Stay alert ahead of festive season: Kapurthala DC

Tribune News Service

Kapurthala, September 7

Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Deepti Uppal, on Tuesday, asked the health officials to stay on alert in view of the upcoming festive season as according to health experts, increase in Covid cases was expected. The DC has instructed the ADC (Development) SP Angra, Civil Surgeon Dr Parminder Kaur and all senior medical officers (SMOs) to increase the Covid sampling up to 2,000 on a daily basis against the present 1,600-1,700.

The sampling will especially be done in the sabzi mandis and markets as these places witness huge rush during the festive season.

To contain the expected third wave in the district, the DC has ordered the contact tracing of all 10 active cases that were reported in the last seven days.

The DC asked the officials to ensure adequate oxygen supply. She said 95-100 per cent vaccination had already been achieved in Sultanpur Lodhi while 80 per cent has taken place in Kapurthala. In the district, 4.20 lakh people i.e. 57 per cent of the total population has already been vaccinated. Now the focus is on vaccination of the migrants.

2 new cases in Jal

The district on Tuesday reported two new Covid cases, taking the total number of positive cases to 63,246. The number of active cases has risen to 27. However, no death due to Covid was reported. In Nawanshahr, two fresh Covid cases were reported on Tuesday. One case was reported from Mukandpur and Balachaur each. A day after Kapurthala recorded four positive cases, no case was reported on Tuesday.