Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh authorities has stated that it is able to deal with any eventuality in view of the sudden spurt of Covid instances in sure international locations because the State has sufficient manpower, beds, medication and oxygen.

An official launch on Thursday stated that over the past 50 days, over 30,000 samples had been examined leading to 130 optimistic instances whereas there have been some instances of a brand new sub-variant of Omicron – XBB – which has comparable options of Omicron.

Union Well being Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, on December 20, wrote a letter to all of the states requesting them to make sure that so far as doable samples of all optimistic instances every day are despatched to the designated INSACOG (Indian SARS-CoV-2 genomic consortium) genome sequencing laboratories which can be mapped to the states and Union Territories.

To deal with any surge in instances, the state is supplied with 12,292 normal beds, 34,763 oxygen beds, 8,594 ICU beds, 1,092 paediatric ICU beds, 5,813 ventilators, 5,610 paediatric ventilators, 297 neonatal ventilators, 54,000 isolation/quarantine beds.

The state has established INSACOG genome-sequencing lab in Vijayawada. Obligatory optimistic samples from RT-PCR labs are being referred to this lab for additional testing, stated the discharge. Two doses of vaccination had been accomplished for the above-18 age teams of inhabitants, together with healthcare staff (HCWs) and frontline staff (FLWs) staff.

Additionally, 100 per cent precautionary dose is accomplished for HCWs and 93 per cent for FLWs, it additional stated. Nevertheless, the federal government has not revealed what proportion of state’s inhabitants had taken the booster shot. The quantity of people that had taken booster photographs is abysmally low throughout the nation. Docs say that those that are vaccinated with two doses and had taken a booster shot may be thought-about comparatively protected as towards those that didn’t take the booster dose of vaccine.

The state authorities has established 29 RT-PCR labs throughout the State to check the suspects whereas 10 Covid speedy test-kits had been made out there at Dr YSR Village Clinics to check any symptomatic individuals. There are adequate portions of private safety tools made out there akin to sanitizers, masks, gloves and PPE kits, it added.