The Central Government of 31st July 2021 has reviewed the COVID-19 situation in 10 states of Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh and Manipur reporting upsurge in COVID cases and Test Positivity Rate.
The Public Health measures taken for surveillance, containment, and management of COVID19 by the health authorities in these states were also reviewed.
All districts reporting a positivity rate of more than 10% in the last few weeks need to consider strict restrictions to prevent/curtail movement of people, formation of crowds and intermingling of people to prevent the spread of infection. It was forcefully underlined that any laxity at this stage will result in deterioration of the situation in these districts.
The States were advised to direct private hospitals to put up hospital-based PSA plants. States have been advised earlier regarding this in the past two months. Provisions under the Clinical Establishment Act enable States to issue such direction to the private hospitals. For states which have already issued such directions, they were advised to review the status and facilitate the private hospitals further.
Further, the States are advised to undertake intensive containment and active surveillance in clusters reporting higher cases and define containment zones, based on mapping of cases and contacts traced.
