Ramp Up Covid Testing, Monitor Home Isolation: Health Minister Tells Southern States

COVID-19 review meet: The Union Health Minter Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday chaired a high-level virtual meeting with Southern states/UTs' Health Ministers on the ongoing COVID-19 situation in the country.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya (File Photo/ Getty)

New Delhi: In a meeting with Southern states/UTs' Health Ministers on Friday, the Union Health Minter Mansukh Mandaviya has stressed upon eSanjeevani, teleconsultation, monitoring home isolation, increasing RTPCR in states with lower testing, expediting expenditure under ECRP-II, and encouraged 15-17 yr olds' vaccination, sources told news agency ANI.

In meeting with Southern states/UTs' Health Ministers today Union Health Min stressed upon eSanjeevani,teleconsultation,monitoring home isolation,increasing RTPCR in states with lower testing,expedite expenditure under ECRP-II&encourage 15-17 yr olds' vaccination:Official Sources

— ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2022

Mansukh Mandaviya chaired a high-level virtual meeting with the health ministers of Southern states/UTs' Health Ministers today. The state health ministers from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman, and the Nicobar Islands attended the meeting.

In meeting with 8 southern States/UTs, He also stated that "Mutual understanding, sharing best practices and collaborative spirit between the Centre and States have helped us in our fight against the pandemic".

“Mutual understanding, sharing best practices and collaborative spirit between the Centre and States have helped us in our fight against the pandemic,” Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said in meeting with 8 southern States/UTs

— ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2022

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Meanwhile, today, India has achieved yet another milestone after completing one crore doses or the third vaccine shot administered to the eligible population.

"Under the leadership of Prime Minister @Narendra Modi ji, the world's largest vaccination campaign is continuously scaling new heights", said Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya in his Tweet on Friday.

"In just 19 days, more than 1 crore precaution doses have been administered to healthcare and frontline workers and eligible people above 60+ age," added Mandaviya.

प्रधानमंत्री @NarendraModi जी के नेतृत्व में, विश्व का सबसे बड़ा टीकाकरण अभियान निरंतर नई ऊँचाइयों को छू रहा है।

केवल 19 दिनों में, हेल्थकेयर व फ्रंटलाइन वर्कर्स तथा 60+ से अधिक आयु वाले पात्र लोगों को 1 करोड़ से अधिक #PrecautionDose लगा दी गयी हैं।#SabkoVaccineMuftVaccine pic.twitter.com/0GVC9voChS

— Dr Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) January 28, 2022

In the ongoing third wave of COVID-19 in-country, the national telemedical service portal eSanjeevani is gaining momentum. 

eSanjeevani, which is an integrated telemedicine solution, was launched in November 2019 by the ministry of health and family welfare. The service is to facilitate free consultation with doctors via video conferencing from home.

This system was developed for the people to avoid visiting the hospitals in an ongoing pandemic. 

India's first telemedicine service, which works through video conferencing, can be availed by visiting the website esanjeevaniopd.in.

The virtual platform was developed by C-DAC for the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as an initiative of the National Health Mission which is functional from 8 am to 8 pm.

Mandaviya held a high-level Covid review meeting with nine northern states and UTs on Tuesday where he advised to share Covid testing and vaccination data in a timely manner. He asked the states witnessing a decline in Covid-19 testing to ramp it up through RTPCR.