Central team expresses satisfaction over State’s COVID-19 containment measures: Veena George
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The team had additionally expressed happiness on the progress made in COVID-19 vaccination by the State, Veena George stated.
The two-member Central team which had toured three districts within the State to evaluate Kerala COVID-19 containment has expressed satisfaction over the style by which the State has been managing containment in addition to patient-care actions.
The team had expressed full satisfaction over the State’s fundamental well being infrastructure, together with hospital services for affected person care in addition to medical administration of COVID sufferers, in accordance with an official assertion issued by the Health Minister Veena George on Thursday.
The team, together with Ruchi Jain, Public Health specialist on the Office of the Regional Health and Famiuly Welfare and Vinod Kumar, Pulmonary Medicine advisor at JIPMER Puducherry, had toured Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Pathanamthitta and had visited the General Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam Government Medical College and General Hospital at Kolenchery. They had additionally interacted with senior well being officers earlier than they held gave their closing feedback to the Health Minister.
Speaking to the media, Ms. George, stated that the Central team has expressed satisfaction over the State’s COVID containment measures and the brand new methods for illness transmission management adopted by the State.
“According to the team, Kerala need to have no apprehensions over the test positivity rate, which has consistently remained over 10% since the past few weeks. The epidemic curve in the State is on a long plateau and the second wave is continuing in the State as disease transmission is sustained at a low level as it did during the first wave, because of the strong containment measures adopted by the State,” Ms. George advised the media.
The indisputable fact that the State may handle to tide over the height of the second wave with out breaching the well being system’s capability and with out ending up with oxygen provide scarcity or shortage of ICU beds is a serious achievement of the State, in accordance with the Central team, she stated.
They had additionally expressed happiness on the progress made in COVID vaccination by the State, she added.
Ms. George stated that she had appealed to the Central team to supply the State 90 lakh further doses of vaccine in July, because the State has the best proportion of the inhabitants nonetheless vulnerable to COVID. Also, Kerala has the capability to manage 2.5-3 lakh doses of vaccines each day. Hence, the Centre ought to think about offering vaccines in bulk to the State in order that the vaccination course of will be accomplished quick, she identified.
She stated that except the individuals at a person degree took the utmost precautions and decreased social interactions, discount of TPR from the present ranges could be unattainable. Though the federal government has lifted lock down and brought away many restrictions on civil life, individuals wanted to train most self restraint, holding in thoughts that the second wave of COVID was persevering with within the State.
Those who interacted with the Central team included the Principal Secretary (Health) Rajan N. Khobragade, State Mission Director, National Health Mission Ratan Kelkar, the Director of Health Services V. R. Raju and different senior officers of the State Public Health wing.
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