Covid-19 in Jharkhand: Ensure strict norms are followed, says central team

SINDRI: After inspecting all the Covid-19 hospitals and Covid care centres in Dhanbad district, the central team has advised the district administration to ensure social distancing and wearing of masks in public places to stop community spread of coronavirus.
Dhanbad DC Uma Shankar Singh informed that the team visited the designated Covid-19 hospital — BCCL Central Hospital — besides going to Covid care centres — PMCH, Railway hospital and Railway training institute in Bhuli and Nirsa polytechnic — to assess the ground realities and facilities available there and talked to the patients admitted there.
“The team members were by and large satisfied with the treatment being given to the patients and the facilities available. However, they observed that the people were not maintaining social distancing and were not wearing masks in public places which is a matter of grave concern,” Singh said. He added that the district administration is contemplating stricter measures to make people comply with the safety protocols.
“We have decided to serve notices to all the shopkeepers in commercial complexes and in haat-bazaars to strictly follow the guidelines on social distancing and wear masks, failing which we will have no option but to close their shops and lodge cases under the Epidemic Diseases Act against the shopkeepers,” Singh said.