Amritsar district logs 181 new cases, 1 death

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, September 17

With one more Covid-19 casualty reported by the district health authorities, the toll reached 284 on Thursday. The district also reported 181 new positive cases, taking the case load to 7,417. With 302 persons recovering on Thursday, the number of those who have defeated the virus has reached 5,570.

The district administration and Child Development and Project Officer (CDPO), Majitha, under the guidelines issued by the Department of Women and Child Development, imparted training and motivation to the anganwadi workers and motivated them to create awareness among people about Covid through door-to-door visits in villages.

Meena Devi, CDPO-cum-nodal officer, said the anganwadi workers of Majitha, Urban-2, Urban-3 and Verka blocks participated in the training programme where they were apprised of symptoms of Covid and ways to prevent its spread. They were asked to download the COVA app and villagers were asked to cooperate with anganwadi workers, she said. The nodal officer said for the convenience of people, the government had started sending mobile sampling vans to villages. The facility is free of cost. People will also be asked by workers to avoid spreading rumours about Covid.

Meanwhile, prominent Sikh businessman based in Dubai and founder of Sarbat Da Bhala Trust who has set an example by spending crores of rupees for welfare of people, presented a vehicle for last rites to the Red Cross Society here on Thursday.

Deputy Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Khaira hailed SPS Oberoi for the initiative and said Oberoi had done a great service to the local Red Cross Society by providing the vehicle which was a requirement.