Sample collection centre to come up at Bapu Dham

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, May 21

As Covid-19 poisitve cases continue to rise, the UT Administration has decided to set up a sample collection centre at a school in Bapu Dham Colony.

During the review meeting, UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore expressed satisfaction about substantial improvement in recovery rate of Covid-19 patients (77 per cent) and doubling rate of 39 days. The deaths have been minimal despite comorbidities.

Badnore, however, expressed grave concern about the rising number of positive cases in Bapu Dham Colony and called an urgent meeting of senior officiacls and doctors to decide a new strategy.

The Administrator suggested use of local volunteers to detect suspected cases and send them for testing. He said there should be aggressive and intensive screening of all the pockets in buffer zone and wherever necessary, people under risk should be taken to quarantine centres.

Deputy Commissioner Mandip Singh Brar said essential items were being provided to people confined in containment zones. He mentioned that 69,088 food packets have been distributed among the needy in various parts of the city.

UT Adviser Manoj Parida said necessary arrangements were being made to screen passengers who would arrive in the city after bus, train and flights services are resumed.

KK Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, said sanitisation and fogging was being done in various parts of the city. Water supply was being augmented to meet the demand in summer, he said.