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WB govt issues fresh Covid advisory; asks only fully vaccinated, asymptomatic people to attend public gatherings

The state Health and Family Department of the West Bengal government on Thursday issued a fresh Covid advisory wherein they urged only fully vaccinated and asymptomatic people to attend public gatherings. The department also asked citizens to exercise caution and follow Covid-appropriate behaviour like wearing masks in public.

TN City Desk

Updated Jul 1, 2022, 14:09 IST

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Kolkata: In view of rising Covid-19 cases in the state, the West Bengal government on Thursday issued a fresh Covid advisory. The state Health and Family Department in its new advisory asked only fully vaccinated and asymptomatic people to attend public gatherings.

The advisory also directed places of public gathering like markets, and public transport among others, to be thoroughly sanitised. Hospitals have been asked to make sure that patients with co-morbidities (more than one medical condition), who test positive for Covid, are treated by specialists.

On Thursday, Bengal reported 1,524 new cases, a sharp rise from the 39 cases recorded on June 1. The positivity rate on Thursday stood at 12.9 per cent. Health officials said that while most cases were mild, precautionary measures like masking up and following Covid-appropriate behaviour were important to contain the infections.

This is the first advisory to come in since January this year. The recent spike is seen in both fresh infections and the overall positivity rate. Officials have also been asked to pay special attention to the completion of primary vaccination and precautionary dose administration.

The advisory notification also urges hospitals to test all patients who require in-patient treatment for respiratory symptoms, fever, and low oxygen saturation levels.

In a further move, the global health advisory committee of the Bengal government on Thursday discussed ways to increase the booster dose inoculation. With around 37 lakh people having gotten the booster dose so far, the committee members discussed how it can be administered to 70% of the population.

The discussion included mandatory booster doses for people with diseases like high blood pressure, diabetes, kidney, liver, and lung problems. The government's goal is to inoculate the bedridden and ailing citizens as well.

A door-to-door survey and campaign, to encourage hesitant citizens to get the booster dose, have already been planned.

More than 7.2 crore people in the state have got the first dose while the second dose has been administered to 6.3 crore people.

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