Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], August 29 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister Veena George said here on Sunday that a revised Covid-19 testing strategy is being introduced in the state in the wake of 71 per cent out of total population eligible to be vaccinated taking at least first dose of the vaccine against coronavirus.
the cdc director described where outbreaks are occurring right now. large-scale quarantines or large number of cases are generally occurring in schools because schools are not following our guidance. particularly our recommendations for teachers and students over 12 to be vaccinated and for everyone right now to be masked. this is terrifying, i say that as a mom myself, given the resistance from some republican governors. what are we learning about mitigation? we re learning that mitigation strategies, when used together, especially obviously vaccination of anybody eligible, and on top of that, masks indoors, being able to ventilate if you re indoors, open doors, windows, fans, filters. and really helping to put a testing strategy together with that, with distance if possible. all of these things together
that mitigation strategies, when used together with, especially, vaccination, with anyone eligible, but on top of that masks indoors, and being able to ventilate. that means fans, filters, open doors. and third, helping to put a testing strategy together with that, and distance, if possible. all of these things in sync, in harmony, can keep schools and daycares open an in-person. we have the evidence mounting about the opposite. that if you have even one unvaccinated teacher who has symptoms, and doesn t wear their mask consistently, that one teacher can infect half of a classroom. and oh she ll join can then go on to spread the virus to other adults who are unvaccinated. it s devastating to see this. and as you know, this can be prevented. dr. patel the president today mentioned his
positive? yeah, it is a great question, yasmin. i think, first of all, the fact that they put the mandate out there shows that they re serious. and, by the way, these mandates even when there s push back actually result in increased vaccination. we have seen it in previous mandates with the flu and other vaccine efforts. number two, to your point, you are right. weekly surveillance is not enough especially for something as infectious as the delta variant. that may have worked a year ago, yasmin. you are absolutely right. so if i m a worker, knowing and i m vaccinated, i m not going to feel very comfortable even unmasked if i think that the person next to me is unvaccinated and only getting tested weekly. so you re right to bring that up. i would just caution people to remind ourselves, you can t test out of covid. a testing strategy alone is not enough. that s why you have seen, by the way, the administration said it is not just testing. they are going to have to be kind of they
event like this in the middle of a pandemic to the citizens of japan, citizens that live in that area? first realize that coronavirus is going to be an issue for the games. we re trying to maximize the separation between the international visitors and the athletes and the local population. this is all why spectators both local and from abroad have already been banned in tokyo. and athletes movements will mostly be confined here to the olympic village. beyond that strategy, mccloskey said the rest comes down to the pillars of public health. social distancing and physical distancing, wearing your mask and hand hygiene. these are the fundamental core of what we knew would be the rick of covid during the games. and then we started to layer on top of that the testing strategy that we might have. reporter: but that has not stopped the concern from both