Corona is again frightening in the country:Alert in 5 states on sudden increase in cases; First case of XE variant in Gujarat; A case of XM too

 The Ministry of Health has issued a warning to five states amid rising cases of Kovid in China and America. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written a letter to the governments of Delhi, Haryana, Kerala, Maharashtra and Mizoram. In this, the Health Secretary has asked the states to increase vigilance and seriously investigate the reasons for the increase in the rate of infection.

Meanwhile, in Gujarat, a person has been reported to be infected with the XE variant. According to sources, one case of XM variant has also been detected in the state. Earlier this week, a woman from Mumbai was reported to be infected with the XE variant. However, the Health Ministry denied this.

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Why is the Center concerned, the
Health Secretary said that the daily positivity rate is increasing in these states, that is, the number of new corona patients found every day has increased. In view of this, the state governments should seriously review the situation and if necessary issue new guidelines regarding Kovid-19.

On the one hand, the number of corona patients in the country is continuously decreasing, but in the last seven days in Delhi, Maharashtra, Haryana, Kerala and Mizoram, the positivity rate has suddenly increased. Regarding this, the central government has sent an alert to Kerala, Maharashtra, Delhi, Haryana and Mizoram.

According to the Ministry of Health, in the last 24 hours, 353 cases have been reported in Kerala, 113 in Maharashtra, 336 in Haryana and 123 in Mizoram. If we look at the situation in the country, in the last 24 hours, 1,109 new cases of corona were reported, while 43 people have died. On Thursday, 1,033 cases of corona were registered across the country.

Amidst the threat of new variants of corona , all people of 18+ will get the third dose
, the government has announced that all people above 18 years of age will be given the third dose of corona vaccine from April 10. The Ministry of Health has named it the Precaution Dose. It will be levied free of cost to health workers and people above 60 years of age, while the rest of the adults will have to pay. It will be installed at private vaccination centers. This dose will be administered only to those people whose age is more than 18 years and who got the second dose 9 months or earlier. Read this news for all the information related to vaccination .

Why Precaution Dose was needed in India Precaution dose
is the third dose of Corona Vaccine. The need for this dose was felt after the arrival of a new variant of Kovid-19 across the world. On January 10 this year, India started giving booster doses to frontline workers and people above 60 years of age suffering from serious diseases. According to the Ministry of Health, the figure of Kovid-19 vaccination in the country has crossed 185.53 crores. More than 12 lakh doses of the vaccine were administered till 7 pm on Friday. At the same time, more than 2.16 crore doses of the vaccine have been administered to children aged 12 to 14.