A two-pronged focus on vaccination, home monitoring
The Hindu
Suggestions made to reassign workforce from inoculation
Faced with an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases in the third wave of the pandemic, the administration is considering to reassign part of manpower deployed for vaccination drive to adequately monitor home isolation cases.
From an average of 20-25 cases in the last week of December, the New Year has seen a dramatic uptick in fresh cases.
Since January 4 (66 new cases), the Union Territory has recorded 1,658 fresh infections cases, with a test positivity rate (TPR) of over 31%, comparable to the peak phase of the pandemic surge in 2020-21.
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