In view of rising covid cases, the Union Health Ministry has directed five States—Delhi, Haryana, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra --to continue monitoring spread of infection and undertake required steps for prompt and effective management of Covid-19, as these states are reporting increase in Covid-19 cases.
The health ministry has directed all these states to continue monitoring clusters of new Covid-19 cases, conduct adequate testing, take steps in areas reporting high case positivity, and monitor lnfluenza-like illness (lLl) & SARI cases in all hospitals on a regular basis.
The states have also been asked continue with vaccination of all eligible people. “Delhi has reported an increase in weekly cases from 998 new cases in the week ending (12th April 2022) to 2,671 new cases in the last week (ending 19th April 2022).
The UT has also seen an increase in positivity in the last week from 1.42% to 3.49%," said Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan to Delhi Health Secretary Manisha Saxena in letter reviewed by Mint.