Bhubaneswar: With the possibility of a third covid wave driven by omicron variants that towered Odisha, government and health experts have warned that the capital can be the center of the earthquake, if the past is an indication.
The city is the center of activity, Bhubaneswar gave birth to maximum brunt in two covid waves.
Therefore, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has prepared to deal with new challenges.
This has reactivated the Covid control room, the doctor is involved and remembers the call center executive.
It also plans to increase the strength of the rapid response team (RRTs) to track and track contacts, monitor the case of house isolation and shift patients who need hospitalization.
“Our people are fully proficient in handling unprecedented scenarios that arise from the possibility of the third wave.
However, vaccination, contact contacts and enforcement will run aggressively with detention and medical treatment,” said Commissioner BMC Sanjay Kumar Singh.
On the second wave, the capital reported 88,000 cases, more than doubled in the first wave (35,000 cases).
It has reported more than 700 deaths in the second wave with cumulative death rises to 1097 to Thursday.
This city has so far witnessed 1,23,602 cases since the plague.
Suvendu Sahu, Deputy Commissioner BMC responsible for Covid management, said 16 active RRT teams now besides 20 doctors were deployed in the control room.
“We also have six personnel, including doctors, guarding the center of the 1929 call.
We will add to the Ward Isolation of Omicron at Sum Hospital.
We already have 45 bed insulation facilities in Chandrasekharpur,” said Sahu.
After detection of Omicron variants, city authorities have increased law enforcement activities.
On Friday, the BMC team escorted by city police visited crowded places and markets and asked the shop owner and vendor to close the store at 9pm considering the possibility of crowding on New Year’s Eve.
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