Amid the spike in influenza circumstances within the nation and the uptick in Covid-19 circumstances over the previous couple of weeks, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday stated a mock drill can be carried out quickly in all of the states and Union Territories to evaluate their preparedness to satisfy the dual threats to public well being.

Addressing a press convention within the nationwide capital on Thursday, Bhushan stated, “India on Thursday recorded 1,300 new Covid cases, the highest in the last 140 days. We will get a fresh round of mock drills done in all states and UTs in order to assess their individual Covid preparedness.” Earlier, on December 27, a mock drill was carried out at hospitals throughout the nation to check their Covid preparedness.

The Union Health secretary knowledgeable additional that India, for now, was accounting for simply 1 per cent of the worldwide Covid circumstances.

“Only about 1 per cent of the global Covid cases are being reported in India as of now. The overall active cases currently stand at 7,600 while 966 cases, on average, are being reported on a daily basis. In the second week of February, we recorded only about 108 daily cases on average. But the average daily count has since gone up to 966,” the Union Health secretary stated.

According to experiences, the eight states the place the utmost variety of Covid circumstances are being reported at the moment are Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan.

“I had personally written to these states on March 16 on the steps that need to be taken,” Bhushan added.

As is the case with any virus, SARS-COV-2 has been buying new mutations by recombination.

“There has been no evidence yet of an increase in hospitalisation. However, the administration of precautionary doses should be increased. Enhanced laboratory surveillance and testing of all severe acute respiratory (SARI) cases need to be done,” he stated.

He added that the United States, Russia, China South Korea and France are driving the worldwide Covid surge at the moment.

Earlier within the day, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) suggested all of the states to proceed specializing in the 5-fold technique of Test-Track-Treat-Vaccination and Covid Appropriate Behaviour amid an increase in Covid-19 circumstances.

The ministry additionally requested the states to make sure the supply of key medicine and logistics at healthcare amenities for the remedy of Influenza and Covid 19 circumstances.

States have been directed to make sure the supply of enough beds and well being employees to cope with the viral surge.