India
oi-Ajay Joseph Raj P
Ahmedabad, Mar 17: The Gujarat government on Wednesday said that as part of the measures to control the spread of coronavirus, it has decided to increase the number of daily testing and vaccination besides putting special focus on contact tracing and increasing the number of micro containment areas wherever necessary.
This was decided at a core committee meeting held to review the pandemic situation in the state on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Chief MinisterVijay Rupani. It was held hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted a video conference meeting with the chief ministers on the issue.
During the meeting, it was decided to assign the responsibility of four metros in the state – Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot – to senior officers to offer guidance to the local bodies.
Rupani said that the number of COVID-19 tests will be increased and the vaccine…