Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Corona is not over yet, do not be relaxed. Take full precautions and be alert. Do not overcrowd the places. Do not move out of the houses unnecessarily. Wear masks, maintain physical distancing and take all necessary precautions. Even the slightest negligence can prove fatal, he added.
Chouhan further mentioned that the positivity rate of Bhopal is about 10 percent; hence special precautions are needed here. He instructed that the private offices in Bhopal should function with 50 percent capacity from Monday and the shops should be closed at 8.00 p.m. instead of 10.00 p.m.
Chouhan was reviewing the situation of corona in Madhya Pradesh and arrangements through video conferencing at Mantralaya on Saturday. The Minister for Medical Education, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Relief and Rehabilitation Vishwas Sarang, Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, DGP Vivek Johri, Principal Secretary Public Health and Family Welfare Faiz Ahmed Qidwai, Principal Secretary Medical Education Sanjay Shukla and other officers were present on the occasion.
The Chief Minister directed that in view of the corona infection, Independence Day celebration programme should be organized at limited level in all districts and full precautions and alertness should be maintained in these programmes.
During the review of Sehore district, it was found that testing is less here. Sampling per 10 lakh population is 1370 in Sehore district, in comparison to the testing of 7096 per 10 lakh population in Madhya Pradesh. More cases have surfaced in Nasrullahganj in the last few days.