Caroni East MP Dr Rishad Seecheran is calling on government to allow for booster doses of the COVID-19 for all adults over 18.
In a statement, Dr Seecheran said for many countries, booster doses are already being administered.
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The IIT Delhi’s rapid antigen test kit for COVID-19 gives results within five minutes. This RAT kit is also affordable and will be available for purchase at a cost of Rs 50.
KCR for two-pronged strategy to check Covid spread
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Hyderabad, May 24 : Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday directed officials to implement a two-pronged strategy to curtail the Covid-19 spread in the state.
He asked them to continue fever survey, and distribute medical kits, while also ramping up testing.
Reviewing the Covid situation at a high-level meeting, he said that the on-going fever survey and distribution of medical kits, the first of its kind in the country, is yielding good results and it should be continued.
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Further, the Chief Minister also directed the health department to increase institutional quarantine, micro containment zones and COVID Care Centres in a bid to arrest surging COVID-19 cases. With a view to tackle the pandemic with human heart, the Chief Minister instructed to provide free food to poor people of the containment zones for two weeks.
He instructed authorities to strengthen vulnerable points of the embankments in the district on war footing ahead of the floods.
Sarma directed the health department to conduct one lakh COVID tests daily to detect positive cases early. He also asked the department to procure 50 lakh Rapid Antigen Test kits to intensify testing.