Jammu- Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu on Saturday asked the officials of the Union Territory administration to double their efforts in containing the spread of the deadly coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir.
Chairing a high level meeting at Raj Bhavan here, LG said that being at the threshold of third stage of Covid-19, the preparatory efforts for preventing the spread of the virus should be escalated.
He passed the directions for doubling up of the isolation and quarantine facilities as well as beds in the hospitals and asked the officers for tracing the contacts of suspected cases of COVID-19 so that random sampling and testing could be done as a precautionary measure, an official spokesperson said today.
“Ensure home delivery of essential commodities in vulnerable areas; identify labour pockets and slum areas and form teams to provide ration and essential commodities to these areas”, Murmu said.
According to the official spokesperson, LG also directed for allocating mobile ambulances for random health checkups of the students living in hostels across the UT and also to ensure the ration supply to them.
“The LG appealed to the religious leaders to stop all types of religious congregations to avoid public gatherings. He called for regular fumigation and announcements, especially in Kashmir and other areas where large number of people with foreign travel history are coming up,” the official spokesperson said.
Advisors Kewal Kumar Sharma, Farooq Khan, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Baseer Ahmed Khan, Chief Secretary B.V.R Subrahmanyam, Financial Commissioner, Finance Arun Kumar Mehta, Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education Atal Dulloo, Principal Secretary to LG Rohit Kansal and other senior officers attended the meet.
“The chair was informed that the wages for daily rated workers of various departments have been released by the Finance department. There is a free flow and smooth transportation of essential commodities including fodder for cattle. It was further informed that in each designated COVID hospital, a COVID clinic has been set up for preliminary checkups and diagnosis; besides, sufficient testing kits and isolation beds are available in the designated Hospitals,” the official spokesperson added.
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