Amid a fresh surge in coronavirus cases in southeast Asia, the government has written to states to ensure an “agressive and sustained genome sequencing, intensified surveillance and (to) keep an overall vigil” on the Covid-19 situation. The five fold strategy of ‘Test-Track- Treat-Vaccination and adherence to Covid appropriate behaviour’ has yet again been reiterated by the government. India on Friday registered 2,528 new Covid cases – the fifth straight day when daily cases were below the 3,000-mark.
A decreases in case has been “observed” in the country after “a rapid surge due to the Omicron variant”, the letter by Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan. In the month of January, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and other big cities had seen a big spike.
As the daily cases dropped, states were told to ease the Covid curbs in a letter dated February 25. “It is imperative that states and union territories must observe all precautions and not let the guard down while resuming the economic activity,” the central government has said in its latest communication.
