GURUGRAM: Owing to the surge in new Covid-19 cases being reported in the city and keeping in view the ongoing festival season, the health department issued an
advisory for the residents on Tuesday.
As per the advisory, residents above 60 years of age with comorbidities, pregnant women and
children below the age of 10 years have been advised to stay at home. This advisory comes at a time when the city is witnessing more than 400 new cases every day for the last three weeks.
According to the health department data, most of the patients, who have recently tested positive, have been kept in home isolation. “More than 900 beds are lying vacant at various hospitals in the city and the administration is not planning to increase the bed capacity. At present, there are 547 Covid patients being treated in different city hospitals, of whom 275 are residents of Haryana, including 191 from city. Thus the focus is on contact tracing and treating the patients at the earliest,” said a senior health department official.
“We are expecting a rise in cases in the next 15 days. We have already increased the number of tests and are focusing more on RT-PCR tests. We are conducting more than 3,000 RT-PCR tests per day in the city and have conducted 1,250 covid testing camps so far. The only way to protect oneself from the virus spread is to restrict going out of home unnecessarily and wearing a
mask,” said Dr Virender Yadav, chief medical officer, Gurugram.
The health department also said that organising festivals and events will not be allowed in
containment zones. In case of any fair, exhibition, staggered timings and restricted entries will be implemented. Volunteers should be appropriately stationed to ensure thermal scanning, social distancing and masks are worn by all present on the premises. “Close circuit cameras should be installed to monitor compliance of physical distance norms and wearing of marks in crowded places. People are advised to maintain a minimum distance of 6 feet in public places. Use of face cover/mask is mandatory. Respiratory etiquettes should be strictly followed by residents. This involves strict practice of covering one’s mouth and nose while coughing/sneezing with a tissue/handkerchief/fixed elbow and disposing off used tissues properly. Spitting should be strictly prohibited in public places,” the advisory reads.
In crowded places, separate entry and exit gates must be created to avoid crowding and no symptomatic person should be allowed entry. Effective disinfection of surfaces must be ensured. No touch practice must be followed at all religious places, the advisory pointed out.