As part of its effort to combat spread of corona, a round the clock control room has come up. Moreover quarantine centers and sanitization of long distance buses are some of the measures initiated by the district administration.
“We want to ensure that we all remain safe. We have started a 24x7 control room with a dedicated number 0657-2440111 at the police control room (PCR) near Sakchi police station. It will be control by administrative officials in three shifts till April 14. Any calls pertaining to novel coronavirus will be attended by the official and routed to civil surgeons,’ said East Singhbhum additional district magistrate (ADM) law and order Nand Kishore Lal.Sources in the district administration said that the officials are being trained to inform about simple advises on prevention of novel coronavirus and also collect location, contact numbers and other details of persons who show symptoms of coronavirus and has come from affected states or abroad.
“We are taking every step to stop spreading of the virus. We are also setting up a 400-bed quarantine center at police training center in Mosaboni under Ghatshila sub-division and 50-bed quarantine centers each in Jamshedpur and Mango. The civic bodies (Jamshedpur notified area committee and Mango notified area committee) will be selecting the centers and informing us in a day or two,” said Nand Kishore Lal.
Moreover, daily report on visitors from hotels, guesthouses and lodges and checkpoints at inter-district are part of efforts to counter novel coronavirus in the city.
“All hotels have been asked to submit daily report on each of their visitors at respective civic body office by evening at any cost. We might carry out random checking to ensure that there is not mismatch in terms of information on the part of the hotel. Action might be taken as per law if there is any violation as the government has notified Epidemic Diseases Act 1897,” added Nand Kishore Lal.
Meanwhile, district administration has also activated inter-district and inter-state check-points at 12 locations.
The check-points have been activated at Jagannathpur and Kaliadia (both in Baharagora), Chakulia (for visitors coming from Odisha and Bengal), Ghurabandha (bordering Odisha), Bodam and Patamda (Bengal), Potka and Hata (Odisha), Pardih (from NH-33), New Domuhani Bridge (NH-33), Adityapur Toll Bridge and Ghatshila.