CM Eknath Shinde cautions Mumbaikars to use mask in crowded places
CM Eknath Shinde cautions Mumbaikars to use mask in crowded places
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has asked people to use face mask due to the sub-variant JN.1 which has hit Kerala Karnataka and Goa.
He also called for audits in health institutions and the availability of isolation and oxygen beds.
Notedly, Sudhakar Shinde
Additional Municipal commissioner Sudhakar Shinde stated that the BMC administration is prepared for any increase in Covid cases.
The state has registered one JN.1 case and will send samples for genome sequencing. In here are currently 45 Covid patients in the state.
He made the statement at a review meeting he had called with officials from the health and medical education departments as well as district collectors.
He asked for a review of information on people’s vaccination status, along with details of the number of isolation beds, ventilators and medicines in the state.
He added the task force of experts be set up by the health department.
Meanwhile, additional municipal commissioner Sudhakar Shinde said that although the Covid situation in the city isn’t worrisome, the BMC administration is in a state of readiness for any upsurge in Covid cases.
In December, 34 out of 1,004 people who were tested were positive for Covid. We have enough test kits, laboratories as well as thousands of beds in the private and public sector for Covid,” he said.
As per BMC executive health officer the state has so far reistered only one JN.1 case while most of the cases in the country have been detected in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. “We will send samples to NIV in Pune for genome sequencing,.
As there are very few cases in Mumbai in the last three months, the BMC hasn’t been able to conduct sequencing at its own Kasturba Hospital facility.
There are 45 Covid patients in the patients, including 27 in Mumbai, eight in Pune and Thane and one each in Kolhapur and Raigad.
The CM also said that social media as well as mass media should ensure wrong news is not publicized as it could cause panic among people.
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