Ensure fever surveys are conducted in all mandals, says Collector
District Collector Vivek Yadav has asked the village sarpanches and panchayat secretaries to take steps to contain the spread of COVID-19 and ensure that people get access to good medical care.
In a teleconference held with sarpanches and secretaries held on Friday, Mr. Yadav said the health department should ensure that fever surveys were conducted at all mandals. The rapid antigen testing kits had been supplied to all villages and 104 and 108 ambulances had also been placed at the disposal of secretaries.
“Ensure all protocols regarding testing, setting up micro containment zones, triaging, hospital admissions are done. We have set up 929 village committees with the sarpanch as chairman and ward members and staff of village secretariats as members. Ensure people follow social distancing and set up COVID Care Centres at government schools, function halls and community halls and also raise awareness on 104 call c
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‘There is no shortage of oxygen or Remdesivir injections’
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District Collector Vivek Yadav addressing a press conference in Guntur on Friday. DMHO J. Yasmin is seen.
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‘There is no shortage of oxygen or Remdesivir injections’
District Collector Vivek Yadav has said that the administration is putting to use all its resources to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Addressing the media here on Friday, Mr. Vivek Yadav said that the 2,072 infections recorded on Thursday was the highest in the district since the outbreak of the second wave of the pandemic about two weeks ago. Of these, 702 cases were from the Guntur Urban areas, he said, and added that many cases were being reported from Tadepalli and Mangalagiri municipalities.
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Private hospitals in Guntur told to reserve 50% beds
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Action will be taken if the orders are violated, says Collector
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Action will be taken if the orders are violated, says Collector
District Collector Vivek Yadav has instructed the health and medical authorities to issue notices to private hospitals to reserve 50% of their beds for the district administration under the Disaster Management Act and Epidemic Act.
Mr. Vivek Yadav on Tuesday convened a meeting on COVID-19 vaccination, hospital management, action measures with the doctors, healthcare administrators.
“The hospitals must ensure that the details of bed occupancy are available online. Bed should be allotted to patients within three hours of calling the 104 ambulance services. We are setting up teams to monitor the healthcare” the Collector instructed officials.
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District Collector Vivek Yadav on Monday asked the Sub-Collectors, revenue divisional officers, municipal commissioners and Tahsildars to ensure that all precautions were taken to contain the infection.
Reviewing the preparedness to tackle the second wave of the pandemic at a video conference, the Collector said that all frontline workers, including personnel from the departments of Police, Revenue, Panchayat Raj, Secretariat, should get themselves vaccinated. So far, 35,962 frontline workers have been administered vaccine.
The details of vaccination programme on Monday have been sent to various Urban Health Centres and those who do not wish to go for vaccination should provide a medical certificate and a letter by the concerned head of department, he said.