This assembly comes in opposition to backdrop of a spike in COVID-19 instances in some nations

New Delhi:

Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya will maintain a digital assembly with State well being ministers on the Covid-19 scenario and preparedness at 3 pm right this moment, in line with sources.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level assembly to evaluation the standing and preparedness of public well being response to COVID-19 and emphasised the necessity for strengthened surveillance with a concentrate on genome sequencing and elevated testing.

This high-level evaluation assembly comes in opposition to the backdrop of a spike in COVID-19 instances in some nations, in line with the Prime Minister’s Office.

PM Modi assessed the COVID-19 scenario within the nation, the preparedness of well being infrastructure and logistics and the standing of the vaccination marketing campaign within the nation. He additionally assessed the emergence of recent Covid-19 variants and their public well being implications.

Over the final two days, Chief Ministers of many states across the nation have performed high-level conferences with Senior Officials concerning the preparedness for Covid19 of their states.

On Thursday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal assured the widespread individuals concerning the federal government’s preparedness and mentioned that there is no such thing as a must panic because the nationwide capital doesn’t have a single case of the COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BF.7.

There has been an alarming surge in Covid instances in China, Japan, South Korea, France, and the United States. The spike is being blamed on the brand new Omicron sub-variant BF.7, which has additionally been detected in 4 Indian states, in line with well being ministry knowledge.

Addressing the media after the COVID-19 evaluation assembly, Delhi Chief Minister mentioned, “COVID-19 cases are rising in China and several other countries. It has BF.7 variant. We don’t have a single case of that variant in Delhi. So there’s no need to worry.”

He additional said that the well being division is conducting genome sequencing of all of the optimistic instances that are being reported within the metropolis.

However, Kejriwal mentioned that XBB variant instances are being reported in Delhi.

“BR.7 variant was not detected even in sewage samples collected and tested from seven different places in Delhi. 92 per cent of the cases being reported in Delhi are related to the XBB variant or its sub-variants,” he mentioned.

The Chief Minister mentioned that the Delhi Government is totally ready for the brand new wave of COVID-19.

Kejriwal requested individuals to take the precautionary doses of the vaccine as solely 24 per cent of the individuals of Delhi have taken them until date.

“First and second doses have been provided to almost 100 per cent of beneficiaries. Only 24 per cent of people have taken the precautionary dose. We request the people to take the precautionary dose. During the meeting we discussed another door-to-door campaign to give precautionary doses to the people,” mentioned Kejriwal.

On being requested concerning the face masks, he mentioned, “We are waiting on the guidelines of the Central government. We will implement as and when they give orders,” mentioned the Delhi CM.

In the final six months, India reported 4 instances of the BF.7 Omicron sub-variant, which is driving the present surge of infections in China.

As per sources, there are at present 10 completely different variants of Covid-19 within the nation, with the most recent being BF.7.