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RANCHI: Eight RT-PCR testing facilities of Jharkhand have been asked to send 300 samples of Covid-19 patients to Institute of Life Sciences in Bhubaneswar every month for genome sequencing.
The directive was issued by state health secretary Arun Kumar Singh, days after genome sequencing of 364 samples collected between January and March this year showed the prevalence of five different Covid variants in Jharkhand.
The secretary also pulled up the management of these testing facilities for failing to send the adequate numbers of samples to the laboratory regularly.
The facilities include Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, the TB sanatorium in Itki, Tata Main Hospital in Jamshedpur and the state-run medical colleges in Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Dumka, Palamu and Hazaribag.
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government will audit all the documented coronavirus-related deaths across the state’s five prominent Covid-19 hospitals during .
PM Modi held a meeting over Covid situation in Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Telangana. (File)
New Delhi:
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi s phone call to him on the COVID-19 situation in the country as the PM s Mann Ki Baat , instead of business.
Mr Soren s reaction came after PM Modi spoke to him and the chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Telangana about the COVID-19 situation on Thursday. Today the respected Prime Minister called. He only spoke his Mann Ki Baat . It would have been better if he would have talked business and heard the issues, the Jharkhand chief minister said in a tweet.
Hemant Soren s (right) reaction came after Narendra Modi (left) spoke to him about the Covid-19 situation on Thursday.
NEW DELHI: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Thursday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi s phone call to him on the Covid-19 situation in the country as the PM s Mann Ki Baat , instead of business.
Soren s reaction came after Modi spoke to him and the chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Telangana about the Covid-19 situation on Thursday.
आज आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री जी ने फोन किया। उन्होंने सिर्फ अपने मन की बात की। बेहतर होता यदि वो काम की बात करते और काम की बात सुनते। Hemant Soren (@HemantSorenJMM) 1620323342000 Today the respected Prime Minister called. He only spoke his Mann Ki Baat . It would have been better if he would have talked busine
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