Union Health Secretary Writes To States & UTs Regarding Covid Mock Drills At All Health Facilities On Dec 27

Union Well being Secretary Rajesh Bhushan wrote to state and union territorial well being secretaries on Saturday about holding mock drills on December 27 in any respect well being establishments (together with recognised COVID-dedicated well being services) throughout the nation, information company ANI posted the letter on Twitter. 

Union Well being Secretary Rajesh Bhushan writes to secretaries (Well being) of States and UTs relating to conducting mock drills in any respect well being services (together with recognized COVID-dedicated well being services) throughout the nation on December 27. pic.twitter.com/cXYdG7T3qg

— ANI (@ANI) December 24, 2022

“Being attentive to the surge in COVID-19 trajectory in lots of international locations world wide, it’s vital that in all States/UTS requisite public well being measures are put in place to fulfill any exigencies. Preparedness of COVID-19 well being services is essential to make sure that States/Districts are in a state of readiness to fulfill the rise in scientific care wants because of any spurt in instances,” the letter learn. 

The letter suggested that the drill’s primary focus be on geographically consultant availability of well being services – masking all districts, mattress capacities, optimum availability of human assets, human useful resource capability, referral providers, testing capacities, and medical oxygen availability. 

Union Well being Minister Mansukh Mandaviya instructed states and union territories on Friday to conduct a follow drill throughout all well being services on December 27 to evaluate infrastructure readiness, with a selected give attention to oxygen crops, ventilators, logistics, and human assets.

“The Centre and states must work in tandem and in a collaborative spirit, as was performed throughout earlier surges for Covid prevention and administration,” he mentioned throughout a digital assembly with well being ministers and senior officers of states in mild of the latest surge in coronavirus instances in some components of the world.

The dialogue examined the general public well being system’s readiness for Covid containment and administration, in addition to the immunisation marketing campaign’s progress. Together with the ministers, the assembly was attended by state principal secretaries, extra chief secretaries, and data commissioners.

Referring to the high-level evaluate assembly led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, Mandaviya additionally requested states to be on excessive alert, preserve full preparedness for Covid administration, and preserve their pre-emptive and proactive technique, in line with an announcement from the well being ministry.

He urged governments to beef up their surveillance programs for whole-genome sequencing of constructive case samples to be able to observe variations through the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) community.