Even as coronavirus cases are on the rise with each passing day, the Gurugram district administration confirmed in its latest released guidelines that there has been no new case in the city over the past 72 hours, which gives everyone a sigh of relief. As of now the total number of infected persons in the district have reached to 10 till March 23.
While many States across the country are struggling to handle the critical situation, the local administration in the district is leaving no stone unturned to control the deadly COVID-19 outbreak.
The administration has taken several steps to make the residents aware about the dreaded virus infection and has deployed special task forces to help the patients and their respective family members so far. Likewise, the administration on Monday made it mandatory for foreigners and travellers coming from abroad to stay in Quarantine for the period prescribed by the district health department, ‘Whether it is a home quarantine or a quarantine facility built elsewhere, they must keep themselves in quarantine.
“We have appealed to the people to follow the rules during the lockdown and not to leave their houses unnecessarily. People must not come on the streets unless it is very important and try to work from home. Also, to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection, it is necessary that people stay in ther homes for a few days and do not come in contact with more people,” said deputy commissioner of Gurugram, Amit Khatri.
Apart from this, the administration has issued an advisory for protection from Coronavirus and also issued helpline numbers. Residents of the district can contact the health department, Gurugram on helpline numbers 108, 1950, 0124-2322412 and 9953618102, if they face problems like fever, cough or difficulty in breathing.
Also, the district health department has already designated SGT medical college as a quarantine centre which has around 300 beds as a precautionary measure in the wake of the deadly coronavirus outbreak. The department has also prepared 500 beds in an isolation centre at Sector-9 PG collage.
According to health officials that arrangements have been made in the city regarding the Coronavirus. “A sufficient number of N95 masks, triple masks, VTL masks, PPE kits etc. are available in the district and a Rapid Response Team has been formed which will act promptly,” Khatri said.