HEALTH-COVID Centre flags districts with high COVID-19 caseload The Health Ministry held a review meeting of COVID-19 management and response in 15 districts across five States exhibiting high caseload and fatality. At the meeting, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan spoke with senior health officials of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh and identified the districts of Chittoor, Prakasam, Mysuru, Bengaluru Urban, Ballari, Koppal, Dakshina Kannada, Davangere, Ludhiana, Patiala, Chennai, Coimbatore, Salem, Lucknow and Kanpur Nagar which, he noted, needed urgent attention. “These areas have been exhibiting higher active caseload, fatality rates and a surge in the COVID-19 cases for the past four weeks”, said Mr. Bhushan. The Ministry said that these areas have been issued detailed road maps and action plans for the next one month. “The States were advised to limit and eventually brea...
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