Jammu: After the sudden spike in the number of infected persons in Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant-Governor (L-G), Girish Chandra Murmu, today asked the officials engaged in corona prevention efforts to double the efforts for containing the spread of the deadly virus. He was chairing a high-level meeting here at Raj Bhavan.
The L-G observed that being at the threshold of the third stage of Covid-19, escalating the preparatory efforts for preventing the spread of the virus was required.
He passed the directions for doubling up of the isolation and quarantine facilities as well as beds in the hospitals and asked the officials for tracing the contacts of the suspected cases of Covid-19 so that random sampling and testing could be done as a precautionary measure.
“Ensure the home delivery of essential commodities in vulnerable areas; identify labour pockets and slum areas and form teams to provide ration and essential commodities to these areas,” the L-G said.
He further directed for allocating mobile ambulances for random health check-ups of the students living in hostels across the UT and also to ensure the ration supply etc to them.
He also appealed to the religious leaders to stop all types of religious congregations to avoid public gatherings. He called for regular fumigation and announcements, especially in Kashmir and other areas, where a large number of people with foreign travel history were coming up.
The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board was asked to distribute ration kits to “ponywalas”, “palkiwalas”, “pithoos” and other stranded workers who have lost their wages due to the closing of the pilgrimage.
Meanwhile, chairman and MD, J&K Bank, RK Chibber, today presented a cheque for Rs 5 crore to the L-G as a contribution to the J&K Relief Fund towards the efforts being undertaken to mitigate the spread of Covid-19.
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