
Centre’s fresh guidelines echo practices in Telangana
The Hindu
The Central government on Friday issued a set of fresh guidelines to meet the challenge of rise in COVID cases, some of which have already been implemented by the Telangana government.In a letter to C
The Central government on Friday issued a set of fresh guidelines to meet the challenge of rise in COVID cases, some of which have already been implemented by the Telangana government.
In a letter to Chief Secretaries of all States, Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Rajesh Bhushan and Secretary of the Department of Health Research Balram Bhargava asked State governments to increase testing by widespread use of rapid antigen tests in specific situations where RTPCR testing posed challenges.
Based on previous experience, it was observed that if the number of cases rose above a certain threshold, RTPCR based testing led to delays in confirming diagnosis due to its turnaround time of about five to eight hours.

Watch out for symptoms of Nipah virus infection, no need to panic, says Directorate of Public Health
Stay alert for Nipah virus symptoms, avoid unwashed fruits, and practice good hygiene to prevent infection, DPH advises.

Naam Tamilar Katchi would stage a protest in Theni on August 3 with cattle to press for the rights of cattle-rearers on grazing lands in forest areas. Addressing ‘Adugal, madugal” (goats/sheep, cows/buffaloes) conference’ on ‘Grazing land our rights’, organised by the party near here on Thursday, party chief coordinator Seeman said he would mobilise lakhs of cattle farmers and animals to uphold the grazing rights along the foothills of the Western Ghats in Theni district.