Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Six-Year-Old, Mother Returning From China Test Positive For Covid
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A six-year-old daughter and her mother who arrived in Madurai from China via Sri Lanka have been confirmed to be COVID positive. "We have isolated both of them. Their COVID sample has been sent to the lab for further testing": Madurai District Collector. (ANI)
Union Minister Bharati Pravin Pawar on Tuesday held meetings with senior officials of the Andaman and Nicobar administration here to review preparedness to deal with any spurt in COVID-19 cases in the archipelago, an official said.
After arriving here in the morning, Pawar, the union minister of state for health, went to the Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital near Cellular Jail here to oversee a mock drill to check readiness of the health facility for effective management of coronavirus infections.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter's office where the southern state's COVID-19 related preparedness and development project's pending approval of the Centre were discussed.
The state government said, in a release, that the looming threat of another wave of COVID-19 and Kerala's preparedness to deal with it were discussed in the meeting. (PTI)
Telangana is fully geared up to tackle any situation with regard to COVID-19, Dr Ramesh Reddy, Director of Medical Education said on Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters, Reddy said Covid mock drill to check infrastructure and preparedness to combat in case there is any spike in coronavirus cases has been conducted across all teaching, private, district, area and community hospitals in the state. (PTI)
Amid surge in Covid-19 cases, Japan will now require travellers coming from mainland China a Covid negative result upon arrival, said Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday, reported news agency Reuters.
Kishida said that travellers who would test positive would undergo seven-days quarantine, adding that the new border measures will come into effect from midnight on December 30.
The government will also limit requests from airlines to increase flights to China, the PM added.
India logged 157 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours with the infection tally rising to 4,46,77,459.
Count of active cases stands at 3,421, death toll due to the disease at 5,30,696, said the Union Health Ministry.
Amid Covid scare and surging cases in countries like China, Japan, South Korea, and Brazil, India approved the use of nasal vaccine. As per ABP News sources, the two-drop nasal vaccine would cost upto Rs 1,000 including GST and hospital charges.
To check covid preparedness, mock drill is being conducted at Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad. We are checking our preparedness, if at all, covid cases increase in the state, said Director of Medical Education, Ramesh Reddy, quoted by news agency ANI.
In order to assess preparedness amid surging Covid cases in many countries, a mock drill was conducted at MCH Hospital in Jammu.
Amid surge in cases of Covid-19 in some countries, India stepped up its measure and mock drill has been conducted across hospitals to assees preparedness including beds and manpower, repored ANI.
Amid covid crisis, China has lifted quarantine restrictions for passengers coming into the country. The restriction has been lifted for the first time in three years after the breakout of the pandemic and will be in effect from January 8, 2023.
In view of a rise in the cases of Covid-19 in the country, the Karnataka government has made wearing of face masks compulsory at public places, although no penalty has been imposed yet for non-compliance, reported ABP News. Ahead of new year celebrations in the state, restaurants and pubs will be allowed to operate upto their seating capacity and till 1 pm on January 1.
Hospitals across the national capital will conduct mock drills today to review their preparedness, including the availability of beds and manpower, to deal with any situation of rise in cases of Covid-19 cases in the city, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Monday, reported PTI.
The Delhi Government has announced that its school teachers will be deployed at the Indira Gandhi International airport in the national capital for Covid-19 duty from December 31, reported news agency ANI. As per the announcement teachers will be deployed from December 31 to January 15, 2023 to ensure Covid appropriate behaviour at the airport.
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In response to the COVID alarm, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare decided on Saturday to hold mock drills on December 27 at all health facilities across the country due to an increase in infection in many countries. In the event of a surge in COVID cases in India, this is done to ensure readiness in terms of oxygen support and ICU beds, among other preparedness measures.
"It has therefore been decided to hold mock drill at all health facilities (including identified COVID-dedicated health facilities) across the country on Tuesday, 27th December 2022," the Ministry said on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said, "Tomorrow, a mock drill will be conducted throughout country at all COVID hospitals. All States Health Ministers will also take part in this at their level."
The exercise will focus on factors like the number of health facilities in each district, the capacity of isolation beds, oxygen-supported beds, ICU beds, ventilator-supported beds, and the best number of doctors, nurses, paramedics, AYUSH doctors, and other frontline workers, such as ASHA and Anganwadi workers.
It will also concentrate on human resource capacity, such as the availability of Advanced and Basic Life Support (ALS/BLS) ambulances, testing equipment and reagents, and essential drugs, as well as healthcare professionals trained in ventilatory management protocols for severe cases.
The Union Health Ministry on Saturday emphasized that necessary public health measures must be implemented in all states and UTs to meet any exigencies, citing the surge in COVID-19 trajectory in many countries around the world.
In a letter, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan stated, "Preparedness of COVID-19 health facilities is crucial to ensure that states and districts are in a state of readiness to meet increase in clinical care needs due to any spurt in cases." He stated, "The objective of this exercise is to ensure operational readiness of these health facilities for management of COVID-19."
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