The cases which are being reported in the country are mild symptoms and there is no hospitalisation. The Covid situation in other countries is critical due to their wrong policies.
The senior Odisha government official further stated that it has now been observed that elderly people are getting Covid infections in Japan and China. In India and Odisha, priority was earlier given on vaccination of the vulnerable population including people with comorbidities in the past.
Nearly 15.2 million children in the country had tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic, Xinhua news agency reported.
Covid-19 mock drills were carried out in several hospitals in Odisha including SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack to monitor the efficient Covid management system.
The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,77,647).
The review meeting will be held to access the present Covid situation in the state
Amid rising Covid cases across many countries, the Centre had asked all states and UTs to hold mock drills at all health facilities, including identified Covid dedicated health facilities across the country on December 27.
According to authorities, a 37-year-old man, who arrived from China, had tested positive for Covid at Bengaluru. The other 11 passengers came from high-risk countries. Four of them have been quarantined in a private hospital and the rest passengers have been kept in home quarantine.
The CM is likely to advise all the Collectors, district Chief Medical Officers and heads of healthcare institutions to strengthen surveillance and increase genome sequencing for Omicron management.
The BF.7 is a sub-lineage of the Omicron variant BA.5, which, Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, Co-chairman, National IMA Covid taskforce, calls 'great-grandson of Omicron'.
He also said that passengers arriving in India from these countries will undergo thermal screening at airports and those found COVID-19 positive or with fever will be quarantined.
Union Health Ministry said reliable oxygen supply is critical for saving lives during patient care and COVID-19 management.
"The RT-PCR test will be mandatory for international arrivals from China, Japan, S. Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand", Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday.
With the fresh fatality, the death toll due to the virus reached 5,30,691.
Odisha Health Director Bijay Mohapatra on Saturday said, “Even though the cases are rising in other countries, there is no need to panic. I also urge others not to make any statements which might trigger panic among people.”
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