With surge in the number of Coronavirus cases in Chandigarh, the UT Administration on Friday decided to take up the matter with neighboring State Government regarding the influx of patients in the city. Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore during his daily review meeting said that the doctors of various medical institutions have expressed their apprehension regarding the patients from outside coming to Chandigarh for emergency cases without prior COVID checking.
The Administrator directed Principal Secretary (Health) to prepare a list of such cases, so that the matter could be taken up with the neighbouring states and sorted out.
He also stressed on the need of providing routine services for regular patients of TB and vaccines for the children, which might have been disturbed during the curfew period.
Reviewing situation related to COVID-19 in the city, he directed Commissioner, Municipal Corporation to ensure that the cleanliness in various sectors should be stepped up in areas, where garbage have accumulated due to absence of employees.
He was informed that 11,153 persons in 2541 households have been covered under house to house survey for Coronavirus symptoms in Bapu Dham colony on Friday.
Arun Kumar Gupta, UT Principal Secretary (Health) informed that regular coordination meeting is taking place with all the medical institutions like PGIMER, GMCH-32 and GMSH-16.
“Arrangements will be made for home quarantine of such persons, who would like to stay at home instead of availing hospital facilities provided they have infrastructure for physical-social distancing at home. This will cover only those cases, which are having no symptom or mild symptom of COVID-19, Gupta said. He also denied reports about sealing of some other areas in Chandigarh and clarified that only six affected pockets have been sealed, namely, part of Bapu Dham Colony, part of Sector 30-B, Kacchi Colony Dhanas, part of Shastri Nagar, part of Sector 38 and part of Sector 52.
UT ADMN BEGINS PREPARING LIST OF STRANDED PEOPLE
UT Adviser Manoj Parida said that a list is under preparation for the stranded people, who would like to go out of Chandigarh. Such people can register themselves on website or can call on the toll free number. The UT officer Rajiv Tewari has been appointed as nodal officer for coordination of movement of stranded persons.