Covid cases rising, Rajasthan govt asks collectors to focus on Covid tests and vaccination | Jaipur News

JAIPUR: The state has witnessed a sudden spike in Covid infections, reporting 121 cases in 48 hours. In the wake of rising cases, the state government issued fresh guidelines to district collectors directing them to focus more on contact tracing, samplings for Covid tests, vaccination and to ensure people follow appropriate Covid behaviour.

In the guidelines, issued by principal secretary Akhil Arora, collectors were made aware about experts’ warning on Omicron,which is three times more infectious than Delta variant, while mentioning that in Rajasthan too, the cases have increased in the past few days.
For effective management of Covid, the health department has alerted the district collectors.“Apart from vaccination, contact tracing and Covid appropriate behaviour, we have directed them to focus on sampling for Covid tests.
Every district has been asked to ensure minimum of 500 samples collected daily per million population. It may increase in case depending on the positivity rate of the district,” Vaibhav Galriya, secretary (health), told TOI.