Covid-19: No need to panic, but don’t expect relaxations says Maharashtra health minister

BMC health workers collect swab samples from passengers at the outdoor station for the Covid-19 test on January 11, 2022 at Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai. (PTI photo)

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said Wednesday that the state had reported 46,723 new cases of Covid-19 in Maharashtra in the past 24 hours.

However, he added that although cases are increasing, there is no need to panic.

“Of the total active cases, only 2.8 percent had to be hospitalized and of these, the patient was only ventilated in 0.32 percent of the cases. In 86 percent of the cases, patients are quarantined at home or in a Covid quarantine. “Care facility,” Tope said, adding that the Maharashtra government is asking for additional doses in a due to the lack of vaccines Meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.

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“We are missing Covaxin because it was given to children and must now be given as a precautionary dose. There is a shortage of Covaxin and we are receiving calls from the district authorities so we will ask the Union Minister of Health to provide us with sufficient supplies of the vaccine. We are going to ask for 40 lakh doses of Covaxin and 50 lakh doses of Covishield, ”said the Minister of Health.

Many people choose to self-test and their results are not shared with the authorities. “If you do self-tests, you must also notify local authorities if they test positive. This will help keep an eye on patients during the quarantine, “Tope added.

2,700 police officers in Pune have been testing Covid positive since the pandemic began

Now as many as 2,700 police officers tested positive for Covid-19 in Pune City since the beginning of the pandemic.

There are currently 264 police officers who are Covid-positive and in isolation.

On Wednesday, Pune Police Commissioner Amitabh Gupta said the police are following all of the government’s Covid rules and regulations.

The Pune police were given numerous immunity boosters and asked to follow a fitness regimen. Police said they have lost 20 officers to the deadly virus since 2020, and further infections in the unit are slowing investigations in important cases.

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