COVID worst-hit six districts in Punjab to tighten micro containment: Amarinder Singh.
Ruling out a whole lockdown for now, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday directed deputy commissioners of the state’s six worst-affected districts to additional tighten the micro-containment technique and guarantee extra testing to sluggish the unfold of coronavirus.
Lockdown will not be an answer as it would lead to exodus of the labourers and pressure them to go to states with even lesser medical services, he stated.
Singh directed the district administrations to implement restrictions strictly and to cease dine-in facility in all excessive positivity areas, with COVID-19 testing of employees in eating places by the well being division.
Urging the trade to arrange their very own COVID therapy centres and makeshift hospitals, he burdened on the teamwork to combat the pandemic.
He additionally directed the Chief Secretary to look into encouraging retired docs and nurses, together with ultimate yr MBBS college students, to rejoin for dealing with COVID services, and steered organising of non permanent healthcare services in halls or gymnasiums, an official assertion issued stated.
The chief minister was chairing a digital emergency assembly to evaluate the COVID-19 state of affairs in the six worst-hit districts of Ludhiana, SAS Nagar (Mohali), Jalandhar, Bathinda, Patiala and Amritsar.
He ordered quick steps to strengthen the containment and testing mechanism, the assertion stated.
“Micro-containment strategy must be strictly implemented and encouraged,” Singh stated, directing all district officers to give this their highest precedence to management the unfold of the lethal virus.
The chief minister expressed concern over the truth that 14 districts in the state at the moment had over 10 per cent positivity fee and 5 had greater than 60 per cent mattress occupancy, the assertion stated.
A prefabricated 10-bedded hospital will come up at Mohali and a 250-bedded non permanent hospital is being arrange close to Bathinda refinery, with oxygen provide from the refinery, he stated.
Singh urged all departments to be ready for the height and establish areas in varied districts for the institution of non permanent hospitals.
An further 2000 beds are being added in Punjab with 600 beds being added at GMCH Patiala and Amritsar, he stated.
Earlier, Health Secretary Hussan Lal, in a short presentation, pointed to the rising positivity and case fatality ratio and disclosed that the Punjab positivity fee at the moment stood at 12, with SAS Nagar (Mohali) district reporting the very best at 22.9, the assertion stated.
