Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a video conference (VC) with more than 60 District Magistrates of different States in which he reviewed the measures being taken to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.
During the meet, the Prime Minister also appreciated the ‘Drive through Covid vaccination’ programme recently organised at different malls in Gurugram by the district administration and called it an “innovative idea.”
During the interaction with the Prime Minister, Yash Garg, the District Magistrate of Gurugram, informed him that Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was monitoring the management of Covid-19 in Gurugram district.
He said that vaccination was a major part of the Covid-19 control measures in Gurugram, and so far more than six lakh doses have been given, which means that about 30 per cent of the population has been covered. Apart from this, the focus is on testing individuals and so far more than 14 lakh tests have been done in the district, one of the highest numbers of tests done in the country.
Garg said that the people in urban and rural areas are being motivated to prevent Covid-19 infections in their respective areas and a team of civil defence personnel is spreading awareness regarding control and containment measures. As a result, the positivity rate of the district has reached 10-12 per cent from the 33 per cent earlier. He said that around 32 RWAs opened Covid Care Centres in their societies. Similarly, four major Covid Care Centres have been made in collaboration with companies and institutions.
Garg informed Modi that under the ‘Haryana Rural Health Checkup Scheme’ people are being checked at home in every village. There are two teams functioning in every village, which includes Anganwadi workers, teachers, the sarpanch or other influential people of the village, gram secretary and so on.
“Infected individuals are being given an AYUSH kit from the Government in which there are 15 items including Ayurvedic kadha and medicines, allopathic medicines, equipment etc.