According to the order issued by the ministry yesterday, these states are Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Bengal, Mizoram, Karnataka, Bihar, Jharkhand and Punjab. Punjab has extra within the listing Uttar Pradesh – Both are going to carry elections in two months.
it comes after days The Allahabad High Court had already flagged off the Omicron menace, Asked the Election Commission and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contemplate suspending the election for a month or two.
The groups from the middle might be deployed for 5 days, throughout which they may work with state well being officers to enhance testing and surveillance and implement COVID-appropriate behaviour. They will monitor the progress of COVID vaccination in every state, in addition to evaluate the present hospital infrastructure, together with the provision of beds and medical oxygen.
Also on the guidelines of the groups could be genome sequencing of samples to establish omicron instances. “State-level central teams will assess the situation, suggest remedial action and submit a report on public health activities by 7 pm every evening,” the well being ministry mentioned within the order.
The states recognized in Friday’s order embody the 5 with the very best lively caseloads – Kerala (26,265), Maharashtra (12,108), Bengal (7,466), Karnataka (7,280) and Tamil Nadu (6,798). States with comparatively low lively caseloads – Mizoram (1,498), Bihar (79) and Jharkhand (273) – as an alternative have crimson flags on vaccination charges.
Maharashtra (108), Kerala (37), Karnataka (31) and Tamil Nadu (34) all have excessive omicron caseloads. Apart from this, there are three in Bengal and two in UP.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
