Urging them not to be misled by the false propaganda being spread by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) or indulge in false bravado, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday appealed to the people of Punjab to get themselves tested for Covid at the earliest as delay could prove fatal for them.
In an address to the State, the Chief Minister said the Oxymeters that AAP was offering to give to the people of Punjab were no substitute for testing. “These Oxymeters will not tell you if you have Covid or not, they just measure the Oxygen saturation level in the body and low Oxygen is not necessarily an indication of coronavirus,” he warned the people, exhorting them not to be misguided by the vicious propaganda of AAP.
He also categorically rejected allegations of organ harvesting of Covid victims, as claimed on some videos that are viral on social media, saying “these rumours are totally baseless.” “Don’t fall prey to such false propaganda, which is being spread only to mislead you,” he appealed to the people, adding that the only reason bodies of Covid victims are touched and cremated by people wearing PPE suits etc is to avoid infection. “Our former President (Pranab Mukherjee) was also cremated in a similar manner because he was suffering from Corona,” he pointed out.
“Some ‘pakhandis’ (hypocrites/fakes) are trying to mislead you on social media with false information,” he said, urging the people not to ignore symptoms or self-medicate and delay testing as that all deaths are taking place in Level 2 & 3 patients (advanced stage). The Chief Minister appealed to the people to follow the instructions of the Government and the advice of the doctors to save themselves and Punjab.
Capt Amarinder assured the people that Punjab has no shortage of beds, medicines, ventilators or doctors to tackle the spike, which has been projected for September-October.