As country witnessed its biggest ever spike on Sunday with more than 5,000 cases being reported in a single day, it seems that worst is far from over. Though the health ministry officials are saying that numbers may continue with similar trends in the coming days, earlier assessment of AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria that the country may witness its peak in June/July is still haunting several minds. Going by the health ministry’s indication, all planning and resources are being mobilized to handle that impending situation.
First, it was the Tablighi Jamaat event and now a large scale of migration is giving a headache to the receiving states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, and West Bengal. UP and Bihar are the big receivers of migrants till now. UP alone received more than 7.60 lakh migrant labourers through 541 Shramik trains, forget about other modes of movements.
This sudden surge in Covid numbers has forced the Centre to evaluate, review, and redraft their strategy again. Even ICMR has changed its testing guidelines.
In the last two days, the government has updated its containment plan for large outbreaks. Assessment of the health ministry is that only 30 municipal areas are contributing 80 per cent of Covid numbers in states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana. Therefore, the government machinery is also gearing up for the containment of the large outbreaks, which includes:
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