Identify exact cause of the spike in Covid positive cases and roll out your area specific strategy to contain it, directed Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy to the district Collectors. He gave the direction while taking a district-wise review of the pandemic on digital mode with Covid observers and Collectors here.
Tripathy said, “The rate and cause of the spread in disease differs from one area to the other. The nature of spread in rural area becomes different from that of the rurban and city area. The border areas with neighbouring States also have their own uniqueness. The growth centres with adjoining villages may need a different approach. As such, the Collectors must rework their own district-specific strategies and keep updating the approaches with changing situations.”
He directed to contain the spike in rural areas within a week. Development Commissioner Suresh Chandra Mohapatra said since the Covid positive patients with co-morbidity are more vulnerable, each district must have a robust strategy to pick them up to the hospitals at an early stage for proper treatment.
Additional Chief Secretary Health and Family Welfare Pradeepta Mohapatra said an expert body with experienced medical professors is now functioning for providing critical care advise to the doctors.
Additional Chief Secretary and Special Relief Commissioner Pradeep Jena advised to encourage home isolation of asymptomatic or mild symptomatic positive cases instead of burdening the Covid care centres and hospitals.
The review showed that the strategies adopted by Ganjam district administration were effective in reducing the rate of infection. Ganjam Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange appraised the strategies in the district.
The Collectors of Rayagada, Sundargarh, Cuttack, Khordha along with Municipal Commissioner BMC presented updated situations with strategies followed in their areas.