HYDERABAD: With coronavirus cases seeing a spike particularly in Hyderabad, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has directed the officials to shift gears and turn their focus on Greater Hyderabad by dividing the city into special zones and appointing special officers. As many as 267 cases out of 592 cases reported in Telangana are from GHMC. Of this, 51 patients have recovered.
The CM expects the officials to work out a different strategy as there are higher chances of the disease spreading in the city. He wants Hyderabad divided into 17 units with each unit having officers from health, police, municipal and revenue departments. “For Hyderabad district, there is only one DM&HO. Now, every unit should have a senior health officer to monitor the situation,” KCR said at a review meeting with health minister Eatala Rajender and senior officials on Covid-19 on Monday.
He said the vulnerable areas had already been divided into 246, including 126 in Hyderabad, containment zones (hotspots). “People residing in should not be allowed to venture out at any cost and outsiders should not be allowed inside. A special police officer should be made incharge for each hotspot along with other nodal officers. All essential commodities will be supplied at the residents’ doorstep in the hotspots,” the CM said.
The CM said with positive cases rising, officials should implement lockdown strictly. “On Monday alone, 32 positive cases and one death were reported in the state. There has been a surge in Covid-19 cases in the country and neighbouring states like Maharashtra,” he said.
Health officials should be more vigilant and gear up to face the situation by keeping labs and hospitals ready. He said they have the infrastructure to conduct 1,000 to 1,100 tests in one go and asked municipal administration and health ministers to review the situation on a daily basis. He again made an appeal to people to stay indoors.
The CM expects the officials to work out a different strategy as there are higher chances of the disease spreading in the city. He wants Hyderabad divided into 17 units with each unit having officers from health, police, municipal and revenue departments. “For Hyderabad district, there is only one DM&HO. Now, every unit should have a senior health officer to monitor the situation,” KCR said at a review meeting with health minister Eatala Rajender and senior officials on Covid-19 on Monday.
He said the vulnerable areas had already been divided into 246, including 126 in Hyderabad, containment zones (hotspots). “People residing in should not be allowed to venture out at any cost and outsiders should not be allowed inside. A special police officer should be made incharge for each hotspot along with other nodal officers. All essential commodities will be supplied at the residents’ doorstep in the hotspots,” the CM said.
The CM said with positive cases rising, officials should implement lockdown strictly. “On Monday alone, 32 positive cases and one death were reported in the state. There has been a surge in Covid-19 cases in the country and neighbouring states like Maharashtra,” he said.
Health officials should be more vigilant and gear up to face the situation by keeping labs and hospitals ready. He said they have the infrastructure to conduct 1,000 to 1,100 tests in one go and asked municipal administration and health ministers to review the situation on a daily basis. He again made an appeal to people to stay indoors.
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