Deploying more people to monitor cases in home isolation, restocking medicines and aggressive contact tracing to identify affected areas, district authorities on Tuesday said to tackle the current spike in COVID-19 cases in Delhi. measures have been taken.
C. one day increaseIt was on May 10 that the last time more than a thousand cases were reported in the national capital. This is the fifth consecutive day that Delhi has recorded over 600 cases in a day.
According to a government doctor posted in the western district, he has directed all public health centers in the district to increase the number of teams deployed to monitor home isolation cases.
“We have issued an order to increase the number of teams and have sought a report from them on the same. We have also sought information from them about the available stock of COVID-19 medicines and also whether any medicine is being used. Stock is running out. If there is a shortage of any medicine, we will request DGHS.”
The official also said that the health teams interacting with the patients have been asked to take details about travel history, location of offices and all the areas where the patient had come three to four days before testing positive.
“After getting the details of the office location and all the areas where the patient had come, we will study the COVID-19 trend there,” he added.
The official also shared that he has also reviewed the condition of the hospital beds, including the facility of oxygen and ventilators.
He said, “Despite the spike in cases, the hospitalization rate is low. People with comorbidities are getting hospitalized and there are also instances where trauma patients or people coming for treatment of other diseases are exposed to the infection. positive,” he said.
Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Monday held a meeting with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to review the COVID-19 situation in the national capital. He directed the officials to ensure genome sequencing of COVID-19 samples in Delhi to ascertain the prevalence of any new variant amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the city.
Underlining the need for testing coupled with a focus on testing, tracking, treatment and vaccination strategy to successfully fight the COVID pandemic, the LG directed the officials to ensure genome sequencing of cases so that detection To find out whether a new version has come out or not. ,
Another official posted in New Delhi district said that on-demand testing is already being done in public health centres.
“Looking at the rise in cases, we have also started testing low-risk contacts of patients, especially in areas where the positivity rate is high.”
He said, “Earlier, low-risk contacts would not be tested and only those would be quarantined, but now in areas where the number of infections are reported to be high, we are also testing those who have the potential for infection,” he said. Chances are slim.”
An administrative official of the South East district said that they are on alert mode and closely monitoring the situation.
The official also said that the instructions given during the DDMA meeting on Monday will be followed.
“Our surveillance is on. We are focusing more on testing and contact tracing. Strategies to strictly enforce COVID-appropriate behavior including wearing of masks and maintaining social distancing are being emphasized,” the official said. included.”
Saxena had on Monday directed the officials to remain alert and not let the guard down as far as the preparedness of the hospital is concerned. He appealed to the people in Delhi to voluntarily follow the COVID-appropriate behaviour.
This story has been published without modification in text from a wire agency feed.