Covid Cases Reducing, But Need To Be Vigilant: Minister To Eastern States
NDTV
Odisha, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and West Bengal were among the states that participated in the interaction on COVID-19 with health minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
There is still a need to be vigilant and not lower the guard even though the active cases of COVID-19 in most of the states and the positivity rate have shown a fall in the last two weeks, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in an interaction with five eastern states on Saturday.
State health ministers, principal secretaries/additional chief secretaries and information commissioners of Odisha, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and West Bengal participated in the meeting, according to an official release.
Mr Mandaviya urged them to monitor the case positivity rate on a daily basis and increase the RT-PCR testing rate as most of the states exhibited a lower share of such tests.
“While the active cases in most of the states and the positivity rate have shown a fall in the last two weeks, we still need to be vigilant and not lower our guard,” he stated.
