Vaccine drive, extra surveillance: States start taking preventive measures

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Maharashtra: Mumbai’s municipal company – the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) – has began contacting 465 passengers who arrived within the metropolis from nations of concern, together with South Africa, within the final 15 days. Officials stated that 95 of those passengers are residents of Mumbai. State Health Secretary Dr Pradeep Vyas Rajesh Bhushan stated that the federal government will implement the ‘Test-Track-Treat-Vaccine’ precept. He stated the day by day testing could be elevated to over 1 lakh from the present day by day statewide common of 65,000 checks.

Karnataka: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai stated that with new clusters of infections from completely different districts in the previous few days, the federal government has requested the Center to impose journey restrictions from high-risk nations. He stated that each one the passengers coming from these nations are being compulsorily examined on the airports. Besides this, the state authorities has additionally determined to permit these vacationers who take a look at constructive for the an infection for ten days underneath “institutional isolation”, whose samples shall be compulsorily despatched on a “fast-track basis” for complete genome sequencing (WGS). on” has been despatched.

MADHYA PRADESH: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan stated that the state authorities will hint, take a look at and quarantine worldwide vacationers who’ve come to the state within the final one month. The state has additionally determined to expedite genome sequencing. Instructions have additionally been issued to make sure availability of medicines. “Children under the age of 18 are at risk because they are not vaccinated. In view of this, though we are opening the schools tomorrow (Monday), they will run only up to 50 per cent of their capacity, while online classes will be resumed to give an option to the parents…” the CM stated.

UTTAR PRADESH: The Lucknow administration issued separate protocols for worldwide and home arrivals. As per the rules of the worldwide terminal, thermal screening of all passengers is obligatory and passengers must bear RT-PCR take a look at on arrival. All passengers may even must bear 8 days of dwelling quarantine and bear RT-PCR take a look at after the final day. For the home terminal, whereas thermal screening is obligatory for all passengers, RT-PCR shall be performed for these passengers who current sure signs.

Gujarat: State well being division Manoj Aggarwal instructed The Indian Express that that they had issued directions much like these just lately issued by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. In addition, he stated, “We will additional strengthen the screening from at-risk nations. It’s the identical with genome sequencing that we’re already doing – we’ll strengthen it.”

Telangana: The authorities on Sunday stated it has strengthened the surveillance system and alerted the groups. Fully vaccinated vacationers coming from ‘in danger’ nations shall be quarantined at dwelling and monitored, stated the state’s director of public well being, G Srinivasa Rao. He stated those that haven’t been vaccinated or have been partially vaccinated shall be examined and if anybody checks constructive then samples shall be despatched for genome sequencing.

Haryana: Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday stated that the state’s ‘Pandemic Alert-Safe Haryana’ is already in drive, underneath which relaxations are both given or lowered relying on the prevailing COVID-19 scenario. Khattar stated, “We have issued a pandemic alert. We have received many suggestions regarding relaxation, but we have not received it because of the new version.”

Jammu and Kashmir: Passengers touring to J&Ok by air, rail or street won’t be required to bear RT-PCR or RAT on arrival in the event that they carry a legitimate last COVID-19 vaccination certificates and take a look at carried out inside 72 hours of RT. -PCR is carrying detrimental experiences. His arrival. The resolution was taken after an in depth overview of the present scenario in Jammu and Kashmir by the Chief Secretary of the Union Territory in a gathering with the Additional Chief Secretaries of Finance and Health.

ENS and PTI

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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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