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New Delhi : Haryana Health Minister while reviewing the Sero Survey meeting through video conferencing said that Haryana Government is all set to carry out a Sero Survey and the blueprint for it is ready. He said that a Sero-Survey is being carried out with the aim of identifying the penetration of COVID-19 and to monitor its transmission trends.
Karnataka: Medical Education Minister, Karnataka, Dr K Sudhakar briefed the PM about state’s Covid management – as CM continues to be in home isolation post recovery from Covid-19 – during the interaction of the PM with CMs through VC. Sudhakar briefed media that testing has been ramped up from 20,000 tests per day to nearly 50,000 now. It is planned to be increased to 75,000 with a good mix of RTPCR & Rapid antigen tests. With 1,82,354 total cases out of which 79908 are active cases, the state is well prepared to tackle the emerging situation with 1.14 lakh Covid Care Centre beds, 20,000 general beds, 8,000 Oxygen supported beds, 3,000 ICU beds and 1,500 ICU beds with ventilators, he added.
Andhra Pradesh: Stating that the government is focusing on testing and tracing Covid-19 cases thereby reducing the mortality rate, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy sought the support of the Centre to ramp up the medical infrastructure in the state during his interaction with PM Narendra Modi through video conference. Andhra Pradesh has decided that all Primary Health Centers (PHC), which are the backbone of primary care in rural areas, will now operate 24 hours a day.
Telangana: There are 17,767 vacant beds available for Covid-19 patients in government hospitals and private teaching hospitals combined, according to the state health department. 1