New Delhi: In other parts of the country, the second wave of Corona may have weakened, but in Kerala, it is still creating an outcry. More than 31 thousand new cases have been reported in the state within the last 24 hours. At the same time, 215 people have lost their lives due to the epidemic. During this, a total of 20271 people became healthy after defeating Corona. The most worrying thing is the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) of the state. The TPR in the state is 19.03 percent.
Earlier on Tuesday, 24,296 new cases of infection were reported in the state in 24 hours. This had not happened in the last two to three months. According to government figures, Kerala has the highest number of cases and deaths in the country. Kerala Health Minister Veena George has said that care should also be taken that people who are in isolation at home should follow the guidelines properly.
Health Minister’s instructions
A day earlier, the Health Minister had said- “In view of the possibility of a third wave, arrangements are being made to deal with that situation by arranging oxygen beds, ICUs and ventilators in hospitals at the district level.” The Minister said that since there is an apprehension that the third wave may affect children more, as they have not been vaccinated yet, special attention will be given to their treatment and arrangements are being made for them in the pediatric ward and ICU. Is. He also said that attention should be paid to keeping the death rate to a minimum.
Let us tell you that Kerala was praised everywhere for controlling the first wave of the epidemic. But in the second wave, the state seems to be stuck badly.
Corona may remain in India!
At the same time, the Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, says that the corona in India is in a way entering the endemic phase of the epidemic, where the infection of low and medium levels of corona continues. Dr. Soumya told that the endemic stage is when a population learns to live with any virus. He expressed the hope that the technical group of the WHO will be satisfied to approve the inclusion of India’s vaccine in its authorized vaccines. He said that I believe that by mid-September, the vaccine can be approved.
