Centre lauds the fever survey of TS
The Hindu
Union Minister assures replication in other States
The Central Government has described the fever survey being conducted in Telangana as a good strategy and said that steps would be taken to replicate the survey in other parts of the country.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has appreciated the State Government’s initiative during a video conference with Ministers and officials of the southern states to review the situation arising out of Coronavirus (Cpvod-19) pandemic. Health Minister T. Harish Rao participated in the video conference which was attended by representatives from AP, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Mr. Harish Rao explained the State’s preparedness to tackle COVID-19, fever survey, progress of vaccination and related issues to the Union Minister. He recalled that Telangana was the first to launch fever survey during the second wave of the pandemic and the exercise yielded good results. The current round of the survey was launched after the instructions from Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.