‘Highest ever surge in world’: Centre asks states to set up makeshift hospitals amid Omicron surge
Health infrastructure can be immediately pressed because there is a sudden increase in cases, the word center asks countries to monitor the availability of their oxygen.
The center on Saturday wrote to all states and the Union region asked them to immediately take their health care infrastructure stock. In addition to adding more beds to the hospital, improving health care facilities, America is asked to check their oxygen availability, with careful notes. The world currently reported the highest surge in Covid-19 cases, Secretary Rajesh Bhushan wrote in his letter. “In the context of the spread of the variant of Omicron’s concern, the world currently reported the highest surge in Covid-19 case. In India, the trajectory of this case also showed an increase trend with 16,764 cases reported on December 31, the highest ever rose in the last 70 days. Developed countries in Europe and America reported significant increases in new cases in recent weeks, which showed high transmission of viruses, “Secretary added.
Health infrastructure may soon be pressured because there is a sudden increase in the case, the center said.
Given this, the center has asked the countries to make emergency hospitals. The state can also take advantage of hotel accommodations for patients who have mild to moderate symptoms, as did during a previous surge in several states, he said.
To monitor patients under house isolation, these countries must be a special team, call center, control room. A clear focus on rural areas and pediatric cases must also be maintained, the letter said.
“The state needs to review regularly the availability of logistics needed, the availability of oxygen, and buffer stick medicines in all health facilities in the state,” the center said.
The warning took place in the midst of a series of letters recently written to the state and UTS considering a surprise surge, which was seen as the beginning of fresh waves in this country.
As of December 31, the center asked all countries to test all fever, the case of body pain for Covid and treat them to Covid, unless the test results prove the opposite.
On the first day 2022, India reported 22,775 new Covid-19 cases and 406 deaths. The number of omicron infections is at 1,431, as on Saturday morning.
Omicron, the latest SARS-COV-2 variant, is believed to spread very quickly even though the severity is not worrying because most of the omicron patients without symptoms and recover without being hospitalized. But if the patient is not isolated correctly, there is an increased risk of transmission between other family members.