Bokaro district has witnessed a major spurt in fresh Covid cases again. The district recorded 11 new positive cases on Wednesday. Total number of infected people in the district has now risen to 74, out of which five people were recovered and returned to their home, informed an official.
Concerned over rising number of positive coronavirus cases across the district, Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Singh asked Civil Surgeon Dr Ashok Kumar Pathak to collect data of senior citizens (above 60 years) so that vaccination of such people can be done by conducting a campaign. Singh also asked Pathak to coordinate with the Social Security, District Food Supply Department, District Treasury Office, and other departments to get the data anyhow by April 2.
The DC asked the concerned officials to monitor the home-quarantined patients seriously. Take strict steps that patients follow the guidelines of home quarantine, said Singh.
He also asked for the contact tracing work of corona-infected patients. “Make sure their Covid-19 test and treatment is as needed,” he said.
“If required, also engage teachers whose classes have not been started again, in Covid-19 prevention work,” added Singh.
Singh chaired a meeting with the district health department and other officials in the confidential office room to tackle the situation. Besides others, Deputy Development Commissioner Jai Kishore Prasad, Additional Collector Sadat Anwar, Chas Municipal Commissioner Shashi Prakash Jha, SDO Chas Shashi Prakash Singh, Deputy Commissioner Special Functions Officer Devesh Gautam, Nodal Officer NP Singh, DPRO Rahul Bharti, Assistant Public Relations Officer Avinash Kumar, Kanchan Kumari, Santosh Kumar were present there.
The DC also asked SDO Chas to constitute a team and prepare a work plan to tackle the situation. He directed to increase the number of beds in Covid-19 Management Centers as early as possible.