Corona positive patients found in the state are stable-CM Uddhav Thackeray
Mumbai, March 11, 2020 : “The condition of Corona patients found in the state is stable and they have been kept under observation. People should not get panicked on the backdrop of Corona. All precautions are taken at the health departments, airports, ports and railway stations. People should avoid gathering at the public programs. Policy decision will be taken regarding schools, colleges and religious programs. The expert at the private hospitals should prepare a standard operating protocol (SOP) with immediate effect so that all can follow it. Gram Sabha should be held at villages for creating awareness.” These instructions were given by chief minister Mr Uddhav Thackeray here, today.
He was speaking at the review meeting organized in Vidhan Bhavan for taking stock of the measures on the backdrop of Corona in the state. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Health Minister Rajesh Tope, food and Drugs Administration Minister Dr. Rajendra Shingane, environment minister Aditya Thackeray, minister of state Rajendra Patil, former health minister Dr Deepak Sawant, officers from railway, ports, airport administration, experts from private hospitals were also present on this occasion.
Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister took the information from the Divisional Commissioner and District Magistrate of Pune through video conferencing. Mr Thackeray said that the Quarantine facility is made available at Naidu Hospital in Pune and if need arises the isolated wards can also be erected at the new hospital in Pimpri-Chinchwad. He also appealed the hospital administration to make available ventilators.
Deputy Chief Minister Mr Pawar said that all the requirements including equipments necessary for combating with the situation can be purchased from the District Planning expenditure. He asked the administrators to hold press conference daily and give the information to the media.
Chief Minister Thackeray said that the Indian government has published the containment plan about prevention of Novel Corona virus (COVID-19). He said that the Divisional Commissioner has been directed to enact in accordance to the plan. He also said that the divisional commissioner should take action in coordination with district magistrate and health department and it necessary, other departments can also be pressed into service. The chief minister appealed to the administration to effectively use ST panels, hoardings, television, radio and other media to give important messages for creating awareness among the people of the state and giving them the health education. This may include topics like washing hands, prevention to be taken while coughing or sneezing, speaking to people who coughing and sneezing from a distance of three feet and other such messages are important and are required to be disseminated among the people.
Mr Uddhav Thackeray said that the high risk people, who came into contact with those with Corona positive, should be tested and those with low risk, should be asked to stay at home for 14 days. He said that the test will be performed on the people in the three kilometer area in the vicinity of the Corona positive people. The Chief Minister said that for creating awareness related to Corona virus in the rural areas, the Gram Sabha should be organized on large scale and information about preventive measures should be given to the people. He also said that the union government will be requested to give permission for starting private laboratories for ‘Throat Swab’ testing. He said that the state government will follow up for the cause.
Chief Minister Mr Thackeray also directed that the experts from the private hospitals should prepare a standard operating protocol (SOP) for screening of patients, testing the suspected patients in Laboratories and imparting education to them. He said that they should present such SOP to the public health department. The chief minister urged the tour operators to give information to the government about all the travellers returning from other nations. He said that if anybody is found with symptoms like fever and cough, they should inform the health department and the instructions to such effect has been given to the tourism department, he added.
