Khushi Thawani, 22nd Dec, 2022, Mumbai Uncensored:

In light of the sharp increase in instances in China, the union Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya presided over a meeting on Wednesday to review the Covid situation in India. China has fallen into chaos as a result of the government’s decision to abandon the zero-Covid policy’s rigorous lockdown limits. Even if the administration disputes that there have been more than ten deaths, the country’s crematoriums are currently overflowing with bodies.

The health minister met with members of the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Indian Council of Medical Research, and the department of biotechnology as concern over a repeat of history reached to neighbouring countries.

Numerous medical professionals and top authorities on health and welfare attended the meeting in Delhi, which was presided over by health minister Mandaviya.

Bharati Pawar, India’s Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, VK Paul, a member of the government’s core team for the Covid-19 pandemic response, Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary of the Union Health Ministry, Dr. NK Arora, Chief, National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI), Nivedita Gupta, ICMR scientist, Atul Goyal, Director of the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) were some of the members. 

Following the meeting, Mansukh Mandaviya said, “Covid is still going on. I’ve told everyone involved to be vigilant and tighten support.”

And, Dr. VK Paul of the Niti Aayog issued a warning to wear masks in crowded areas to prevent the transmission of the virus amid worries that the wave of cases in China would result in new mutations. “If you are in a crowded area, whether inside or outside, wear a mask. This is especially crucial for those who have comorbid conditions or are older”he said.

The meeting took place the day after Rajesh Bhushan, secretary of the Union Health Ministry, asked state governments to send samples of positive cases to the genome sequencing labs on a priority basis.

The secretary stated in a statement released by the health ministry that it is crucial to step up the process of genome sequencing positive case samples in order to track the variants through the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACoG) network.

Mansukh Mandaviya wrote to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot regarding Covid standards in the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra amid concerns that the Covid outbreak would spread to India. The usage of masks and sanitizer should be implemented, according to Mandaviya, and Covid recommendations should be properly adhered to throughout the yatra.

Kamaljeet Singh – Mumbai Uncensored 15th June 2022

There has been an increase in the cases of corona in India again. A day later, more than 8 thousand new cases of corona have come. 

The Health Ministry said that 8,822 new cases of corona infection have been reported in the last 24 hours. 

There has been an increase of more than 33 percent in the cases of corona today as compared to yesterday i.e. Tuesday. 

On Tuesday, 6,594 cases of corona were reported across the country. This is a worry again for all and can impact a plethora of things in the country. However, this become important for everyone to follow the guidelines. Those were implemented before.

Manas Kapur – Mumbai Uncensored, 17^th March 2022

As most nations across the world open up and continue ‘ordinary existence’ with a fall in Covid-19 cases, China is right now seeing its most terrible flare-up of the infection in two years.

On Sunday, the nation detailed 3,100 new privately communicated cases in a day, which is the most noteworthy in two years. A few neighbourhood specialists have credited the flood in cases to the Omicron variation.

With the ascent in cases, a large number of individuals in various pieces of China are presently living under lockdown.

Subsequent to fixing 1,000 new cases for two days straight, new privately sent cases in China flooded to more than 3,100, the National Health Commission covered Sunday. This is the most noteworthy in two years.

Some nearby wellbeing specialists have ascribed the flood in cases in China to the Omicron variation, which is more contagious however goals less extreme side effects than the first Covid-19 infection, the South China Morning Post report said.

To contain the spread of the infection, the Chinese government put the cutting edge Shenzhen city under lockdown. The city has a population north of 17 million.

Shenzhen will seal all networks, towns and suspend transport and metro administrations from Monday to Sunday, it was accounted for on Sunday.

On Saturday, Jilin city was to some extent secured while Yanjim, a metropolitan area of 700,000 individuals, was put under lockdown on Sunday.

In the interim, Changchun, a modern base of 9,000,000 individuals, was secured on Friday while a couple of different urban areas have been shut down since March 1.

Aside from absolute lockdowns, specialists are additionally forcing neighbourhood checks on schools, cafés, shopping centres and other public spots to control the spread of the infection.

In Shanghai, for instance, specialists have briefly closed down schools, organizations, eateries and shopping centres.

As a component of its reaction to the new flare-up, China has chosen to permit the utilization of quick antigen tests to analyze Covid-19 interestingly. This has been done to support the early revelation of cases.

The city of Shenzhen, in the meantime, will complete three rounds of citywide Covid-19 tests this week.

Recently, a top Chinese authority asserted that China had been probably the best entertainer in checking the Covid pandemic and credited the accomplishment to its rigid zero-case strategy of limiting public and worldwide travel with proactive neighbourhood lockdowns any place the infection surfaced.

Notwithstanding, with a few urban communities including Shanghai and Beijing currently seeing a flood in cases, the country’s Covid control system has gone under question.

The circumstance in Hong Kong has likewise crumbled further. Authorities affirmed 27,647 new Covid-19 cases and 87 passes in Hong Kong on Sunday.

‘WORST SINCE WUHAN’

Giving an account of the circumstance, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post said China was near the very edge of its greatest Covid-19 emergency since Wuhan.

The Covid initially broke out in Wuhan in December 2019 preceding it spread to practically all areas of the planet, asserting more than 6 million lives up to this point.