Covid-19 vaccination may have kept positivity rate in Assams Guwahati in check. More than a quarter of the previously estimated population has been vaccinated in the Kamrup (Metro) district. Puja players will be tested again if the need arises.
GUWAHATI (GUWAHATI): When physical distancing went for a toss, health experts suspect that widespread coverage of Covid-19 vaccination may have kept the positivity rate in Assams Guwahati in check.According to sources with the US health service, Puja players will be tested again if the need arises.Despite the fact that people thronged pandals after 10 p.m. when state curfew time began, the positivity rate has yet to exceed 2% in the city.More than a quarter of the previously estimated population has been vaccinated in the Kamrup (Metro) district.
During the festive season, the Covid-19 vaccination had a major effect.Dr Ganesh Saikia, Kamrup (Metro), joint director of health services, told on Saturday that we may have seen thousands of new infections.Although the overall Covid positivity rate in the state has been below 1% for a long time, it stood at 1% during the Puja days.The equivalent figure in Kamrup (Metro) was 1.03 percent on Friday (Vijaya Dashami), 1.75 percent on Thursday, and 1.17 percent on Wednesday.
Four to seven days are sufficient to detect the virus.According to Assam national health mission director Lakshmanan S, we are closely monitoring the situation.The government had pushed hard for vaccinations before Durga Puja, he said, and 1.97 crore people in the state were given the first dose, while 65 lakh people over 18 years old were fully vaccinated.We have been able to monitor the disease’s spread thanks to the vaccination campaign.
State health minister Keshab Mahanta announced earlier that at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine would be mandatory for all Durga Puja pandals.Due to the huge footfall at pandals, the directive, which was intended for both devotees and promoters, would not be implemented.
