also do so” added Mansukh Mandaviya.
Mock Drills were conducted in Delhi too after instruction from the center to check preparedness and management of hospitals and medical centers, which included making inventories of beds, liquid medical oxygen, ventilators and other equipment. Delhi Health Secretary Amit Singla chaired a meeting with all district magistrates on Sunday morning to appraise hospitals to submit reports on preparedness and officials are to physically visit all government hospitals in Delhi to ascertain measures.
The Health Minister of Karnataka has declared that masks are mandatory in movie theaters, schools and colleges along with pubs, restaurants and bars during New Year celebrations, which are to end by 1 am.
12 passengers arriving from high-risk countries were tested positive for Covid at the KempeGowda International Airport Bengaluru on Monday, causing concerns.
One of the 12 passengers is a 37-year-old man, who arrived from China, hails from Agra. The UP government has activated administrative machinery to check Covid preparedness which is to conduct mock drills at medical institutions all over the state right after two cases were reported from Unnao and Agra.
Maharashtra recorded 32 new positive cases on Sunday, with no deaths and 20 previously infected patients recovered. The testing has increased to 9000 more since Saturday, with a total of 19,049 tests.
A total of 196 new cases were logged as the number of active cases shot up to 3438 on Monday. The current daily positivity rate is 0.56 per cent as reported by the Health Ministry. More than 35,000 tests were conducted in a frame of 24 hours on Monday with the national recovery rate of 98.80 per cent.
