Amid rising cases, PM Modi to review COVID-19 situation in India at high-level meeting today
COVID-19 India update: The meeting will be held during afternoon on Thursday (December 22) amid the rising cases in several countries.
PM Narendra Modi to review the situation related to #COVID19 and related aspects in the country at a high-level meeting today afternoon. pic.twitter.com/26DBWbvtcy
— ANI (@ANI) December 22, 2022
COVID-19 India update: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will review the situation related to COVID-19 pandemic and related aspects in the country at a high-level meeting today.
The meeting will be held during afternoon on Thursday (December 22) amid the rising cases in several countries.
The meeting comes a day after Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reviewed the situation and asked people to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour, including wearing masks in crowded places, and getting vaccinated.
Official sources have said random sample testing will be done at airports for international passengers arriving from China and other countries. There has been a sudden spurt in Covid cases in China and some other countries.
Amid a spike in COVID-19 cases in Japan, South Korea, Brazil, China and the US, the central government had on Tuesday (December 20) urged all states and Union territories to gear up the whole genome sequencing of positive samples to keep track of emerging variants.
In a letter to the states and UTs, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had said such an exercise will enable timely detection of newer variants, if any, circulating in the country and will facilitate undertaking of requisite public health measures.
Public health challenge of COVID-19 still persists around the world with around 35 lakh cases reported weekly.
Delhi COVID tally:
Delhi logged five COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 0.19 per cent, according to data shared by the Health department on Wednesday. It also recorded one fatality. With the fresh cases, the national capital’s COVID-19 case tally has risen to 2,007,102 while the death toll stands at 26,520.
A total of 2,642 tests were conducted the previous day. Seventeen patients are admitted to hospitals while 19 are in home isolation. The number of active cases in the national capital currently stands at 27.
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