The Central government has written to States cautioning against symptomatic and unvaccinated individuals travelling and participating in upcoming festive gatherings and yatras. If adequate care is not taken, the country will see yet another COVID surge after the current slump.
Rather than a random or anecdotal reporting, States have been advised to strictly monitor epidemiological profile of admitted COVID patients and report the clinical manifestation to the Health Ministry. “This will help to identify at an early stage any out-of-the-ordinary or different clinical presentation of the patients,’’ said Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday, while asking States to maintain a constant vigil in pockets showing surge during the past few weeks.
States were also advised to scan for and report all influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) cases from all district hospitals, major private hospitals and medical colleges across the districts, and keep a close watch on those geographies where these clusters are emerging.
