Chandigarh: After the reproductive value (R) number – where Covid-19 or other infections spread, remain below one for almost three months, he again crossed the crucial threshold in Punjab.
The state has joined Himachal Pradesh at the top of the state with a value of r greater than the national average.
Shows an increasing trend, both Punjab and the state of Hill neighbors now have a R 1.3 value.
Compared to Himachal Pradesh, Punjab reported a much lower number of cases of everyday days.
However, the minister of health trips Union, Lav Agarwal, however, is maintained that no matter how few cases of everyday, if the value of r more than 1 is the cause of worries.
He urged the state government to follow the basic principles of management which included testing, contract search, isolation, treatment and detention zone.
According to the data distributed by the center, there are six districts in Himachal – Hamirpur, Kangra, Bilaspur, Chamba, Bath and Shimla – who report increased trends in new daily cases for the past two weeks, where one district is recorded every weekly .
The level of participation is more than 10%, double the limits recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Himachal is ranked third in whom the increasing trend has been recorded in maximum districts.
The rate of infection in Haryana has been recorded in 1.
However, the situation is stable at this time.
In accordance with the latest data issued by the center, there is no new case from the Delta Plus (AY.1) variant has been detected in the region.
From 86, the Delta Plus variant case indicates a Delta line with additional mutations found in this country, only eight has been traced in the region – four in Chandigarh, two in Punjab and one in Himachal and Haryana – in the sample was examined by the National Center Disease Control and CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology for mutual genome sequencing.
The Director of the National Disease Control Center (NCDC) Dr.
Sujeet Kumar Singh said the state government had been asked to form a quick response team containing doctors, microbiologists and members of medical colleges to monitor the variations of the genome in Coronavirus.
He shared that in the case of a new mutation detected, the team will help in contacts, epidemiological investigations, clinical assessments and detention actions needed.
The team will provide a daily status to NCDC.
In addition, all countries must identify five laboratories and five tertiary care hospitals as Sentinel sites.
Each site is required to send 15 samples in two weeks to the designated laboratory.