The central government has directed six states to examine the evolving Covid-19 situation at the micro level and monitor, test and monitor new and emerging Covid clusters.
Over the past few weeks, there has been an increase in Covid-19 cases in India, with a total of three thousand plus cases in the week ending March 15.
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala are the six states that continue to report high numbers of cases.
“There are states that are reporting a high number of cases indicating the possible local spread of the infection and need to follow a risk assessment-based approach to prevent and contain the infection without losing the gains made so far in the fight against it. epidemic,” Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said in a letter.
