New Delhi: An increase in the cases of Coronavirus infection is being recorded in India. Meanwhile, on Sunday, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reviewed the status of Kovid in the country and the vaccination campaign. He informed that all the states together have used only more than 17 percent of the Emergency Covid-19 Response Package 2 (ECRP-II) of Rs 23 thousand 123 crores. The Central Government had approved the package in August last year to improve the medical systems.
In this meeting held virtually, the Health Ministers of the states and senior officials of the Health Department attended. According to the ministry, Mandaviya said, ‘Globally, countries are experiencing a 3 to 4 times increase in Covid-19 cases compared to their earlier peak cases. Globally, countries are experiencing a 3 to 4 times increase in COVID-19 cases as compared to their earlier peak cases. Due to the extremely rapid spread of Omicron variants, the sharp rise in COVID cases could overwhelm the medical system. Therefore, he advised the states to leave no stone unturned to improve the infrastructure to manage the rapid growth, so that India remains safe from this outbreak of Covid-19.
“States/UTs were encouraged to expedite the practical progress under ECRP-II in terms of ICU beds, oxygen beds, pediatric ICU/HDU beds, etc. Training and capacity building of human resources from States/UTs, including timely availability of ambulances, preparedness of states to operationalize COVID facilities for institutional quarantine, and effective and monitoring surveillance for those in home isolation It was also urged to make effective use of IT tools for telemedicine and remote consultation.
In August last year, the government had approved ECRP-II of Rs 23 thousand 123 crores. According to the plan, according to the information received from the states after the experience during the second wave, the government had sanctioned 23 thousand 56 ICU beds. Under this scheme, more than one thousand beds were to be prepared in 7 states. These include the names of Uttar Pradesh (4007), Karnataka (3021), Maharashtra (2970), West Bengal (1874), Tamil Nadu (1583), Madhya Pradesh (1138), and Andhra Pradesh (1120).
In a meeting held on December 15 to increase medical oxygen supply, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had informed that funds have been released under ECRP-II for the installation of 958 Liquid Medical Oxygen Storage Tanks and Medical Gas Pipeline System in 1374 hospitals. Along with this, 14 thousand oxygen concentrators were also made available under the scheme.
According to a release issued by the Health Ministry, Mandaviya urged the states to re-activate their teams to work at the ground level and strengthen the monitoring and control mechanism. Thereafter improving hospital infrastructure; expediting investigation; There were extensive and detailed discussions on various aspects of COVID management including strict preventive measures to break the chain of infection and emphasis on COVID appropriate behavior among the general public. The major constraints in the medical infrastructure were also discussed.
The state health ministers in the meeting were S. Pangnew Foam (Nagaland), NK Das (Odisha), Dr. Prabhuram Choudhary (Madhya Pradesh), Ma Subramaniam (Tamil Nadu), Keshab Mahanta (Assam), Anil Vij (Haryana), Satyendar Jain (Madhya Pradesh). Delhi), Alo Libang (Arunachal Pradesh), Banna Gupta (Jharkhand), Mangal Pandey (Bihar), T.S. Singh Deo (Chhattisgarh), Chandrima Bhattacharjee, Minister of State for Health (West Bengal), and others.
