The District Mineral Foundation (DMF) has approved Rs 7.5 crore to combat the COVID-19.
In order to effectively prevent the pandemic in Keonjhar district, an ‘Emergency COVID Fund’ of Rs 1 crore has been released from DMF to the Chief District Medical and Public Health Officer (CDM&PHO) for undertaking activities like upgradation of health facilities and services in PHCs, CHCs, SDHs and DHH, establishment of quarantine/isolation facilities, provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers, hiring of additional paramedic staff as per need , training and capacity building of staffs, etc.
In addition to this, Rs 3 crore has been released to the BDOs and Rs 2.25 crore to the Executive Engineers of Works Department towards the upgradation of infrastructure in PHCs, CHCs, SDHs and DHH.