TAKE PROACTIVE ACTION IN CASES OF "SUDDEN SURGE" IN COVID CASES: CENTRE TO 8 STATES

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 New Delhi: The Centre has written to states, warning them of an unexpected increase in Covid cases in 14 cities, and pressing them to take prompt action to stem the tide. In addition, cases of the extremely contagious Omicron are rapidly growing in and around major cities. According to the Center's recommendation, sources said. "Take steps immediately to avert higher mortality." According to top sources, the notion of extending Delhi's GRAP model across the country is also being studied.

The government's Covid Task Force chief, VK Paul, announced in the evening that the Centre had written to eight states, including Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Kerala, and Telangana.

In the evening, the public authority's Covid Task Force boss VK Paul said the Center haswritten to eight states including Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Kerala and Telangana. Fourteen locale in the nation has showed a huge inspiration rate – somewhere in the range of 5 and 10 percent - - he said.

Omicron, he added, is gaining fast ground in the country. Such a long ways there have been 961 instances of the exceptionally irresistible variation across 22 states. The most noticeably terrible impacted states are Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Kerala and Telangana.

While Delhi and Mumbai have shown the greatest spike, different urban areas, including Gurgaon, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad are not a long ways behind.

More than a 24-hour time span, Mumbai logged 2,510 instances of Covid on Wednesday, a 82% leap. In a comparable gigantic spike, Delhi revealed 923 instances of Covid on Wednesday - - a 86 percent hop from Tuesday.

At this point, Delhi and Maharashtra are additionally the two states generally impacted by Omicron, among the 19 states where the variation has shown up. However, Omicron cases are additionally expanding quickly in Bengaluru and Ahmedabad, sources said.

Between December 15 and 21, Haryana's Gurugram, situated close to Delhi, recorded 194 Covid cases. The number went up to 738 in the December 22 to multi week.

In Chennai, the numbers have gone up from 1,039 to 1,720 in a similar period. In Kolkata, the figures are 1,494 and 2,636. In Bengaluru, the Covid cases have spiked from 1,445 to 1,902.

Recently, Delhi forced a progression of limitations under the Yellow Alert - - part of the city's four-stage Graded Response Action Plan or GRAP. The arrangement was endorsed by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority in July as a preliminary measure for a potential third wave.

Under it, the greater part of the exercises continued in stages as the subsequent wave halted. Shopping centers, cafés, shops, film lobbies spas and rec centers were closed. So were schools and universities. Private workplaces are being permitted to work at 50% limit from 9 am to 5 pm.

Shops and shopping centers selling unnecessary labor and products are permitted to remain open under the odd-even rule.

Eateries and bars are working at 50% limit and timings have been abridged.

            

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