Centre Tells States To Step Up Vaccination, Watch Covid Situation Closely

Process of relaxing Covid restrictions should be "carefully calibrated", Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said in the letter

Quickening the pace and coverage of vaccination and regaining the momentum of economic recovery is the current focus area of the Ministry of Home Affairs as far as the Covid containment strategy is concerned. "Effective planning for vaccination focusing on prompt coverage of priority groups and hubs of economic activity should be prioritised," Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla stated in a letter to states and Union Territories. The letter has asked states and Union Territories to keep focusing on the five-fold strategy for effective management of the pandemic and said the process of relaxing restrictions should be carefully calibrated. "There should be a continuous focus on the five-fold strategy for effective management of COVID-19 i.e. Test-Track-Treat-Vaccination and adherence to COVID appropriate behaviour," Mr Bhalla wrote in the letter.