The ‘Mood Of The Nation’ survey conducted by India Today for the month of August 2021 has ranked the Chief Minister of Odisha Shri Naveen Patnaik as India’s No 1 CM in Covid-19 management.

Patnaik was closely followed by Assam CM Hemanta Biswa Sharma and Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren for managing the Covid-19 pandemic efficiently.

For over one and half years, the Odisha Chief Minister’s management of the pandemic in the State drew praises from different quarters including the Niti Aayog. The covid handling of the state even drew praises from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for effectively handling the covid crisis in Odisha’s Malkangiri district in June 2021.

The capital of the state, Bhubaneswar, even garnered a lot of media attention for being the first city to vaccinate all its citizens.

Till now as many as 9,96,153 Covid positive cases, 3.09% of the country’s total cases, have been detected in Odisha. Of them, 8,608 were active cases whereas 9,80,471 recuperated from the disease. The recovery rate of the State has been 3.12% of the country’s total recovery. A total of 7,021 persons in the State succumbed to Covid-19 while 53 died of diseases other than Covid.

The Union Health Ministry‘s war room and policy making team in New Delhi decide how coronavirus should be tackled in the country, and consists of the ministry’s Emergency Medical Response Unit, the Central Surveillance Unit (IDSP), the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and experts from three government hospitals among others. In March 2020, India’s strategy was focused on cluster-containment, similar to how India contained previous epidemics, as well as “breaking the chain of transmission”

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Export of rapid antigen test kits for detecting the new coronavirus has been restricted in India. The export policy for Covid-19 fast antigen testing kits has been modified, according to a notification from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) dated August 16.

As a result, their export will be restricted immediately, according to the DGFT.

Amendment in Export Policy of
COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Testing – Reg.

For details may pls refer Notification No.18 dated 16.08.2021https://t.co/FQwZwyr0Dt

— DGFT (@dgftindia) August 16, 2021

Under the modified export policy for Covid-19 fast antigen tests, the DGFT has identified two categories that will be added to the restricted list. Diagnostic or laboratory reagents go into the first group, whereas blood samples for therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic purposes, antisera and other blood fractions, and modified immunological products fall into the second.

Rapid antigen tests falling under additional HS codes will be subject to the same export limitations as the aforementioned two, according to the export regulator.

While RT-PCR testing is thought to be the gold standard for identifying Covid-19 infections, fast antigen tests are utilized when findings are needed quickly. An RT-PCR test is usually used to double-check their positive results.

As the country grapples with the second wave of the Covid-19 epidemic and the possibility of a third wave looms, scientists have advocated for wider adoption of quick antigen testing to keep an eye on potential outbreaks.

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With the Odisha Government lately rescinding the order that had mandated production of negative reports or fully vaccinated certificate for the inter-state travelers coming to the State, the warning shot is the southern border that has turned unquiet for the State.

As in step with the Union Health ministry report, a rise in trend within the daily covid-19 instances in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh has been suggested. At the same time as the East Godavari district has been the hotspot in the neighboring state, in the ultimate 10-days, the rt cost (transmission or contact fee) inside the neighboring Srikakulam has expanded to at least one.17 on august 1. Moreover, the infection price within the district hovered at around zero.02 as towards East Godavari’s 0.5, though the check advantageous rate (TPR) has been measured at around an insignificant 1.21 as towards 12.24 in East Godavari district. The vaccinated populace inside the neighboring district stood at round 11 in keeping with cent best. In the given state of affairs, the Srikakulam district holds the hazard of a spread inside the bordering districts of Ganjam and Gajapati. Keep in mind the covid-19 (negative)  scenario in the districts of Ganjam and Gajapati.

• The test positivity fee in ganjam and gajapati stands at zero.Forty three in keeping with cent.
• The contamination charge in both districts is 0.
• The completely vaccinated population within the ganjam district is at round 10.Forty five in keeping with cent.
• In gajapati, the absolutely vaccinated share stood at 6.Seventy one computer.
• Even as ganjam has an energetic caseload of fifty, it is an insignificant 21 in the gajapati district.
• As in keeping with the facts available with the odisha health department, the blocks within the gajapati district are the subsequent-door neighbours to srikakulam – kasinagar, gumma and parlakhemundi.
• Whilst Kasinagar has 0 active instances, the energetic instances are three in gumma and 5 in parlakhemundi. The contamination fee has been nil within the blocks.
• Similarly, the following-door blocks inside the ganjam district are patrapur and chikiti.
• The lively caseload in the blocks stood at three and 2, respectively.
• The contamination rate at those blocks is anticipated at zero.

At the same time as the above data indicates the covid-19 (negative) ground situation inside the districts could be very well underneath manage, but the faultline that would cause an upward push in caseload conspicuously exists there. The rt price in both the district on August 1 is measured at 1.05, respectively. So, the red sky inside the morning for the country authorities right here is notwithstanding recording day by day new instances in single digits, and additionally the fatalities because of covid-19 in last one month (Jul 12-Aug 11) changed into at around 80 in Ganjam district- while the kingdom as a whole when you consider that last recording nearly 60 deaths every day- the rt fee crossing the threshold fee of 1 by using aug 1 suggests that the transmission of the virus is on inside the districts. But it’s miles yet to mirror within the infection quotes there. The movement plan needed the given chance state of affairs, as consistent with who covid-19 recommendations, the Ganjam and Gajapati district administrations need to elevate the screening degree inside the next-door neighbors to the Srikakulam district. As according to the tips, there may be a need to perform surveillance of ILI (influenza-like infection) signs and growth the RT-PCR tests within the blocks to avoid any crisis in the future.

Source: Odisha TV.

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