Covid SOPs for festive season crowds released by Govt.

A virtual platform is being constructed to screen the complete price chain, from procurement to storage and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, as soon as a candidate is authorized for mass immunization, the government said on Tuesday. It additionally launched suggestions for crowd control all through the festive season.

India has been focusing on growing it's checking out the ability for COVID-19. So some distance, extra than eighty million samples have been tested, of which 8 million had been completed over the last week. As of Tuesday, India’s COVID-19 instances touched 6,724,380, with 104,032 fatalities.

“There is a gradual decline in day by day new instances. The daily positivity fee is also declining whilst in comparison to the previous week and new recoveries have exceeded new instances reported in recent days," said Rajesh Bhushan, secretary, ministry of health, and circle of relatives welfare.

“The most recoveries were mentioned on 26 September with ninety-three,420 patients being discharged in only 24 hours, at the same time as the most variety of new cases changed into reported on 27 September with round 88,600 cases," he brought.

According to the Union health ministry, 10 states account for 77% of overall active instances of which 3, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Kerala, account for fifty% of India’s lively instances.

Analyzing the trend of COVID cases pronounced from states, Bhushan said it was too early to take a call on Maharashtra and that there has been a need to take a look at the state for an extended duration.

As far as COVID-19 deaths are involved, 48% of total deaths in India are focused in 25 districts of 8 states, out of which 15 districts are in Maharashtra, he added.

On Tuesday, the fitness ministry issued widespread operating strategies (SOP) on preventive measures to comprise the unfold of COVID because of the imminent festive season-spanning October to December, when massive gatherings are witnessed for spiritual activities, fairs, rallies, exhibitions, cultural features, and processions. While festive activities will now not be allowed in containment zones, the government also stated that the organizers of such activities must put together a detailed website online plan and make sure crowds to the naked minimal, besides complying with thermal screening, physical distancing, and sanitization norms.

“Planning for the event ought to particularly issue this so that crowds are regulated and controlled to make sure bodily distance and common sanitization," in keeping with the brand new tips.

Meanwhile, Union fitness minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday launched the National Clinical Management Protocol based totally on Ayurveda and yoga for COVID control. “The protocol has been brought out considering Ayurveda literature and scientific revel in, empirical evidence and organic plausibility and emerging traits of ongoing clinical studies," said Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, secretary, AYUSH ministry.