Andaviya to visit Kerala, ssam to check Covid rise

Union Health Minmansukh Mandaviya will siting Kerala on August 16 view the Covid-19 situation e southern state. e is also likely to visit Guwain Assam on August 17 for ing a review meeting there, ces said. ccording to the sources, the n minister is likely to meet la chief minister Pinarayi an, and hold a meeting with

Health Minister Veena rge and other officials lved in Covid management e. Mandaviya will be accomied by director of the onal Centre for Disease CON(NCDC) and other senior ials of the health ministry. erala on Friday reported 52 new coronavirus cases

The Punjab government Saturday announced that from Monday the state will allow entry to only those who are either fully vaccinated against coronavirus or have a negative RT-PCR report. The directions, issued after Chief Minister Amarinder Singh held a Covid review meeting here, also said there will be strict

infection, while 20 fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 5,471, the National Health Mission said in a bulletin.

India reported 38,667 new Covid-19 cases, taking the infection tally to 32,156,493, and the monitoring of people coming from Himachal Pradesh and Jammu. According to a statement, Singh expressed concern about the positivity rate in and other parts of the country, which probably also pushed Punjab’s positivity rate marginally up to 0.2 per cent in last week with reproduction number going up to 1.05 per cent.

rate remained less than 3 per cent for the last 19 days and the weekly positivity rate currently stands at 2.05 per cent.

The active cases have declined to 387,673 which comprise 1.21 per cent of the total infections,