‘Chalk out a plan to check further spread of the virus’

Kanpur: Divisional commissioner Sudhir M Bobde, on Friday, directed the officials to chalk out a plan to check further spread of coronavirus in the city and raise as many as 800 teams at the earliest and impart them necessary training.
At a review meeting held here on Friday, he told the officials that as per directions of the state government, each team comprising three members, would be from health/police/ local self-government/ panchayati raj/ revenue/ and village development department. The team would work in the field of prevention from corona at the micro level.
In a specific direction to the health department, the commissioner asked them to increase sampling in rural areas. He stressed that those who could afford treatment should be treated in private hospitals.
He also directed the district administration to arrange additional accommodation before the infected girls returned from quarantine.
IG police Mohit Agarwal, SSP Dinesh Kumar, municipal commissioner Akshay Tripathi, Dr Richa Giri and other officials were present in the meeting.