Coronavirus Mock Drill Live: Mock Drills Begin In Delhi's Govt Hospitals On Day 2
As several parts of the country are witnessing a rise in Covid cases, a nationwide mock drill will be conducted on April 10 and 11 to assess hospital preparedness.
Background
As the country witnesses a spike in Covid cases, a nationwide mock drill will be conducted on April 10 and 11 to assess hospital preparedness. Both public and private healthcare facilities are expected to participate in the exercise.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will visit the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jhajjar on Monday to assess the mock drill, news agency PTI reported citing officials.
Mandaviya ordered state health ministers to visit hospitals and oversee mock drills at a review meeting on April 7. He also advised them to conduct a readiness review with district administrations and health officials on April 8 and 9.
Mandaviya highlighted the importance of identifying emergency hotspots by monitoring trends in influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) cases, ramping up testing and vaccination, and ensuring hospital infrastructure readiness in a virtual meeting with state health ministers and principals and additional chief secretaries.
Besides enhancing genome sequencing and ramping up whole genome sequencing of positive samples, he had emphasised creating awareness about following Covid-appropriate behaviour.
During the meeting, states and union territories were informed that currently, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is closely tracking a variant of interest (VOI), XBB.1.5, and six other variants are under monitoring (BQ.1, BA.2.75, CH.1.1, XBB, XBF and XBB.1.16), a health ministry statement had said.
It was highlighted that while Omicron and its sub-lineages continue to be the predominant variants, most of the assigned variants have little or no significant transmissibility, disease severity or immune escape.
During the meeting, it was observed that 23 states and union territories had average tests per million below the national average.
Mandaviya had said that irrespective of the new variants, the five-fold strategy of 'Test-Track-Treat-Vaccinate and adherence to Covid-Appropriate Behaviour' continues to remain the tested strategy for Covid management.
States and union territories were also requested to expeditiously increase the rate of testing from 100 tests per million as on the week ending April 7. They were further advised to increase the share of RT-PCR in tests.
Coronavirus Mock Drill Live: Mock Drills Begin In Delhi's Govt Hospitals On Day 2
Mock drill is underway in the government hospitals of Delhi today. Mock drill also started in Delhi government's biggest hospital LNJP.
Mandaviya Reviews Mock-Drill At RML Hospital In Delhi
Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya reviews mock-drill for Covid-19 preparedness at RML hospital in Delhi.
#WATCH | Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya reviews mock-drill for Covid19 preparedness at RML hospital in Delhi pic.twitter.com/UAlaGuhLYv
— ANI (@ANI) April 10, 2023
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