Claiming that Odisha is fully prepared to tackle any possible resurgence of COVID-19, Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling said on Tuesday that the public has no reason to panic as the state has implemented all necessary preparedness measures.
Following a new COVID-19 case in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, the health department has appealed to the public to remain vigilant.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that just as the people of the country united to confront the global COVID-19 pandemic, a similar sense of collective responsibility and national spirit is now needed amid the evolving situation in West Asia.
Odisha, endowed with a huge tourism potential, has recorded a substantial increase in the footfall of foreign tourists to coastal state in recent years after a considerable decline in 2020 and 2021 due to the outbreak of Covid-19.
The number of dengue and malaria cases in the city has gone down considerably, said a report prepared by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
The testing capacity has been substantially ramped up – 2.52 crore total tests have been conducted.
India's active caseload declined to 4,59,920. The recovery rate has risen to 97.18%.
The death toll of 51 released by the government however does not reflect the fatality of the past 24 hours, according to health officials.
Even though there is no evidence that there will be a 3rd wave affecting only children, we should prepare for the worst until this pandemic is over -- which will be declared by WHO and no one else.
Xinhua news agency quoted Secretary-General of the Indonesian Hospital Association (PERSI), Lia Gardenia Partakusuma as saying that amongst the victims, 405 were general practitioners, 43 dentists, 328 nurses, 160 midwives, and 95 others.
