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Div Com stresses on maintaining proper covid behaviour

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 4/21/2021 11:54:11 AM

YB News Srinagar, Apr 20 As the second wave of Covid-19 has set in Kashmir and number of active positive cases is expected to rise, the Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today appealed to people to maintain proper Covid behaviour to prevent the spread of virus. The Div Com said this while addressing a press conference at DIPR Auditorium Srinagar, briefing the media over the current covid related situation in Kashmir and measures taken to fight it. The Div Com was accompanied by DC Srinagar, Director SKIMS Soura, Director Health Services Kashmir, Principal GMC Srinagar, JD Information & PR and Incharge Covid Control Room Kashmir. At the outset, Div Com said that there was sufficient bed capacity available at hospitals and oxygen facilities as a number of new oxygen generation plants have been installed at various health facilities to meet any sort of emergency situation. He said though the government has taken various measures to contain the spread of virus however, as a shared responsibility it has become very imperative to follow the SOPs in letter & spirit by one and all. He said people should avoid going to public places & busy markets unless extremely necessary. Besides, ensure wearing face mask & maintaining a social distance, hand hygiene, isolation in case of coming in contact with positive person, The Div Com emhasised that people should come forward for covid vaccination as this is the best way to safeguard ourselves and our nears and dears from Covid-19. While sharing the details, Div Com said a slew of measures have been taken including rigorous testing. He said a total of 2810339 Covid-19 tests have been performed till date which include 2082568 RAT & 727771 RT-PCR Tests. More than 7.5 lakh people have received Covid Vaccination in Kashmir which include Health Care Workers, Front-line Workers & people aged more than 45 years. To deal with Covid-19 Pandemic, the divisional administration followed a multi-pronged approach, which involved a multi disciplinary coordination and activities. These include adopting/implementing preventive measures, containing the spread of covid-19 infection through Red/Containment Zone strategy, Robust Contact Tracing, IEC activities aimed at behavioural changes, enhancing the testing capacities, designating the Covid Hospitals & Health Centers and increasing the availability of Beds, High-flow Oxygen supply & other necessary logistics for Covid patients. Besides, establishing Flu clinics in different hospitals of Kashmir not only helped in picking up the symptomatic cases of Covid-19 but also prevented the other patients visiting these hospitals from contracting the Covid-19.