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After reviewing the Covid situation in India in the wake of several countries reporting a resurgence of the virus, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said that the the pandemic is not over yet, but “we are prepared to manage any situation”.
He made the remark following a review meeting with senior officials earlier in the day at the Nirman Bhavan here.
Taking to Twitter, the Minister said: In view of the rising cases of Covid19 in some countries, reviewed the situation with experts and officials today.
“Covid is not yet finished. I have directed everyone involved to be on high alert and to increase surveillance. We are ready to deal with any situation.”
Meanwhile, the Health Ministry has written to the states to ramp up the whole genome sequencing of positive cases to track the new Covid variant.
In the letter on Tuesday, the Ministry said: “In view of the sudden spurt of cases being witnessed in Japan, the US, South Korea, Brazil and China, it is essential to gear up the whole genome sequencing of positive case samples to track the variants through Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium network”.
Source:OCN
