HARYANA WITNESSES A SPURT IN OMICRON CASES

Haryana witnessed a surge in the Covid-19 cases and the Omicron cases that is adding to the woes of the state government. The data shows that a total 63 cases were reported in the state till 2 January and the number had gone to 169 in the last two weeks— about 8 to 10 new cases a day in this month is the average. It is pertinent to mention that at least 63 cases of Omicron variant had been detected till January 2 (Sunday). According to the state health department, out of these, at least 58 patients were fully vaccinated, and only five were unvaccinated.

As many as 169 people were reported Covid-19 positive and what is more relieving here is that out of the total cases, 163 were discharged from hospitals and remaining 6 patients are under observation in hospitals. Apart from male and female patients, the disease is hitting transgenders in Haryana as 17 transgenders have tested positive so far. Despite the spread of fatal disease at a large scale, the people are being seen without masks in the state which is a matter of serious concern. Even the police personnel in collaboration with other departments are fining people found breaching the norms. In wake of this, the negligence of the Covid-19 appropriate behavior is most likely to attract maximum problems.

Anil Vij, the Health and Home Minister of the state said that the government had made elaborate arrangements to tackle the disease and ensured the timely treatment of the infected people in hospitals across the state.

What also came to light is that several districts including Nuh, Palwal, Hisar, Fatehabad and Jind are lagging behind in terms of the first dose of vaccine as even 60 percent eligible population could not be vaccinated so far, which has forced the health department to mull over its strategy and to come up with news measures so that people can come forward to get vaccinated.

Nuh district, which falls in the Mewat belt, hardly got one-third of its population vaccinated which is troubling. Even just 65 percent of the eligible population could get a second dose of vaccine in the district. The adjoining Palwal district is lagging far behind and in the second position from the bottom in terms of the first and second dose of vaccine.