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April 06, 2021 18:36 IST
The Centre has constituted 50 high-level multi-disciplinary public health teams and deployed them to districts reporting a surge in cases and mortality in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Punjab
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A health worker collects swab samples of a passenger for RT-PCR testing of Covid-19 pandemic, at New Delhi Railway station in the Capital on Tuesday. April 6, 2021. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar
The Centre has constituted 50 high-level multi-disciplinary public health teams and deployed them to districts reporting a surge in cases and mortality in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Punjab COVID-19 is spreading at a fast pace with an increase in the intensity of the pandemic and the next four weeks are going to be very critical, the Centre said on Tuesday as it stressed on people s participation to control the second wave of the contagion.
COVID spreading at fast pace, next 4 weeks critical: Centre
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Amid demands from several quarters for the relaxation of the age limit for COVID-19 vaccination in view of a spike in cases, the Centre on Tuesday said the aim is to protect those who are most vulnerable, and not to administer the vaccine to those who want it but to those who need it . During a weekly press conference, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said many people are asking why the government isn t opening up vaccination for all those aged above 18. Bhushan said even Western countries have conducted the vaccination drive in phases. The basic aim is to reduce death through vaccination. The other aim is to protect your healthcare system. If healthcare workers, doctors, nurses, paramedics and others fall sick, who will work in hospitals? So the aim for any country is to protect those who are the most vulnerable. The aim is never to administer the vaccine to those who want it but to those who need it, he said.
Maharashtra has seven out of top 10 districts with most active COVID-19 cases: Govt ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 17:31 IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday informed that of the top 10 districts having the most active COVID-19 cases in the country, seven are from Maharashtra, one from Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, and Delhi, each.
Addressing a press conference, Bhushan said, Of the top 10 districts having most of active COVID cases, seven districts are from Maharashtra, one from Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Delhi each, he said.
India reported over 96,000 cases and 440 related deaths in the last 24 hours. Currently, there are 7,88,223 active cases in the nation.
No plan to end Kumbh Mela despite rise in COVID-19 cases ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 22:39 IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Despite the spike in COVID-19 cases, the Union Health Ministry does not plan to end the holy congregation, Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, prematurely and is hoping that standard operating procedures (SOPs) are being followed there.
On being asked if Kumbh Mela can be a super-spreader of COVID-19, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said, As the super spreader events are concerned, the union government almost a month ago issued an SOP, specifically for practices to be adopted in Kumbh and had a long meeting with the state government s officers.
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