SHIMLA: Chief minister
Jai Ram Thakur said that there was adequate availability of medicines, oxygenated beds, masks and sanitizers etc in the state.
He has also directed the health department to enhance the capacity of oxygenated beds in the hospitals. Thakur on Friday chaired a high level meeting in Shimla to review the current status of
Covid-19 in the state and took stock of various arrangements.
Jai Ram Thakur said that so far 13,60,794 people have been screened for Covid-19 through
RT-PCR, rapid antigen test, True-Nat and CV-Nat and the testing rate of the state was 194399 per ten lakh. He said that 11,87,275 doses of Covid vaccines have been provided so far in the state.
Chief Minister said that he himself was touring various districts of the state to take stock of the situation with the officials besides communicating with the representatives of panchayati raj institutions (PRIs), urban local bodies (ULBs) and various organisations to make efforts to bring public awareness regarding prevention from this pandemic at the grass root level.
He said that it was important to increase the participation of public representatives to control and break chain of this virus. He said that a mechanism needs to be developed once again to ensure the daily monitoring of Covid patients in home isolation.
He said that earlier he had held meetings in
Mandi,
Kullu,
Kangra and Chamba districts and now on Saturday he would hold a meeting in Solan district followed by Una and Hamirpur districts to review the preparedness to deal with Covid-19. He said that after 3 days another review meeting will be held.
He said that hospitals in the state have total bed capacity of 2000 and if required this would be increased further. He said that along-with dedicated helpline for Covid-19 patients in home isolation, the use of e-Sanjeevani and telephone number 104 was being encouraged. He also instructed the doctors to contact the Covid patients in home isolation for counselling.