
Caution, not panic advised
The HinduMarch 2023 saw a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in many States, including Telangana. The State governments were asked to monitor Influenza-like illness and Severe Acute Respiratory Infections cases at all health facilities or through dedicated fever clinics on a regular basis, genomic sequencing for prescribed samples of international passengers, collection of samples from sentinel sites and a local cluster of cases were told to be maintained. Mock Drill on April 11 and 12 As a response to the increasing cases, various State governments across the country are conducting mock drills to check for COVID-19 preparedness. 50 cases of XBB 1.16 variant in Telangana According to the data of the Indian Sars-Cov-2 Genomics Consortium from the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, there are about a total of 50 cases in the XBB variant of COVID-19, out of which 37 cases belong to the XBB 1.16 variant, and 17 cases belong to the XBB 1.16.1 variant. Vaccinations As per the COVID-19 bulletin released on March 28, a total of 7.75 crore in the State have been administered the COVID-19 vaccine, out of which Dose 1 has been administered to 3.24 crore people, Dose 2 has been taken by 3.15 crore people, and precautionary dose has been administered to 1.35 crore people in the State.
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