Pune: ‘My Family, My Responsibility’ Scheme Launched To Check COVID Pandemic

Mehab Qureshi

Pune/Pimpri, September 15, 2020: As the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases are increasing rapidly in the state, Uddhav Thackeray led government has announced a new campaign to tackle the dark clouds of COVID19. From today, every house in Maharashtra will be visited by a team twice in the next 30 days to check the health of all members of the families.

This campaign is called ‘My Family, My Responsibility’, which is being implemented across Maharashtra state. “To curb the spread of COVID, we request the participation of local politicians, NGOs, and citizens as well”, appealed Pune District Collector Rajesh Deshmukh.

The three prolonged approaches stated by the scheme are:
1) Practice social distancing, maintain at least two meters of physical distance
2) Usage of masks regularly
3) Sanitize and wash your hands vigorously.

“Investigation will be carried out in all the gram panchayats and municipal areas of the district in phases. The purpose of this investigation is to educate every citizen about Covid-19 as well as to immediately identify the suspects and start treatment on them as soon as possible, to reduce the mortality rate in the district”, said the district collector.

Mayor Murlidhar Mohol appealed to all citizens of Pune to take full participation in this campaign. “A health team will be formed for door-to-door visits in this campaign. The delegates will consist of a total of three staff consisting of two volunteers (one male and one female). They will visit about 50 houses daily to check the temperature of all the members of the families for any symptoms of COVID”, he said.

Deshmukh also appealed to citizens stating that care should be taken while visiting shops, offices, and also while doing any necessary work. “I’ve directed the health department to provide timely treatment to the COVID patients and we will try to reduce the mortality rate in the district by following the ‘treatment protocol’ as per the guidelines of the health department”, he informed.