New Delhi: The industry body Ficci has proposed to the government a series of steps, including speeding up the vaccination and maintaining a stockpile of essential medicines, to limit the rising amount COVID-19 cases in the country.
In a letter to Sanjeeva Kumar, Member Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority, the Chamber said there was an urgent need for national criteria for hospital admissions for COVID-19 as it would help reduce the burden of non-essential COVID admissions, beds for critical.
It is also suggested that certain travel restrictions may be imposed at national level until the situation comes under control and people who have been vaccinated choose to travel. This will reduce the pressure on the test facilities, reads the letter of 19 April.
The Chamber also recommended that in this crisis situation it is important that ‘we centralize the decision-making authority’, as the situation is currently managed by 600 districts across the country.
‘The communication channels during the second wave were not adequate and also not very clear. “It is important that the authorities communicate effectively on all the progress as well as the challenges that are faced in obtaining appropriate support from the industry as well as the general public,” he said.
“We have experienced problems with the availability of drugs such as remdesivir, tocilizumab. “We suggest that the government should consider enough viable medicines to deal with the shortages in such situations,” he said.
In a separate statement, CAIT suggested to the Domestic Traders’ Body that the government immediately impose a national exclusion to deal with pandemics.
It said the government should suspend the liability of VAT, income tax and other taxes.
Source: Telangana Today