New Delhi: The rising infections of coronavirus are shocking people. In fact, more than 10,000 cases are coming every day these days. In the event of this, the central government has issued an alert for 14 states. Yes, and these are the states where a large number of new cases are coming every week. Not only this, but apart from this, the positivity rate here is also higher than the average. According to the Centre, corona tests are also decreasing in these states and the highest number of cases are coming from Delhi, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka and Telangana these days. Let us tell you that Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan held a virtual meeting with these states on Tuesday. Since June 1, the states where corona cases are increasing significantly.
They are Assam, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana and West Bengal. Let us tell you all that the Central Government has asked the States and Union Territories to ensure that people taking part in public events and going on pilgrimage do not have symptoms similar to the COVID-19 infection. At the same time, it has also been said to see that everyone has got vaccinated. Yes, and a letter has been written to the States and Union Territories regarding this. Let us tell you all that Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that in view of various festivals and yatras, the crowds in different parts of the country may increase in the coming months. Such events can promote the spread of other infectious diseases, including COVID-19.
In addition, Bhushan has also said in the letter that the organisers of such events and the health workers, frontline workers and volunteers deployed in them by the states and district administrations should not have symptoms related to COVID-19 and should probably have received both doses of the vaccine. Further, the letter clarifies that the elderly planning to participate in such events and those suffering from serious ailments (diabetes, hypertension, chronic lung/liver/kidney disease etc.) need to take extra precautions.
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