The government of India alerted about Corona, Mansukh Mandaviya will hold a meeting with the health ministers of the states today

The Government of India has also become cautious because of the ever-increasing corona cases in China. At the same time, today at 3 pm, Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya will hold a meeting with the health ministers of the states regarding the status and preparedness of Covid-19.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the status and preparedness of the public health response to COVID-19 and stressed the need for stronger surveillance with a focus on increased genome sequencing and testing.

PM urged to wear masks

PM Modi urged people to wear masks in crowded places. The Union Health Ministry has asked the Ministry of Civil Aviation to ensure post-arrival Covid testing of two percent of passengers arriving on every international flight at airports from December 24 to check the entry of any new variant of coronavirus into the country. the risk can be reduced.

State governments started preparations

At the same time, amid the apprehension of Corona, the state governments have also become alert. The officials have started holding meetings to chalk out a strategy to prevent this. Along with this, orders have been given to speed up the corona investigation. Guidelines have also been issued to prevent infection. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that the new Omicron sub-variant BF.7 of coronavirus, which is causing a rise in cases in several countries, has not yet been detected in the national capital and asserted that his government is prepared to deal with any eventuality. Ready for.

Emphasis on wearing masks in Karnataka

The Karnataka government has decided to conduct mandatory testing for Influenza Like Illness (ILI) and Severe Respiratory Illness (SARI) in the state amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in some parts of the world including China. Health Minister Dr. K Sudhakar said after a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Basavasraj Bommai on the subject of COVID-19 that the government has also decided to make wearing masks mandatory in closed spaces and air-conditioned rooms.

meeting on Covid in Punjab on Friday

Along with this, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has called a meeting of officers on Friday for rescue from Corona. At the same time, the Health Department has written a letter to the Home Department to issue guidelines regarding prevention from Corona. Along with this, instructions have been issued to all the District Magistrates to increase sampling and get genome sequences done in positive cases on the instructions of the Union Health Ministry.

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