Create quarantine facility of 700 beds, Jalandhar SDMs told

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 27

Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori has asked all Sub-Divisional Magistrates (SDMs) to create an additional quarantine facility of 700 beds in the district under ‘Mission Fateh’.

In a communiqué to all SDMs, the DC categorically said the SDMs Jalandhar-I and Jalandhar-II would create an additional facility of 200 beds each for quarantine at the district. Likewise, he said the SDMs of Nakodar, Shahkot and Phillaur would create an additional quarantine facility of 100 beds each in their sub-divisions. Thori said vulnerable population groups (those with co-morbid medical conditions, above 60 years of age, pregnant women, persons with immune-compromised conditions) were more prone to serious Covid illness. Therefore, for containment and micro-containment zones, where there was cluster of cases, steps need to be taken for reducing mortality.

The DC said this quarantine facility would be used for accommodating high-risk individuals, adding that high-risk individuals in containment and micro-containment zones would be offered accommodation out of the containment zone till their area of residence comes out of the containment zone. He said this facility would be optional and such person coming in high-risk category would be allowed a caretaker from home to look after him/her.

Thori said medicines and consumables available in the essential drug list of the Health Department would be provided at the quarantine facility along with diagnostic services as per government norms and medical care would be provided by the Health Department. He said Senior Medical Officer of the nearest government health facility would ensure morning and evening rounds of medical officers in these facilities as per the duty roster along with the nursing staff and helpers or any other category of paramedical manpower.

1 succumbs to virus in Jalandhar district

Jalandhar: A death of Covid patient was reported on Saturday along with 20 fresh cases, taking the tally of infected persons in the district to 691, while the death toll had reached 20. A 66-year-old man of GTB Nagar died at a private hospital in Ludhiana on Saturday. He was referred to Ludhiana several days ago with breathing problem. Several children, one of them five-month-old, are among the cases reported today. Cases from Ram Nagar, Santoshi Nagar, Mohammed Nagar, Lamma Pind, New Hardyal Nagar, Dashmesh Nagar, Pachranga, Swaraj Nagar, Arjun Nagar, New Gobind Nagar, New Deol Nagar, etc were reported today.

3 from Algeria among 5 test positive in Hoshiarpur district

Hoshiarpur: With five more Covid positive cases on Saturday, the number of patients affected by the virus has reached 174 in the district. Civil Surgeon Jasvir Singh said of the five positive cases found on Saturday, three came from Algeria. One is a resident of Roorkee village, while other is a resident of Aslamabad locality in Hoshiarpur city. The third one is from Saidpur village. The fourth patient is a resident of Bahiran village and the fifth virus infected persons is a resident of Nasrala village. He said the number of active cases was 16 while 153 patients had recovered in the district.