Capital to intensify COVID-19 containment efforts
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Move anticipating a pointy spike in circumstances within the aftermath of the native physique elections
Anticipating a pointy spike in COVID-19 circumstances within the aftermath of the native physique elections, the district administration has determined to intensify its containment efforts.
District Collector Navjot Khosa mentioned the capital district couldn’t afford to let its guard down regardless of the numerous hunch in transmission of SARS-CoV-2 throughout the previous few months.
The district, with 3,455 energetic circumstances as on Friday, had a case burden of seven,323 a month in the past. Attributing the dip in energetic circumstances by over a half to the illness containment programs that have been in place, Dr. Khosa mentioned the district appeared poised to management the pandemic to a big extent at this price.
However, the Health Department has forecast a big surge in COVID-19 circumstances throughout the subsequent two days by means of nearer public interactions that have been witnessed throughout the run-up and on the day of polling. This has prompted the district administrations to put together an motion plan to step up the actions of the COVID-19 first-line therapy centres (FLTCs).
Currently, round 70% of beds in FLTCs lied vacant in varied components of the district. The state of affairs enabled the district administration to present therapy by way of authorities amenities for individuals who check optimistic for the an infection right here after.
The General Hospital, which has been designated a COVID-19 hospital till December 31, has 187 of its 310 beds unoccupied.
As a part of the continued efforts to fine-tune the present containment system, the Collector additionally issued instructions to shift the present FTLCs, COVID-19 second line therapy centres (SLTCs) and institutional quarantine centres to extra handy places.
The present amenities within the College of Agriculture in Vellayani, Rosa Mystica Residential Higher Secondary School in Mukkola, Sree Krishna College of Pharmacy and Research Centre in Parassala, and Saraswathy College of Nursing in Karode, can be shifted to Greenfield Stadium in Karyavattam, St. Nicholas Convention Centre in Pulluvila, Sree Neelakeshi Auditorium in Venganoor, and Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Development Studies in Neyyar Dam respectively.
The amenities that at the moment perform in males’s hostel of Dr Somerwell Memorial CSI Medical College Hospital in Karakkonam and the Government Arts College in Kulathoor can be relocated to the Forest Community Hall in Vellarada. The beds earmarked for women and men within the Dr. Ambedkar Vidya Niketan CBSE Model Residential School in Njaraneeli can be shifted to the Green Auditorium in Nandiyode, and the Government Ayurveda College.
Dr. Khosa additionally directed the District Medical Officer to set up 11 extra FLTCs in anticipation of the rise in COVID-19 circumstances. These can be organized with a goal to accommodating 1,380 sufferers. The district administration will name a gathering of representatives of personal hospitals within the district to evaluation their capabilities.
