Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said that his government has implemented Central guidelines related to a new variant of COVID-19, responding to an increase in viral infection cases in certain states.
On Monday night, Yadav visited Hamidia Hospital in Bhopal, the largest state government hospital, to assess the preparations.
“The health department is working with full efficiency to deal with COVID-19 as well as all other diseases,” Yadav told reporters after visiting the medical facility.
“We have implemented guidelines issued by the Centre regarding a new variant of COVID-19 in the entire state,” he said.
Yadav said that the nation had earlier won over the pandemic under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
During the hospital visit, the Chief Minister engaged with the attendants of patients.
The Centre, on Monday, asked states and Union Territories to stay vigilant as COVID-19 cases rise and the first case of the new JN.1 variant is identified in the country.
On December 8, India reported its his case of the COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 in Kerala. Earlier, a traveler from Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli district tested positive for the JN.1 variant in Singapore.
Union Health Secretary Sudhansh Pant, in a letter to states and Union Territories, said, “Due to consistent and collaborative actions between the Centre and state governments, we have been able to sustain the (COVID-19) trajectory at sustainable low rates.”
“However, as the COVID-19 virus continues to circulate and its epidemiology behaviour gets settled with Indian weather conditions and circulation of other usual pathogens, it is important to keep the momentum going to effectively deal with the challenges in public health,” he said.
Pant said that there has been a minor rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in certain states, Kerala among them.
