THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The central authorities's claims that the state has not been updating its each day knowledge referring to Covid-19 shouldn't be true to the details, well being minister Veena George mentioned on Tuesday. The minister mentioned that such a 'propaganda' on the nationwide degree was condemnable.
The minister additionally identified that the letter from the joint secretary (well being and household welfare) saying that the state has not been submitting each day Covid figures was shared with the media even earlier than it was obtained by the state's principal secretary (well being).
The each day Covid-19 figures had been systematically forwarded to the Centre within the prescribed format, the minister mentioned, including that digital knowledge can't be hid and the principal secretary will write to the Centre together with all these particulars.
The state had stopped publishing the small print of each day Covid-19 figures from April 10 after the variety of each day reported instances began declining, the minister mentioned.
It's the state authorities's choice to cease publishing the info, however the knowledge is being collected and shared with the Centre and is being often analysed. The information can be printed as soon as in two weeks, and if there's a surge within the variety of instances, the federal government will restart publishing the info every day, George mentioned.
The state has been reporting fewer variety of new instances previously few days. On Monday, solely 209 lively Covid-19 instances had been reported from the state. The minister mentioned that Covid deaths have additionally not elevated.
The state has been contemplating the appeals from folks and that fatalities are being included within the Covid demise counts. Even the Supreme Court docket had recommended the state relating to the reporting of Covid-19 deaths, the minister mentioned.
The minister mentioned that the state has been additionally intently watching the growing variety of Covid instances within the nation. The restrictions imposed had been lifted when the instances considerably got here down. Using face masks and sanitisers remains to be persevering with. Even when there's one other Covid wave, the state is able to face it, the minister mentioned.
Joint secretary of union well being ministry Lav Agarwal had on Monday written to the state that it has not been reporting Covid knowledge each day to the Centre, and it had not reported the variety of instances for 4 days since April 13.
"This improper reporting has impacted and skewed the standing of nation's key monitoring indicators just like the instances, deaths and positivity," the letter had mentioned. The Centre additionally requested the state to make sure that the each day standing of Covid-19 instances is shared with the Centre.