Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday staged a meeting at the Secretariat to direct the officers to launch a campaign to install booster doses in the state for effective control of COVID-19.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), an unit of the Ministry of Health and family welfare, will be taking a review of all Delhi-based Central Government hospitals on Covid-19 preparedness.
The meeting comes a day after Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reviewed the coronavirus situation in a meeting with high level officials. He urged people to follow COVID-appropriate behaviour and get vaccinated against the virus. Emphasizing that COVID-19 is not over yet, he asked
China's recent exit from zero-Covid could lead to nearly 1 million deaths, according to CNN. After lifting covid curbs this month, the second-largest country braces for an unprecedented wave of infections from its major cities.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed the Covid situation in the state along with the high-level Team 9 constituted for the purpose Covid-19 management and gave necessary instructions.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin is holding a meeting with State Health Minister Ma Subramanian, Health Secretary and health officials at the secretariat regarding Covid protocols and preventive measures to be taken.
Telangana Director of Public Health and Family Welfare Gadala Srinivasa Rao gave clarification on his comments on COVID-19. Rao said it was due to the "blessings and kindness of Lord Jesus Christ" that the country could defeat COVID-19.
Saamna- Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray camp's mouthpiece- on Thursday slammed the Centre government over its letter sent to Rahul Gandhi to follow Covid protocol in the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra.
In the last six months, India reported four cases of the BF.7 Omicron sub-variant, which is driving the current surge of infections in China. Sources said there are currently 10 different variants of Covid-19 in the country, with the latest being BF.7.