Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba today asked all States and Union Territories to formulate containment plan as a part of their strategy to deal with spread of coronavirus and its effective implementation on ground to avoid reaching stage of community transmission.
The Cabinet Secretary was interacting with the ChiefSecretaries of all States/UTs and other concerned senior officers through videoconference.
Advisor to Prime Minister, Amarjeet Sinha, Secretary Health,Preeti Sudan, Environment Secretary, CK Mishra and other Secretaries ofconcerned Ministries attended the meeting.
J&K Chief Secretary, BVR Subhramanyam, FinancialCommissioner, Health, Atal Dulloo, Principal Secretary, HUDD, Dheeraj Gupta,Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Sanjiv Verma, MD, JPDCL, Yasha Mudgal, DeputyCommissioner, Jammu, Sushma Chauhan, SSP Jammu, Sridhar Patil, MD NHM BhupinderKumar and Municipal Commissioner Jammu Avny Lavasa attended the meeting.
While discussing the evolving situation due to spread ofcoronavirus in the country, the Cabinet Secretary emphasized the States/UTs toprepare a containment plan keeping in view the situation in their respectiveStates so that the measures are taken in time to fight with Covid-19. It is atime for taking our preparations to next level and lockdown period provides usall a window of opportunities to act positively and make ourselves ready toface any kind of eventuality, the Cabinet Secretary maintained.
Cabinet Secretary lauded the efforts of District Collectorsin managing the situation and asked them to undertake containment activities intheir respective districts. He emphasized on meticulous planning andimplementation of containment plan to minimize spread of virus. He directed foraggressive tracing, testing exercise and putting people in isolation/quarantineto control further spread in the communities. Our priority should be savinglives of people and that can be done only if we implement the action planseriously, the Cabinet Secretary added.
Cabinet Secretary asked the District Collectors to adoptgood practices being implemented by other DCs to fight Covid-19 in theirrespective areas. He said that next few days will be very important for all andwe need to sustain our containment efforts and utilize all available resourcesas per the requirement. The District Surveillance Teams and Rapid ResponseTeams should be fully alert and functional to ensure that every suspect istraced and tested without any loss of time.
The Cabinet Secretary asked the States/UTs to closelymonitor the health of coronavirus patients as per the health protocol tominimize mortality due to deadly virus.
Earlier, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW),GoI organized an ‘Orientation cum Training Session on Containment Strategy’through video conference. The initiative was taken to share with the States/UTsespecially the District Collectors of high case load districts and themeasures/steps they need to take for having strong containment strategybesides, making preparations with regard to hospitals and health care system.
Cabinet Secretary reiterated that every support is beingprovided by the Government of India and assured the States/UTs for any kind ofhelp they need in dealing with coronavirus.