Meghalaya is among ten states in the country that are showing a rising trend in Covid-19 cases.
The other states that witnessed a daily jump in Covid-19 cases are Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan yesterday chaired a high-level meeting to review the Covid situation in these ten states.
More than 80 per cent of active cases in these states are reported to be in home isolation.
The Health Ministry has advised for effective and strict monitoring of these cases so that they are not intermingling and circulating in their neighbourhoods, community or village and spreading the infection.
The Health Ministry has also advised the states that people in home isolation should be effectively monitored in such a manner to ensure that those who require hospitalisation are seamlessly transferred for timely clinical treatment.
“All districts reporting positivity rate more than 10 per cent in the last few weeks need to consider strict restrictions to prevent or curtail movement of people, formation of crowds and intermingling of people to prevent spread of infection,” the Health Ministry said even as it strongly underlined that any laxity at this stage will result in deterioration of the situation in these districts.
Highlighting the fact that 46 districts in these states are
