हिंदी
‘Sufficient oxygen supply available to meet requirement’
SAMBA, MAY 20, 2021: Deputy Commissioner Samba, Anuradha Gupta today said that an isolation facility is being established in each Panchayat of the district for covid positive patients as decided by Jammu and Kashmir Government.
She was briefing media persons about present status of covid-19 cases and measures taken to contain the spread of pandemic here today at DC Office.
During the press briefing, the Deputy Commissioner informed that district has 2241 active positive covid cases, of which 2152 are under home isolation as they are asymptomatic.
The home isolated persons are being regularly updated about medicines through district covid control room. All patients have been provided with covid care kits containing oximeter, medicines, masks and literature about the do’s & don’ts.
The Doctors and field staff are also regularly visiting their places for seeking their well being. DC said that district hospital has 49, ESIC BariBrahmana 09 and Bhargava College active positive cases.
Regarding availability of oxygen in the district, the DC said sufficient stock of oxygen cylinders of both D type and B type are present, a 1000 LPM capacity oxygen plant is also working optimally to meet the needs.
Deputy Commissioner said that a vigorous testing and vaccination drives are going on in the district and as of today 95% of 45+ persons have been vaccinated, while remaining shall also be saturated in coming days. RTPCR, RAT & TrueNat Testings are conducted at various locations for confirming Covid cases in district, she added.
The Deputy Commissioner said that as government is also incorporating covid control measures in the rural area, the Samba administration has identified Panchayat ghar, vacant school buildings, and other structure for establishing covid care centres with all the facilities. The rural covid care centre shall have facility of oxygen concentrators, glucometers, Covid patient supporting beds, thermometers, medicines and doctors.
The DC appealed to general public to contact district helpline no if they develop covid-19 like symptoms as early medical intervention can only help them and break the covid chain. She also exhorted upon PRI members to cooperate with administration and help in tracking of suspect areas.
