Varanasi: About two lakh people above 45 years of age have been administered Covid-19 vaccine so far in the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, the new cases of coronavirus infection continue to rise alarmingly.
District magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma informed TOI that the number of vaccination centres would be increased further to vaccinate maximum number of people. Currently, vaccination is being done at 65 centres in the district. The number of RRT (rapid response teams) has also been increased from 32 to 80 to take care of people and supply medicines to those who are in home isolation, he added.
The DM, who also held a meeting at the Kashi Integrated Command and Control Centre on Tuesday to review the situation, said all required measures are being taken to save people’s lives and check the spread of Covid-19. “Efforts are on to vaccinate maximum number of people of above 45 years age at the earliest. About 60,000 units of vaccine have been consumed by Wednesday, and more supply of the vaccine is coming,” he added.
He said that six emergency numbers of command centre have been issued for the public so that people can arrange beds in hospitals and ambulances for the patients. The doctors deputed at the command centre are available for consultancy round the clock. The availability of medicines, oxygen cylinders, ambulances and medical staff is being enhanced at the government and private hospitals for timely treatment of the patients.
Meanwhile, the Varanasi division of North Eastern Railway (NER) has stopped the sale of platform tickets at all the stations to control the unnecessary crowds in view of coronavirus spread.
According to the NER spokesperson Ashok Kumar, all the main stations of the division have been sealed, and the passengers with confirmed tickets only are allowed to enter the station premises. Thermal scanning of passengers is being done at the entry and exit points. With the help of the district administration, the corona test of the passengers coming from other states is being done at the stations.