Once again, the government is working vigorously regarding the rapidly spreading corona infection in the country and necessary steps are being taken regarding the infection. Even though the number of infected cases is high in the third wave of corona, very few people are in need of hospital. In such a situation, giving information about the situation ahead, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry, Lav Aggarwal said that people with mild cases of corona can be discharged after seven days of test positive and such people need to undergo corona test again. is not needed.
Let us tell you that till now corona test was required even after the recovery of corona infected person, but now according to the new guidelines presented by the central government, from now onwards the test is no longer needed in mild corona infection cases after recovery.
Let us inform that after the review meeting of Prime Minister Modi on Corona, Joint Secretary in the Union Health Ministry, Luv Agarwal said that after the meeting, the government has taken this decision by changing its discharge policy. Symptoms of corona are divided into mild and moderate.
Total 115 confirmed deaths globally due to Omicron and 1 death in India: Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry pic.twitter.com/rbvpxeeEGO
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On the other hand, if we talk about the status of corona cases in the country, the positivity rate was 1.1% on December 30, which has now increased to 11.05%. Three metros have emerged as the biggest concern regarding the increasing cases of Corona. The situation in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata is becoming uncontrollable. According to the data, about 50 thousand corona infected have come to the fore in these three cities only. The situation in Bangalore is also not good. On Wednesday, 27,561 people of Corona have come to Corona in Delhi, 16,420 in Mumbai and 7,060 in Kolkata. Eight European countries have more than doubled in the past two weeks. The number of active cases in the country is close to 9,55,319.
According to the new guideline issued by the ICMR, from now on there is no need for testing for all corona patients, but only those who come in contact with the elderly or those with high risk with serious illness, corona test should be done. Also, it has been told in this guideline that the corona test of those living in home isolation is necessary.