If more than 10% of all tests in a week are positive, or if the occupancy rate of hospital beds exceeds 40%, states and union territories need to strengthen their review of Covid-19 infection trends, and consider night lockdowns and bans on large gatherings, etc. measure. On Tuesday, the federal government said in an advisory report.

In view of the threat posed by the Omicron variant, the Minister of Health Rajesh Bhushan sent the proposal to all secretaries of state and UT executives, and the variant triggered a new one in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and several other regions. Wave of Covid-19. “According to current scientific evidence, the transmission rate of the variant of concern (VOC) Omicron is at least three times that of Delta VOC. In addition, Delta VOC still exists in different regions of the country. Therefore, greater foresight is needed at the local and regional levels , Data analysis, dynamic decision-making and strict and rapid containment operations,” Bhushan’s letter said, calling on all authorities to make “rapid and centralized” decisions. All in all, India has found that according to the data shared by the states and HT, there were 220 Omicron cases as of Tuesday, of which 51 cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours. Of the total, 77 people with the new VOC have recovered.

States need to continuously review the regional-level data on the “population, geographic distribution, hospital infrastructure and its utilization, and manpower affected by Covid-19”, and notify the quarantine area and implement perimeter control in order to “control infection at the local level before infection “The letter said it spread to other parts of the state.

The letter added that the two thresholds it mentioned—10% of positive tests and 40% of bed occupancy rates—are normative templates, and local officials can even take measures based on demographic characteristics before these thresholds are breached.

The Minister of Health subsequently designated “strategic intervention areas” in five categories.

Regarding containment, the official suggested “impose a curfew; strictly manage large gatherings; reduce the number of weddings and funerals; limit the number of people in offices, industries, and public transportation.”

“If all new clusters of Covid positive cases appear, the containment area and buffer zone should be notified immediately; strict peripheral control of the containment area must be ensured in accordance with current guidelines; and all cluster samples must be immediately sent to the INSACOG laboratory for genome sequencing,” Said in the letter.

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