To check the spike in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, the State which continues to lead in daily new cases, the authorities have come up a 7 point action plan, including testing of close contacts, fast contact-tracing, mass testing in hot-spots and audit of deaths.
Principal Secretary to Prime Minister P.K. Misra on Tuesday chaired a high level review meeting by video conference on Tuesday to review the status and progress of COVID vaccination across States and UTs.
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February 23, 2021 09:05 IST
Centre has also asked states to look into strict, comprehensive surveillance and stringent containment to curb the spread of the virus.
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New South Wales Police officer Lachlan Pritchard receives the Pfizer vaccine at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Vaccination Hub in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. | Photo Credit: AP
Centre has also asked states to look into strict, comprehensive surveillance and stringent containment to curb the spread of the virus.
The Centre has written to States Kerala, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and J&K which are witnessing a daily surge in the number of daily COVID-19 cases directing an increase in proportion of RT-PCR tests while ensuring that those testing negative with Rapid Antigen be retested by RT-PCR.
Manipur Anganwadi worker dies a week after taking COVID-19 vaccine
A 48-year-old Anganwadi worker in Manipur has died a week after receiving her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, officials said on Saturday.
W. Sundari Devi of Kumbi Terakha area in Bishunpur district had received her first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine on February 12 at Kumbhi primary health centre (PHC), they said.
She was taken to the Moirang community health centre (CHC) on February 18 as she had breathing problems and died at the CHC on Friday.
Health Department officials said that a special team will conduct the post-mortem of the deceased to ascertain the true cause of the death.