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The Centre has asked states, UTs to strictly monitor home isolation cases The new direction from the Centre comes amid spike in Covid-19 cases The states, UTs have been advised to conduct surveillance and report district-wise SARI

Covid-19 fourth wave scare continues in India The Centre has urged states and UTs for more alertness It has asked states, and UTs to ensure people joining festivities are vaccinated

The Centre has written to states and UTs amid a spike in Covid cases The Centre has also called for high-level testing as cases rise In the last 24 hours, 7,240 new coronavirus cases have been reported in India

The Centre has written to 5 major states for ‘pre-emptive action’ as Covid-19 cases are rising In its letter, the Centre told the states to take pre-emptive action if required These 5 states are - Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, Maharashtra and Karnataka.

Union Health Ministry is also planning to start "Har Ghar Dastak-2.2" campaign for two months June and July. More than 193.53 crore vaccine doses are provided to States and UTs and over 16.72 crore unutilized vaccine doses are still available with them.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan will review Covid-19 vaccination program. India`s COVID vaccination coverage had exceeded 191.79 crores.

The Health Secretary, however, said that “Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh are among the 'States of Concern'”. “Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, UP, Gujarat, Odisha, Delhi & Rajasthan are among the top 10 States in terms of active cases,” he added.

Bhushan said that the recent cases are driven by the Omicron variant India recorded 1,79,723 fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday

The Health Ministry official also said that India would resume exports of COVID-19 vaccines only after its own interests are taken care of

India is fighting COVID-19 strongly, the govt said today An effective strategy for vaccine distribution is ready, the govt said Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that 29,000 cold-chain points, 240 walk-in coolers, 70 walk-in freezers, 45,000 ice-lined refrigerators, 41,000 deep freezers and 300 solar refrigerators will be used for this purpose.

The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said that five states - Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu - account for nearly 70 per cent of deaths due to COVID-19 in the country. Addressing a press conference in the national capital, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said 37.14 per cent deaths have been reported from Maharashtra, 10.89 per cent from Tamil Nadu, 8.98 per cent from Karnataka, 6.17 per cent from Andhra Pradesh and 5.46 per cent from Uttar Pradesh. "Five states namely Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu account for 70 per cent of deaths due to COVID-19 in the country," he said. NITI Aayog member VK Paul, who also heads COVID-19 national task force, stressed on the importance of testing in containing the pandemic. Of the 1,133 COVID19 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, Maharashtra accounts for 423 deaths, he said.

Senior bureaucrat Rajesh Bhushan has been appointed Union Health Secretary He succeeds Preeti Sudan Rajesh Bhushan is a 1987 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer He was named OSD in April this year by the Centre