New Delhi: The health minister of Union Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday asked the state and the United States to ensure there was no hose in preparation to fight with Covid waves and emphasized to maintain holistic synergy for seamless pandemic management.
Repeating that the center is dedicated to supporting countries in loading Covid, he said the Government Government has provided support under the ECRP-II to strengthen health infrastructure throughout the country.
India Covid-19 Emergency Response and Package Preparedness Health System-Phase-II is a centralized scheme to prevent, detect and respond to threats posed by ongoing pandemics and strengthen the national health system for emergency response and preparedness throughout the country.
Interacting with the Minister of Health, high-ranking officials and information commissioners of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Du, Mandaviya said, “Let no hose in our readiness when we fight with a surge in pandemic.” During virtual interactions, he reviewed public health preparedness from these countries to load and manage Covid-19 and the progress of the vaccination campaign.
Mandaviya urged countries to make strong preparations in terms of physical infrastructure and efficiently utilizing approved funds under the ECRP-II.
He asked the Minister of State Minister to review the implementation of physical activities under the ECRP-II, said the Ministry of Health’s statement.
It was also advised that the operational status of infrastructure such as beds, PSA factory, oxygen equipment was filled by the state in the portal – covid19.nhp.in.
They must be operationalized and stored in a functional state to meet the situation that developed in the future, the statement said.
Depressed that for real-time data-based analysis and information-based decisions in the war against Covid, countries must update their data on the monitoring portal.
This will help in planning and assessing readiness at several levels.
Mandaviya also advises countries to review stock buffers of important drugs and ensure deficiencies, if any, are refilled.
Increase the inoculation of all eligible populations, especially in the area of low vaccination coverage and district, the Union Minister advised the country.
“Vaccination produces low inpatient and severity, as seen globally.” He emphasizes the ‘Prevention Dosage’ administration for categories identified and urgent countries to ensure full coverage of vulnerable populations.
He also asked them to accelerate the full coverage of the age group that meets the earliest 15-18 years.
Mandaviya said that regardless of the Covid variant, ‘Test-Treat-Treat-Vaccine’ and Compliance with ‘Covid’s appropriate behavior’ continues to form an important foundation for Covid management.
Countries are advised to hold regular meetings with ICMR regional officers, NCDC, airport public health officials and state supervision officers, the statement said.
Mandaviya highlights the importance of telecasting through a platform such as Esanjeevani and advises countries to build it in each district.
“They have to work all the time …
It is important that people know about available health infrastructure and services.
Countries need to publish their availability and also build control spaces to monitor them,” UNI Health Minister said.
The Minister of Health for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar stressed the need for house isolation guidelines strictly.
He also urged countries to ensure health workers are trained to monitor them in house isolation.
Let no hose in our readiness when we fight with this covid surge: center to the country
