CM Reviews COVID Management Strategies, Urges Officials to Give Special Focus on Five Worst Affected Districts
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik reviewed the COVID-19 management strategies at a high level meeting here today and urged the officials to give special focus on the five worst affected districts in the State. The Chief Minister stressed on the safety and security of the COVID-19 patients and facilities at the COVID care centres. [...]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik reviewed the COVID-19 management strategies at a high level meeting here today and urged the officials to give special focus on the five worst affected districts in the State.
The Chief Minister stressed on the safety and security of the COVID-19 patients and facilities at the COVID care centres.
Naveen has urged the officials to scale up monitoring in the five focused districts – Ganjam, Cuttack, Jajpur, Sundargarh and Khordha, which have registered maximum number of positive cases.
The CM also advised the district observers to remain in touch with the frontline COVID warriors in their assigned districts.
It may be noted here that Chief Minister personally talks to COVID warriors of different districts daily.
At the meeting, the Chief Minister asked the officials to scale up testing facilities and deployment of more number of ambulances.
The CM also said that the patients who succumb to the COVID-19 should be cremated with greater honor. He also stressed on the training for the COVID warriors.
It is being revealed at the meeting that the situation in the five districts – Ganjam, Cuttack, Jajpur, Sundargarh and Khordha – is very challenging due to the arrival of large number of pravasi Odias. Necessary steps are being taken in these districts.
The Chief Minister also urged to increase manpower, more number of ventilators, ambulances and bed facilities in Ganjam district, which has registered maximum number of COVID positive cases in the State.
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