Centre to States become strict on Covid management and control measuring

In view of the pandemic situation in the country, the Center on Sunday expressed the urgent need for states to consider strict control and management measures of COVID in the areas of increase to control the situation in the areas that report higher cases. .

“The existing infrastructure may not be able to cope with this kind of increase,” the Union Health Ministry said.

“Districts that meet either of the two criteria to be considered to take intensive actions and local containment measures. Local containment focused primarily on restricting the intermixing of people will be carried out for 14 days to break the chain,” said the Center.

In addition, the ranking of districts that require intensive action and local containment must also be done by the state on a weekly basis and can also be made available online, in addition to receiving due publicity in the media, the Center said in its notice.

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Meanwhile, to ensure there is no oxygen starvation in Covid-19 hospitals across the country, the Union Ministry of the Interior (MHA) on Sunday banned the use of liquid oxygen for any non-medical purpose while running its units. manufacturing to maximize production and make it available to the government for medical purposes only.

The ministry, in an order, stated that the National Executive Committee (NEC), under the Disaster Management Act of 2005, has made certain decisions to ensure the uninterrupted supply of medical oxygen throughout the country.