ROCKEFELLER SHOWS ROAD MAP TO MANAGE COVID IN INDIA

The prestigious Rockefeller Foundation on Thursday recommended a strategic roadmap to not only control Covid-19 in India, but also to manage future waves of the deadly pandemic which has killed over 280,000 people in the country.

The Rockefeller report, “The Road Ahead for Smart Covid-19 Testing and Tracing in India”, said to effectively protect the population from Covid-19, it said testing and tracing strategies should be further strengthened and contextualised through a cafeteria-style approach to testing; undertaking well-designed sero-surveys; setting regulatory pathways and quality checks on new testing technologies, and scaling genome sequencing efforts.

NEW DELHI: With 2,76,110 new Covid-19 infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of cases climbed to 2,57,72,440, while the daily deaths were recorded below 4,000 after four days, taking the toll to 2,87,122, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Thursday.

A total 3,874 fatalities due to Covid-19 were registered in a span of 24 hours.

The active cases have further reduced to 31,29,878, comprising 12.14% of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has improved to 86.74%, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,23,55,440, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.11%, the data stated.

India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 2 million mark on August 7, 3 million on August 23, 4 million on September 5 and 5 million on September 16.

It went past 6 million on September 28, 7 million on October 11, crossed 8 million on October 29, 9 million on November 20 and surpassed the 10 million mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of 20 million on May 4.

According to ICMR, 32,23,56,187 samples have been tested up to May 19 with 20,55,010 samples being tested on Wednesday.

INDIA RECORDED 2,76,110 NEW COVID CASES AND 3,874 FATALITIES WERE REGISTERED IN A SPAN OF 24 HOURS