The Centre suggested the UTs to enhance testing services for early COVID-19 detection(Representational)
New Delhi:
The Centre on Saturday suggested union territories to ramp-up efforts to comprise the COVID-19 unfold by sticking to the foundations for prevention of the illness in addition to following commonplace working procedures (SOPs) in its therapy, a authorities assertion stated.
The instructions have been issued on Saturday throughout a overview assembly, the place Residence Affairs and Well being secretaries Ajay Bhalla and Rajesh Bhushan took inventory of the measures undertaken by the union territories to comprise the coronavirus unfold, it stated.
The assembly was attended by Union Territories of Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, by means of video conferencing by which senior central authorities officers have been additionally current.
“The Union dwelling secretary in addition to secretary, Ministry of Well being and Household Welfare, requested senior officers of all of the UTs to make sure that the executive officers, medical professionals, para-medical employees and different folks related to containing the unfold of COVID-19 and administration of the COVID-19 state of affairs work in shut tandem,” the assertion stated.
The Centre suggested the UTs to enhance testing services, surveillance for early detection of COVID-19 instances, contact tracing and house-to-house surveillance by medical employees.
It requested the UTs to higher their monitoring of dwelling isolation instances, strict enforcement of laws in containment zones and their demarcation, the assertion stated.
The secretaries suggested the UTs to reinforce well being infrastructure in accordance with the projected variety of COVID-19 instances by growing hospital beds, ventilators, ICU beds, ambulances, it stated.
It was additionally instructed to enhance public consciousness about prevention, hygiene and guarantee enforcement of precautionary measures like sustaining social distancing, sanitisation, sporting of masks, the assertion added.
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