Panels for distributing vials reconstituted

Chandigarh: The state government has reconstituted district-level committees to distribute Remdesivir and stop the indiscriminate use of the injection, which is used for the treatment of Covid patients. CM Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday accorded approval to a proposal to reconstitute the committees, which would now be chaired by the ADC. Earlier, the committees were chaired by Civil Surgeons. — TNS

Doctors deployed to answer distress calls

Kurukshetra: The district administration has deployed a team of doctors who will visit patients under home isolation after getting distress calls on the toll-free number. The team will visit patients, check their parameters and make arrangements. A team of six doctors will remain on eight-hour duty in the control room. The service will be available round the clock. Doctors can be contacted at 1950. — TNS

Take action over fake news: Minister to cops

Ambala: Health Minister Anil Vij has asked the DGP to take action and register a case after a fake tweet regarding the lockdown extension till May 20 was circulated on social media on Friday. Someone created a fake tweet regarding the extension of the lockdown till May 20 and circulated it as a tweet made by Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij from his account. — TNS