Even as the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic wanes in India, five states still reported more than one lakh cases over the last 14 days with Tamil Nadu on top with 2.43 lakh cases, followed by Kerala with 1.8 lakh cases during the peirod. Kerala displaced Mahrashtra and Karnataka to take the second spot. Andhra Pradesh is ranked fifth followed by Odisha and Bengal. However all these states have made significant progress in containment efforts, bringing down the total count of cases by almost 40% or more as compared to a couple of fortnights ago. Uttar Pradesh and Delhi have come down to 10,228 as compared to 4.25 lakh during April 21 May 4. In Delhi, the case, the cases have dropped to 4.407 from a high of 3 lakh during the same period. Delhi has added the minimum number of cases to the all-India tally, followed by Jharkhand, Goa, Uttarakhand, MP, Himachal, Haryana, Rajasthan, Bihar. The recommendations include augmenting existing Covid care facilities to provide care to children with acute coronvirus infection. According to it, once vaccines are approved for children, those with comorbidity and having more severe manifestations of Covid-19 should be a priority group for immunisation. The guidelines stated that it is anticipated that there may be intermittent surges in the number of Covid cases. It added estimates for additional bed capacity for pediatric care may be calculated based on peak daily cases in different districts during the second wave of the Covid-19 infections. Such as invermectin, hydroxychoroquine, and antibitoics like doxycycline and azithromycin prescribed for Covid-19 patients have not been recommended for treating children, according to a government guideline issued on Wednesday. We are still in the preparation process, and will infrom the matter of assisting Indian vaccine manufacturers later said Nagai Shinsuke.
