Activate War Rooms, Night Curfews As

Needed, Centre Tells States: 10 Points

The thresholds, the Centre said, are test positivity of 10
per cent or more in the last one week or 40 per cent
occupancy on oxygen supported or ICU beds. States must
take "containment measures, curbs even before thresholds
are reached".
All IndiaReported by Parimal Kumar, Edited by Anindita SanyalUpdated: December 22,
2021 9:03 am IST

Besides Omicron, the Delta variant is "still present" in the country, the Centre said in the
letter.

New Delhi: Omicron is three times as infectious as Delta and "war rooms" are needed to
contain it, the Centre has told states. It listed a series of prevention and containment measures
that included extensive testing, night curfew and regulation of gatherings.

Here are the Top 10 points in this big story:

1. The letter from the health ministry said the measures taken should be based on local
conditions, laying down the guidelines for what it called "threshold limits".
2. The thresholds, the Centre said, are test positivity of 10 per cent or more in the last
one week or 40 per cent occupancy on oxygen supported or ICU beds.
3. The states and Union Territories can take "containment measures, curbs even before
thresholds are reached" the Centre said.
4. Besides Omicron, the Delta variant is "still present" in different parts of the country,
the letter read.
5. Calling for "greater foresight, data analysis, dynamic decision making and strict and
prompt containment action", the letter said decision making at the State/UT and
district level "must be very prompt and focused and take containment measures and
restrictions even before these thresholds are reached".
6. As part of test and surveillance methods, the Centre has mentioned door-to-door case
searches, contact tracing of all Covid-positive persons.
7. Samples from cluster infections must immediately be sent to INSACOG Labs for
Genome Sequencing.
8. The states have also been asked to "accelerate and ensure" 100 per cent vaccination
coverage.
9. It has also been suggested that emergency funds be used to ramp up medical
infrastructure, including hospital beds, ambulances, oxygen equipment and
medication.
10. The number of Omicron cases has crossed the 200-mark in India, the Health Ministry
has said. Maharashtra and Delhi have reported the highest number of cases of the new
 variant -- 54. They are followed by Telangana (20 cases), Karnataka (19), Rajasthan
(18), Kerala (15) and Gujarat (14). Of them, 77 patients have recovered or migrated,
the ministry added.

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