India in battle-ready mode

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya chaired a high-level meeting with health ministers of States and UTs on Friday to review the public health preparedness and the status of Covid-19 vaccination. He directed states to identify emergency hotspots, ramp up testing, genome sequencing and ensure hospital infrastructure readiness.

He underscored the need for Centre and the states to work in collaboration as was done during previous waves of Covid to keep infection under control. He also directed health officials to follow a five-fold strategy of the test, track, treat, vaccinate and adherence to Covid-appropriate behaviour for Covid management.