After the outbreak of the new Corona virus in China, India is preparing to prevent the spread of a new Covid-19 infection, which enters the country in a state of health emergency similar to what happened in the spring of last year.
India’s Health Minister Mansukh Mandavia told parliament on Thursday that India would start randomly testing 2 percent of international travelers arriving at the country’s airports after asking regional authorities to send positive samples to laboratories that monitor the new strains of Covid.
The Indian minister advised residents to take precautions against COVID-19, including getting vaccinated and wearing masks, as the country remains on high alert for new variants that could emerge from the wave of infection sweeping through neighboring China.Cnnnews.
“States have been asked to educate people (about the need) to wear masks, use hand sanitizers, maintain respiratory hygiene and social distancing,” Mandavia said.
Speaking on Wednesday during a meeting to review the epidemic situation in the country amid rising cases in many Asian countries, India’s health minister said, ‘Covid is not over yet. I have ordered affected people to stay alert and step up surveillance. “.
The Indian minister’s warnings come as China prepares for the spread of infections from its largest city to its vast rural areas after backing away from its “zero Covid” strategy earlier this month.
In the spring of 2021, a second wave of coronavirus devastated India after the country was struck by the deadly mutant ‘Delta’ which infected hundreds of thousands of people every day, killing tens of thousands and putting the health system on brink of collapse.
And on Wednesday, the director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, expressed his concern about the increase in cases in China, stressing that he was concerned about “the increase in reports of serious illnesses”.
“To conduct a comprehensive risk assessment of the situation on the ground, WHO needs more detailed information on disease severity, hospitalizations and ICU support requirements,” Ghebreyesus said at a news conference.
Since Beijing lifted its strict health restrictions in early December, the number of coronavirus cases in the country has soared, fueling fears of a high death rate among the elderly.
According to testimonies collected by Agence France-Presse, the crematoria are under great pressure, with no official link to Covid.
An analysis published by the “Bloomberg” agency suggests that China could currently be seeing around one million coronavirus cases and five thousand deaths a day.
