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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Centre urges curbs in 46 high positivity districts

Centre urges curbs in 46 high positivity districts

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published Published on Jul 31, 2021   modified Modified on Aug 1, 2021

-The Hindu

Advisory comes as new cases cross 40,000 mark again

With the daily tally of new coronavirus cases touching a 24-day high at 41,649 cases on Saturday, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to several States that all districts reporting a positivity rate of more than 10% in the last few weeks, ought to consider strict restrictions. According to a statement from the Health Ministry the curbs must aim to “prevent/curtail movement of people, formation of crowds and intermingling of people to prevent spread of infection.”

Earlier, Mr. Bhushan held a meeting with health authorities from Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh and Manipur. Over 80% of the active cases in these States were in home isolation.

Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research Balram Bhargava, who was present at the meeting, said that over the past few weeks, 40,000 fresh cases are being reported everyday and 46 districts are showing more than 10% positivity while another 53 districts are showing a positivity between 5%-10%.

State-wise surveys

States were advised to conduct their own State-level sero-surveys for district-wise disease prevalence data, as the fourth national level sero-prevalence survey — whose headline results were announced last week revealed that nearly 40 crore Indians lacked antibodies to the virus and were particularly vulnerable — was heterogeneous in nature. Dr. Bhargava advised the States to ramp up vaccination in the 60+ and 45-60 age categories as nearly 80% of the mortality was from these vulnerable age-groups.

Regarding enforcement measures, he advised the State authorities to warn against avoid all non-essential travel and to discourage all large gatherings.

India's active case load stood at 4,08,920 which constituted about 1.29% of the country’s total positive cases.

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The Hindu, 31 July, 2021, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/coronavirus-centre-urges-curbs-in-46-high-positivity-districts/article35650063.ece?homepage=true


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