JAISALMER: The Covid-19 infection rate in the district that had touched 40% has come down to 28%. The teams of district and police administrations are conducting door-to-door surveys and distributing medical kits.
The infection has spread in 185 gram panchayats out of 206 in the district. Police strictness is slowly bringing results as the number of positive patients in villages is decreasing. There is no shortage of oxygen in the district. There are 10 PHCs in rural areas where the oxygen facility is available. Covid isolation centres have been opened at each gram panchayat level.
Collector Ashish Modi told TOI that in the last 3-4 days, a team of senior administrative and police officers have been continuously visiting the rural areas. Every possible effort is being made to break the chain of virus infection and to prevent its spread. Many gram panchayats and sub-divisions in the district were declared containment zones and complete lockdown was followed here.
Modi added that at present 650 oxygen cylinders are there in Jaisalmer district headquarters, also many philanthropists have donated oxygen concentrators to the district administration.
Public and private functions in the villages have been banned and those not following Covid protocol have been warned strictly. Modi said that help of village-level core committee, medical personnel, anganwadi personnel and others is being sought to contain the infection. District administration and police administration teams are continuously carrying out flag marches.
Also, Modi has directed officials to give 50 medical kits in advance to each gram panchayat. If any patient is found with influenza-like illness (ILI) symptoms, then he should be given ILI medical kit to cure mild symptoms. SDOs have been told to give a list of those violating home isolation norms to the police so that they can be admitted to Covid care centres.
The infection has spread in 185 gram panchayats out of 206 in the district. Police strictness is slowly bringing results as the number of positive patients in villages is decreasing. There is no shortage of oxygen in the district. There are 10 PHCs in rural areas where the oxygen facility is available. Covid isolation centres have been opened at each gram panchayat level.
Collector Ashish Modi told TOI that in the last 3-4 days, a team of senior administrative and police officers have been continuously visiting the rural areas. Every possible effort is being made to break the chain of virus infection and to prevent its spread. Many gram panchayats and sub-divisions in the district were declared containment zones and complete lockdown was followed here.
Modi added that at present 650 oxygen cylinders are there in Jaisalmer district headquarters, also many philanthropists have donated oxygen concentrators to the district administration.
Public and private functions in the villages have been banned and those not following Covid protocol have been warned strictly. Modi said that help of village-level core committee, medical personnel, anganwadi personnel and others is being sought to contain the infection. District administration and police administration teams are continuously carrying out flag marches.
Also, Modi has directed officials to give 50 medical kits in advance to each gram panchayat. If any patient is found with influenza-like illness (ILI) symptoms, then he should be given ILI medical kit to cure mild symptoms. SDOs have been told to give a list of those violating home isolation norms to the police so that they can be admitted to Covid care centres.
