Ayoung womanwho came from Bengaluru in the state capital has been tested Covid positive. After this the administration quarantined her at home. On Saturday, officers kept an eye on the woman's health. However, she is healthy. The woman's family members are also being investigated.

Officials claim that there are adequate arrangements to protect against the new variant of Covid. Recently, mock drills have also been conducted in private and government hospitals.

In which evaluation has been done for ambulances, supply of medical oxygen, efficiency of oxygen plants, availability of beds in hospitals, availability of isolation wards, human resource capacity, capacity of Covid testing, availability of telemedicine services, availability of logistics.

At present more than 15000 hospital beds are available in the district. More than three and a half thousand oxygen support beds are available in hospitals. Along with this, more than two thousand ICU beds and 750 ventilator beds are functional.

More than 4000 doctors, more than 6500 nursing officers, 2000 paramedical staff and 150 ambulances are available in the district, 30 oxygen plants with capacity of more than 21 thousand liters are operational.

There is a provision of more than 1000 oxygen concentrators and more than 5000 oxygen cylinders in the district. All necessary medicines, masks and PPE kits are also available in sufficient numbers.

CMHO Dr. Prabhakar Tiwari said that there is no need to fear Covid but vigilance is necessary. All major government and private medical colleges and hospitals have adequate capacity for liquid oxygen storage.