In India, this third fair held drills related to Covid-19 in its hospitals to test their response capacity in the event of a new wave of infections, when the health authorities alerted to a possible increase in contamination by SARS-CoV-2 in the coming days.
“We are conducting drills in hospitals across the country that have treated Covid-19 patients, so that all health institutions are prepared in case cases increase,” Indian Health Minister Manshukh told reporters today. Mandaviya, at the entrance to the Safdarjung Hospital in Nueva. Delhi.
“It is critical because Covid-19 cases are expected to increase in the coming days,” he added.
During the test, health authorities closely evaluated hospital resources, such as the availability of ventilators or medical oxygen, or the existence of a sufficient number of beds to care for patients in the event of an increase in cases of the disease.
With this, they intend to avoid repeating the dramatic images of saturated hospitals and crematoriums that occurred during the second wave of Covid-19 that affected the country in 2021 and that reached its peak in mid-May, when it exceeded 400,000 infections. and 4,000 deaths per day as a result of a saturated health system.
Despite the fact that SARS-CoV-2 infections in the country are now much lower, around 200 daily infections in recent weeks, the alarming increase in cases experienced by other countries, including neighboring China, has led to the Indian government to exercise extreme precautions. measures to prevent the entry and spread of the virus in its territory.
“Given the outbreak of Covid-19 [em todo o mundo]the first Minister [indiano, Narendra Modi] He asked us to stay vigilant and prepared so that the disease does not spread in India or the cases increase,” Mandaviya explained.
In this sense, the authorities of the state of Karnataka, in the south, this week imposed the use of masks in closed spaces, such as theaters and cinemas, and prohibited all parties to celebrate the end of the year from extending beyond 01 :00 hours. .
Nationwide, India last week reintroduced random checks at airports to 2% of international travelers entering the country, announcing that it will carry out a mandatory PCR on all passengers arriving from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand, all territories with the highest incidence of the virus, upon arrival.
In addition, the Government asked in a letter addressed to all states to send “samples of all positive cases” to genome sequencing laboratories to track virus mutations and prevent the entry of new variants.
India was one of the countries most affected during the pandemic, accounting for more than 44 million cases since the start of the health emergency and more than 530,000 official deaths, despite the fact that the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the number of deaths in this country can reach 4.7 million people.
Source: TSF
