India’s health ministry is conducting drills to check the preparedness of hospitals to deal with rising Covid-19 cases.
The exercise would be carried out to minimise the surging covid-19. Experts have welcomed the idea of battling the disease before it escalates again.
The country saw a deadly second wave in 2021. The government, came under criticism as many hospitals ran out of oxygen and critical care beds. India recorded close to 6,000 new cases on Sunday, government data shows. The active case count was 35,000.
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The surge in number is driven by XBB.1.16, an omicron subvariant. The WHO has said it was watching the subvariant and the spread in India.
It’s been in circulation for a few months. We haven’t seen a change in severity in individuals or populations, but that’s why we have these systems in place,” Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s COVID-19 technical lead, recently said.
Many cities in India have seen a sharp rise in cases in recent weeks, but the surge has not led to an increase in hospital admissions.
Both public and private hospitals are participating in the mock drills which are being supervised by India’s health minister Mansukh Mandaviya and other state health ministers.
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In an online meeting held on 7 April, Mr Mandaviya had also asked health officials to identify emergency hotspots by tracking cases related to respiratory illnesses and he also advised them to increase testing and vaccination for Covid-19.
He also stressed the need for increasing awareness about Covid-appropriate behaviour like wearing masks in public places. Follow Us for more exclusive news updates on all social media platforms.
