If need arises, every constituency will get a Covid care centre: Goa CM

PANAJI: Chief minister Pramod Sawant said that, if required, the government will set up a Covid care centres in all 40 constituencies. All those who test positive will be kept in Covid care centres while those requiring treatment will be admitted to the Covid hospital, he said.

Sawant told reporters that in the next phase, sports stadiums and complexes will be converted into Covid care centres, and that necessary infrastructure has been created for this.
Addressing the objections cropping up from citizens to the setting up of Covid care centres in their localities, the chief minister cautioned against indulging in such politics. “They (people) don’t have problems if Covid positive patients are found in their locality, but they don’t want a Covid care centre in their area or taluka. What kind of politics is this,” he said.
“We have to fight the diseases, not Covid patients. If the need arises, then the government will have to set up Covid care centres in every constituency,” Sawant said.
Monday saw the total number of Covid-19 cases in the case cross the 500 mark, a relatively lower figure compared to that seen in the rest of the country, but Sawant urged the people to remain alert.
If the first person who tested positive for Covid-19 from Mangor Hill, or even if the doctor who treated him initially, had been alert enough to immediately inform the government about the symptoms, then this present situation faced by the state could have been avoided. “Due to the Mangor Hill incident it has spread in Goa and even health workers are found Covid-19 positive,” he said.
“Every individual should take care of himself and his family to protect them from Covid-19,” he said, reiterating on the importance of using face masks, sanitisers and maintaining social distancing, and being alert and responsible enough to report symptoms immediately.
Sawant said that people of Goa should not ostracise the health workers who have been found positive. “We have to respect those health workers,” he said.