<span style="color: #222222;">Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said that in view of a substantial number of Active Cases across the country recuperating from COVID19 in home isolation, it is important to focus on expanding the reach of tele-consultation services for providing timely quality healthcare to the beneficiaries. Mr Mandaviya was interacting with State Health Ministers and Principal Secretaries and Additional Chief Secretaries Health and Administrators of nine states and UTs.<br />''<br />''He urged the States and UTs to adopt the hub and spoke model and ensure that more and more centre of tele-consultation is opened. The Minister said, this will enable beneficiaries to access expert advice from experts stationed at the district hubs. He added that eSanjeevani has been able to provide services to more than 2.6 crore beneficiaries where people can seek medical advice from the confines of their homes.<br />''<br />''Mr Mandaviya advised states and UTs to ensure that those in home isolation are efficiently monitored in line with the National Guidelines. He said, this will ensure that the vulnerable categories of active cases in home isolation get the required medical help in a timely manner.<br />''<br />''Mr Mandaviya stressed that vaccination remains a potent tool to fight COVID-19. He said, Vaccinated people are less prone to severity and hospitalisation as seen in India and globally. The Minister said, higher hospitalisation is being seen in unvaccinated people and hence it becomes crucial to vaccinate the unvaccinated. He also requested States to promote vaccination among 15-18 yrs age group and ensure full coverage in the districts that have shown a lower coverage of the first and second doses.<br />''<br />''Mr. Mandaviya said that with our past experience, Test-Track-Treat-Vaccinate and Adherence to COVID Appropriate Behaviour along with monitoring of cases remains crucial for COVID management.<br />''<br />''The virtual meeting was held to review the public health preparedness for containment and management of COVID19 and the progress of national COVID-19 vaccination campaign. Union Minister of State for Health Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar and Member (Health) in NITI Aayog Dr V K Paul were present in the meeting. State Health Ministers who joined the high-level review meeting included Health Minister of Haryana Anil Vij and Uttarakhand Health Minister Dhan Singh Rawat. The Ministers expressed their gratitude to the Union Health Minister for the continued support from the Centre in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Delhi, Ladakh and Uttar Pradesh attended the meeting. </span><br />