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JAMMU, May 25: Union Home Secretary, Ajay Kumar Bhalla, today chaired a high-level meeting to review the management of the COVID-19 pandemic across all the Union Territories.
Chief Secretary, Jammu & Kashmir B V R Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretaries of all Union Territories, and Union Secretaries of the concerned departments participated in the meeting.
Bhalla cautioned the UTs on the successive surges and asked them to remain vigilant to the situation. Advising the UTs to learn from their experiences, he asked them to keep pace with testing and vaccination rates, besides enforcing COVID appropriate behaviour and strengthening the medical infrastructure.
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Through the government's timely response, the daily number of COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir has reduced from an all-time high of 5,500 to 2,200 in two weeks. The same period also witnessed a reduction in the case positivity rate from 13 per cent to 6.2 per cent, informed the Union Home Secretary on Tuesday.
Union Home Secy reviews COVID-19 management across UTs
At 66%, maintained better than national average vaccination in >45 age category
JAMMU: The Union Home Secretary, Ajay Kumar Bhalla, today chaired a high-level meeting to review the management of the COVID-19 pandemic across all Union territories.
Chief Secretary, Jammu & Kashmir B V R Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretaries of all Union territories, and Union Secretaries of the concerned departments participated in the meeting.
The Union Home Secretary cautioned the UTs on the successive surges and asked them to remain vigilant to the situation. Advising the UTs to learn from their experiences, the Home Secretary asked them to keep pace with testing and vaccination rates, besides enforcing COVID appropriate behaviour and strengthening the medical infrastructure.
SRINAGAR: The Union Home Secretary, Ajay Kumar Bhalla, today chaired a high-level meeting to review the management of the COVID-19 pandemic across all Union territories.
Chief Secretary, Jammu & Kashmir B V R Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretaries of all Union territories, and Union Secretaries of the concerned departments participated in the meeting.
The Union Home Secretary cautioned the UTs on the successive surges and asked them to remain vigilant to the situation. Advising the UTs to learn from their experiences, the Home Secretary asked them to keep pace with testing and vaccination rates, besides enforcing COVID appropriate behaviour and strengthening the medical infrastructure.
J-K performing reasonably well in mitigating COVID pandemic
ANI
26 May 2021, 04:27 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): With the government s timely response, the daily number of COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir has reduced from an all-time high of 5,500 to 2,200 in two weeks. The same period also witnessed a reduction in the case positivity rate from 13 per cent to 6.2 per cent, informed the Union Home Secretary on Tuesday.
According to Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, the Union Territory is among the leading regions in the country in vaccination of above 45 years age group having vaccinated 66 per cent of its eligible population which is well above the national average of 32 per cent.