Center Repeatedly Warned, But States Could Not Take Measures

Center repeatedly warned, but states could not take measures in time, know what the figures say.

In the second wave of Corona, while the politics of the country has been very hot, the debate has also been intensified as to whether the elections and Kumbh were responsible for the sharp outbreak of Corona.

Did the states that were previously missed in future thinking and management and now gasping, were warned by the Center on time.

Statistics show that states that were being alerted since January, were repeatedly warned until February, but steps could not be taken in time.

Testing speed slowed down.

Statistics show that by the time of March, states like Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Delhi were also told that in which of their districts the speed of testing is slowing down.

However, this tragedy did not stop. There also came an outbreak where there was neither election nor Kumbh held.

The Prime Minister himself was cautious.

On Thursday, BJP’s IT Cell chief Amit Malviya attacked the opposition parties by tweeting that from September 2020 to April 2021, the Prime Minister had six meetings with the Chief Ministers and also cautious.

According to the officials of the Union Health Ministry, at different levels, from January to March only at least two dozen states were warned, advised and central teams were also sent for help.

Dialogue with the states 17 times.

The Central Government has recently given an affidavit in the Supreme Court that between 7 February and 28 February, there were 17 conversations with the states regarding Corona.

An official of the Ministry of Health considers the beginning of the dialogue on January 7 in the new year.

Kerala remained number one for a month.

The official said that even when the whole country was getting a little rested, Corona was on the upswing in Kerala.

On January 7, 2021, the Central Government had decided to send a high-level team there, then there were about five thousand cases coming daily and Kerala remained the number one state in the country for about a month.

Even after that, 70-72 percent of the country’s cases continued to come from Kerala and Maharashtra for the next one and a half months. Meanwhile, elections were also held in Kerala.

An epidemic spread even where there is no election.

At the same time, the election was blamed for Corona due to some court comments and in some political debates.

When Dainik Jagran asked the same question to Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar, he said, Corona has now spread across 580 districts of the country.

There is also a spread where no election or religious program took place.

Politics being played on corona-crises.

The Union Minister further said, “It is unfortunate that some people are looking for political opportunities even during the Corona period.

But it is public that in December-January, when the people started getting a little relaxed, then the Prime Minister also gave more ‘medicine and also given the slogan of ‘. I will just say that we will all win together. ”

Punjab was also a hot spot

Javadekar may have been avoiding politics, but Malaviya claimed that Punjab was the epicenter of the second wave of Corona and that the peasant movement acted as a super spreader. Malaviya also reminded Rahul Gandhi’s rallies in Kerala to those who targeted BJP leaders’ rallies in Bengal.

Chief Ministers did not pay attention

However, the Health Ministry official said keeping a bundle of dialogues between the Center and the states from January to April.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself had said in a meeting with the Chief Ministers on March 17, ‘that In the last few days, the growth of Corona in the districts is more than 150 percent.

The second wave has to be stopped immediately or it could become a nationwide outbreak. We have to stop it immediately. ‘

Center repeatedly warned: Instructions were given to increase testing.

Earlier in the meeting of Health Ministers, sometimes in the meeting with Cabinet Secretary or Health Secretary and Covid Task Force were warned.

Teams of senior officials were sent, reports were called and it was also reminded not to allow the speed of testing to slow down.

Center repeatedly warned: These states were warned.

On February 27, 2021, eight states including Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh were reminded of this.

Whereas on March 6, Delhi was named after nine districts, indicating that there was less testing. Similarly, 15 districts of Haryana and seven districts of Uttarakhand were also warned.