"Test, Track, Treat": Centre To 8 States, Union Territories On Covid Surge

Saturday, 6 March 2021Newsdesk
"Test, Track, Treat": Centre To 8 States, Union Territories On Covid Surge
The effective strategy of "test, track and treat" has yielded results at the height of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the centre said today in a reminder to the states that are witnessing a high active caseload. As per news report of NDTV, eight states and union territories - Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and union territories of Delhi and Chandigarh - have been told to increase testing, contact tracing and accelerate vaccination for priority groups in the worst-hit districts.

New Delhi, 06 March 2021

Sixty-three districts in the eight states and union territories "continue to be of concern as these districts are seeing a decrease in total tests being conducted, low share of RT-PCR tests, increase in weekly positivity and low number of contact tracing of the COVID positive cases," the Union Health Ministry said in a statement today.

Source -NDTV


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