panaji health minister vishwajit rane said the recent spurt in covid19 cases could be due to crossborder movement of people without restrictions during the first phase goa could flatten the curve with the restrictions which were then relaxed he saidthis time the infectivity is also high i think the surge is taking place due to the free movement of people we have also traced some uk strains in the state rane told a news channel he said though people were reluctant in getting themselves vaccinated in the last few days the numbers have increased with the mass vaccination call was given by prime minister narendra modi goa is not facing a shortage of vaccines but with now more people coming forward for taking the jab we have placed a request for 1 lakh doses with the ministry of health and family welfare we have stock for only ten days rane saidthe health minister said that inorder to bring down the fatality rate ddimer and interleukin tests for covid19 patients have been introduced at goa medical college gmc and they are repeated every 72 hours the tests are useful in monitoring the patients progression to covid19related cytokine storm and timely medical intervention he said besides vaccinations some amount of restrictions and strictly following covid19 appropriate behaviour is a must if the cases need to be kept under controlwhile stating that a lockdown is not the only solution rane said that instead strict restrictions need to be in place we are using all the available machinery to ensure that people are wearing masks lockdown is the solution only up to a certain point he said adding further that the need of the hour is proper implementation of existing sopsat the moment as you see in goa the situation is under control and i dont see a lockdown happening in the state rane said