Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has advised the Odisha Government to undertake intensive containment and active surveillance in the clusters reporting higher Covid-19 cases. He has also asked to define containment zones based on mapping of cases and contacts traced and to undertake regular reviews and follow-up for implementation of ECRP-II with a focus on augmentation of existing health infrastructure particularly in rural areas and paediatric cases.
He too has advised to report death count as per the ICMR guidelines.Bhusan chaired a high-level meeting on Saturday to review the Covid-19 situations in 10 States, Odisha Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh and Manipur. The public health measures taken for surveillance, containment and management of Covid by the authorities in these States were also reviewed as these States are either reporting a rise in new daily Covid cases or a rise in positivity rate.