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Influenza, Covid trends te sabole nemite

Agencies, 12 March: Seasonal influenza subtype H3N2 laga cases otha nemite, Centre para Saturday te konbah states te COVID-19 positivity rate asti para otha opor te monn chinda howa janaishe aro etu opor te joldi para kotha koribo lakibo koise.

Centre para sob states aro union territories te request korise operational guidelines te follow koribole nemite. Etu toh respiratory pathogens laga integrated surveillance nemite kelay koile cases of influenza-like illness (ILI) nahoile severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) thaka nemite.

States para be hospital preparedness te sbole koise, drugs aro medical oxygen thaka, Covid-19 aro influenza kelaaf vaccination coverage nesana nemite.

Last olop moina te COVID-19 trajectory toh namise, konbah states te COVID-19 test positivity rates asti para othise. Etu toh ekt aconcerning issue ase aro etu te joldi para sabo lakibo koise Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan para Saturday te states aro UTs logote ekta letter te.

Notun cases laga komti number hoilebe, hospitalisations laga number eki nama aro significant advances para terms of COVID-19 vaccination coverage bonaise. Vigilant thakibole aro five-fold strategy of test, track, treat, vaccination te focus thakibole aro Covid-appropriate behaviour te manibole lakiya koise.

Desh te konbah states aro UTs te ILIs aro SARIs otha dekha nemite, ekta meeting toh recently lowa thakise current situation te sabole nemite central ministries, departments aro organisations concerned logote.

Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) under te states aro UTs para reported hisab te, increasing trend of ILI/SARI te observed korise desh te.

Aro integrated sentinel based surveillance of ILI and SARI hisab te, Influenza A otha te toh shaise December last laga last half para.