No room for complacency, Covid scene going from bad to worse: V K Paul

Health ministry asks 47 districts across country to increase RT-PCR testing for faster identification of affected cases and effective tracking and tracing

With India in the grip of the second covid-19 wave, the government said that the situation was going from bad to worse with serious cause for concern in some states, even as it expected a fast uptake in the vaccination from April 1 onwards.

“No state and no part of the county should be complacent. Trends show that the virus is still very active and can penetrate our defences. When we think we have controlled it, it strikes back. There is a concern we should all be mindful of,” said V K Paul, member-health, Niti Aayog while addressing a weekly