Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister P K Mishra, NITI Aayog CEO Parameswaran Iyer, NITI Aayog Member (Health) V K Paul. Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Advisor, PMO, Amit Khare. Home Secretary A K Bhalla, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, among others.
WITH RISE of corona virus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday warned against complacency and ordered officials to improve monitoring methods, particularly at international airports, in light of Covid-19 incidents in China and some other nations.
Image credit: the Indian express.Modi, who presided over a high-level conference to assess the country’s Covid situation, also asked people to behave in a Covid-appropriate manner, including donning masks in crowded public spaces, particularly in light of the impending holiday season.In particular, he emphasised the necessity to motivate those who are weak or elderly to take the precautionary (third) dose.Modi examined the readiness of the medical infrastructure and logistics, the progress of the immunisation campaign, the introduction of new variations, and their implications for public health, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).He gave the go-ahead for increased testing and genome sequencing activities. The Center instructed states to sequence all positive samples on a daily basis earlier this week in order to ensure the prompt discovery of novel variants.At present, the number of positive cases is very low, and even then many samples are tested using home kits or rapid kits and cannot be sequenced. So, sequencing all positive samples (where the viral RNA is collected for RT-PCR or other molecular testing) can help keep a better eye on any new variants, government official said.
