New Delhi: Telangana tops the list of states in the administration Covid-19 vaccine doses in private facilities, which take up 48.39 percent coverage. Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, who spoke to the media in New Delhi on Tuesday, said Delhi came second with 43.11 percent vaccinations. He said that the coronavirus the situation is getting worse and worse and added that the whole country is in danger. He said eight of the top 10 Covid-19 districts with a high burden of land come from Maharashtra and that Delhi, considered as one district, is also on the list.
Bhushan said the ten districts with maximum active activities Covid-19 sake is Pune (59,475), Mumbai (46,248), Nagpur (45,322), Thane (35,264), Nashik (26,553), Aurangabad (21,282), Bengaluru Urban (16,259), Nanded (15,171), Delhi (8,032), Ahmednagar ( 7,952).
Although technically speaking, Delhi has many districts, but it was considered as one district, he said. NITI Aayog Member (Health) UK Paul said, “Covid-19 the situation changes from bad to worse. In recent weeks, especially in some countries, this has been a major cause for concern. No state, no part of the country or district may be complacent. “‘We are facing an increasingly worse and more severe situation, more certainly in some districts. But the whole country is in danger and therefore every effort must be made to limit and save lives. The preparation for hospitals and ICUs must be ready. “If the cases increase rapidly, the health care system will be overwhelmed,” Paul said.
Bhushan said Maharashtra last week had an average positive percentage of 23 percent, followed by Punjab 8.82 percent, Chhattisgarh 8.24 percent, Madhya Pradesh 7.82 percent, Tamil Nadu 2.5 percent, Karnataka 2.45 percent, Gujarat 2.22 percent, and Delhi 2.04 percent. The average national positivity rate was 5.65 percent last week. All states and Union areas report an increase in cases and there is a need to increase the number Covid-19 tests.
Bhushan said the number of RT-PCR tests should be increased. ‘We met with these states on Saturday and also talked to 47 districts. We asked them to increase the number of tests with a special focus on RT-PCR tests. Rapid antigen tests should be used for screening and in densely populated areas where cases occur in clusters. The preferred test must be the RT-PCR test, ”he said.
Regarding the variants of the virus, the health secretary said that ten laboratories had made 11064 samples of the genome sequence since December, of which the British variant was detected in 807 samples, the South African variant in 47 and the Brazilian variant in one. A total of 6.11 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses were administered until 10:00. About 81.74 lakh health workers received the first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and 51.88 lakh the second dose.
Up to 89.44 lakh frontline workers received the first dose and 37.11 lakh the second dose. From 1 April, people over the age of 45 will be eligible for vaccination. They can register themselves in the CoWIN platform, the Aarogya Setu app or go for on-site registrations that would start after 3pm, the health ministry said.
Source: Telangana Today