New Delhi: With 578 Omicron cases detected in 19 states so far, the home ministry on Monday asked the Union countries and regions to not let their guard down and consider imposing restrictions on the needs needed to control the crowd during the celebration season, while also strengthen their health system to meet every challenge posed by a new variant that is a concern.
In a letter sent to the Supreme Secretary of All State and Administrator of the Union Region, Ajay Bhalla’s house secretary said that while the country had witnessed the overall decline in active cases, the omicron variants were reported at least 3 times more contagious than Delta variants.
And posing a new challenge for the fight against Covid.
Emphasizing that the trajectory of the case growth has been very steep in countries with an omicron-driven surge, the secretary of the house attracted the attention of the country and administration towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi after reviewing Covid status on December 23, asking people to become ‘satarch’ and ‘Savdhaan’ (alert and careful).
“In accordance with its direction, it is important to maintain a high level and vigilance at all levels.
The state government must ensure that the health system in the state is strengthened to meet the challenges posed by the new variant.
Furthermore, the state government / UT must ensure that oxygen supply equipment Installed and fully functioning and the stock buffer of essential medicines must also be maintained, “Bhalla said.
Considering the normative framework issued by the Ministry of Health and family welfare on December 21, the home ministry Monday issued orders under the status of the disaster management law to consider implementing the framework until January 31, 2022.
Letter of Secretary of the State House and UTS also asked them to Taking rapid and appropriate detention steps in accordance with the Mohfw normative framework, based on their respective assessments on the situation.
He further said the state government and UT can consider imposing-based needs, local sidewalks / restrictions, to control the crowd during the celebration season.
MHA orders expand Covid detention steps until 31 Jan 2022, request the state / UTS to ensure that national guidelines on Covid-19 management – which prohibit spit in public, stores to ensure social blasphemy among customers and work-from houses Followed as far as possible together with hours staggering at work – followed strictly.
Furthermore, said the district judge must be responsible for enforcing Covid detention steps and can impose the sidewalk under the part 144 CRPC as far as possible.
Fast action under the Law DM and IPC was also called, to deal with violations of Norma Covid.
Meanwhile, the Secretary of the House, in his communication against America, noted that with the presence of different Delta variants and detection of 578 omicron cases in 19 countries so far, there is a need for a higher forward, data analysis, dynamic decision making and detention measures Strict and fast at the local and district level.
Emphasizing the need for compliance with a five-fold strategy, namely, traces-treat-vaccination and compliance with the appropriate behavior of Covid to avoid the possibility of a covid surge, he asked the state and UTS to strictly uphold the face and social masks away in the public area .
Bhalla is also looking for a proactive and regular media briefing by the state and UTS to prevent information errors in connection with the Omicron variant.
Omicron cases have been reported in 116 countries.
Furthermore, surge in cases is also reported in various countries, especially in the United States, Britain, Europe (France, Italy, Spain), Russia, South Africa, Vietnam, Australia, etc.