Rural areas get Covid control room, helpline

Ludhiana: The district administration has set up a 24-hour Covid control room in Government Girls’ College, Bharat Nagar Chowk, and started helpline 0161-2403111 to assist rural areas in issues related to the disease.
Inaugurating the control room and helpline, DC Varinder Kumar Sharma said, “The control room will work dedicatedly for the rural population. They can call on 0161-2403111 for any kind of assistance or query related to Covid-19. The control room and the helpline will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A team of doctors, counsellors, teachers, and trained youths has been deputed to run the war-room to solve the issue promptly.”
“This is an expansion of already functional control room set up earlier that is providing Covid-19-related information, including availability of beds, oxygen support in hospitals, counselling, Fateh kits, ration assistance, among others,” he added.
He said the teams of the health department were visiting almost all villages to cover the maximum beneficiaries under the vaccination drive.