As Some Countries See COVID Spike, Health Ministry Asks States To Focus On 5-Fold Strategy

By OB Bureau On Mar 18, 2022

New Delhi: With some countries reporting a spike in COVID-19 cases, the Union Health Ministry has asked all states and UTs to continue to focus on the five-fold strategy of ‘Test-Track-Treat-Vaccinate & Adherence to COVID Appropriate Behaviour’.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhusan has written to all Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and Health Secretaries of states/UTs, urging them to focus on aggressive and sustained genome sequencing and intensified surveillance and keep an overall vigil on the COVID-19 situation.

With cases rising in some countries, a high-level meeting was chaired by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday to take stock of the situation in India.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan writes to all Addl Chief Secys, Principal Secys, Secys (Health) of all States/UTs, emphasizing that there should be a continued focus on the five-fold strategy, i.e., Test-Track-Treat-Vaccination and adherence to COVID Appropriate Behavior. pic.twitter.com/XIqkvXR1fF

— ANI (@ANI) March 18, 2022