The vaccination drive in Surat has been given a quick start due to the recent increase in Covid 19 cases in some countries, according to statement made by Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Saturday.
Rajesh Umrigar, Medical Officer of Surat Municipal Corporation said that a lot of awareness is being created among the people regarding the havoc of the new variant BF7 of Covid.
“Today long queues were seen since morning for the booster dose of the vaccine at the Health Center operated by Surat Municipal Corporation. People are voluntarily coming forward to complete their vaccination course,” said Rajesh Umrigar.
New Covid-19 cases are increasing quickly across the globe. The situation in China has gotten very bad due to increase in Corona cases.
Along with China, cases have also begun to rise in Argentina, Brazil, South Korea, Japan and South Korea.
According to the sources, the Gujarat government has decided to launch a special drive to increase the coverage of booster doses and randomly test 2% of all travellers arriving at international airports in Ahmedabad and Surat.
India reported 201 new cases of COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours, informed Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.
3,397 cases are currently active in India, which represents less than 0.01% of all cases. 98.8% of cases are currently being recovered. The number of recoveries increased to 183 in the previous day, bringing the total to 4,41,42,791.
The daily positivity rate stood at 0.15 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate stood at 0.14 per cent.
A total of 1,05,044 COVID-19 doses were given in the last 24 hours.
The RT-PCR test will be mandatory for all passengers arriving from abroad, said Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday.
“RT-PCR test to be mandatory for international arrivals from China, Japan, S. Korea, Hong Kong & Thailand. On arrival, if any passenger from these countries is found symptomatic or tests positive for Covid19, then he/she will be put under quarantine,” said Mandaviya.