Maharashtra to have separate COVID task force for children.
With the opportunity of a 3rd wave of COVID-19 pandemic looming, the Maharashtra authorities is establishing a paediatric task force to create infrastructure for the remedy of children, well being minister Rajesh Tope mentioned on Friday.
More than 1.30 lakh minors within the state have been contaminated by coronavirus through the second wave which started round February 15, as per official information.
“A paediatric task force is being arrange to sort out the third wave of COVID-19 the place children may additionally get contaminated.
“We will need new designs for isolation or treatment centres because generally, mother has to stay with the child,” Tope advised reporters.
The state can also be dealing with a vaccine scarcity and “we may have to rearrange the current vaccine distribution methods,” he mentioned.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeraytoo mentioned that the third wave, as per consultants, may very well be harmful for children, and due to this fact the federal government has determined to arrange a task force of paediatric consultants.
He was talking after inaugurating a second oxygen plant on the district hospital in Sindhudurg nearly.
The chief minister additionally reiterated that Maharashtra has the capability to inoculate 10 lakh individuals every day however not sufficient vaccine doses.
There are six crore individuals within the age group of 18 to 44 years for whom the federal government wants 12 crore doses, and talks are on with vaccine producers, Thackeray mentioned.
“The possibility of getting the required quantity of vaccine doses is low, so we will need to upgrade our medical facilities to stop the third wave,” the CM mentioned.
People shouldn’t be complacent even when the pandemic is introduced underneath management because the virus has develop into extra infectious, he mentioned.
