Deputy Commissioner Patiala Mr. Kumar Amit has urged the people to take regular precautions in the wake of spike in COVID cases.He said that any negligence towards pandemic could be fatal for us.
Reviewing the increase in the number of COVID cases in the last three days, the Deputy Commissioner directed the health authorities to increase the contact tracing of COVID positive patients. He asked all the SDMs of the district and the police officials to take strict action against those who did not wear masks and said that challans should be issued to the offenders.
Mr. Kumar Amit also called upon the general public to dial 104 or visit nearest health centers for medical help, if any one having any symptoms of cough, cold or related to COVID. He said that a little bit of negligence could be fatal for us. Referring to the increasing number of cases of COVID-19 infection in Patiala district over the last few days, Mr. Kumar Amit asked the residents of Patiala to cooperate the health officails and district administration to overcome the spread of pandemic as they had done earlier to curb it.
Amongst the officials who attended the meeting, included Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Dr. Preeti Yadav, SDM Dudhansadha Ankur Deep Singh, SDM Patiala Charanjit Singh, Medical Superintendent of Rajindra Hospital Dr. H.S. Rekhi, Assistant Civil Surgeon Dr. Parveen Puri, Deputy Medical Commissioner Sajila Khan, Dr. Jatinder Kansal, Dr. Sachin Kaushal, Dr. Sumit Singh and Dr. Nidhi Sharma.