TS govt urges people to take extreme precautions from seasonal ailments

The Telangana government on Thursday directed the health department to be on a state of high-alert and urged people to be very cautious in the coming weeks.

Incessant rains have triggered a range of seasonal ailments including dengue, malaria and Acute Diarrhoea Diseases (ADDs) in most the districts. In addition to the spike in seasonal ailments, almost all the major municipalities are now witnessing a surge in Covid-19 infections.

A week ago, only three districts including areas under GHMC, Rangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts were witnessing a rise in Covid infections. However, for the past few days, daily Covid-19 infections are on the rise in other districts including Warangal, Sangareddy, Peddapalli, Siddipet, Nalgonda, Khammam, Mahabubabad, Mahabubnagar and



Karimnagar.

The rise in Covid-19 daily infections in Telangana is also reflected in the number of cases of the new Omicron variant (B.A 2.75), which has risen to 10, according to the recent genome sequencing data from Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG).

In a review meeting on seasonal diseases and Covid-19 infections, Health Minister, T Harish Rao directed the health department to organise health camps for a few more weeks. “Given the rise in cases of seasonal diseases and Covid-19, more health camps to treat cases of dengue, malaria and other viral fevers will be taken up. In the coming weeks, booster Covid vaccine doses will be administered to all the eligible individuals on a war footing,” he said.