Badnore cautions against second surge

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 2

UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore has appealed to residents to strictly follow the Covid-19 guidelines. “Chandigarh must avoid a second surge at all cost,” he said while presiding over a review meeting on the pandemic.

Though the UT has witnessed a sharp decline in coronavirus cases in recent weeks, experts fear a second wave ahead of the winter season.

Badnore said doctors had opined that toxic air arising out of crackers was likely to affect the lungs and, hence, Chandigarh residents should avoid or minimise bursting of crackers during the festival season. “There is a need to keep Chandigarh pollution-free so that there is no resurgence of lung diseases or Covid cases,” he said.

The Administrator directed the police and the district authorities to be more strict in issuing challans against persons not following the Covid protocol. He said special care must be taken since the risk of infection would be greater due to festival gathering.

The acting director of the GMCH, Dr Jasbinder Kaur, stated that Sood Dharamshala had now been closed and only the Dhanwantry hospital was being operated with the facilities of medical college and hospital.

Dr Amandeep Kang, Director, Health Services, UT, said 14,962 houses had been checked for malaria/dengue cases.