Chandigarh: Minister of Punjab Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered an extension of existing Covid restrictions until September 30, given the upcoming festival season, with a limit of 300 at all meetings, including the enforcement of political masks, and strictly social distance.
He also made him mandatory for organizers, including political parties, to ensure that participants, management and staff in food stalls etc.
in events related to the festival are fully vaccinated, or at least have a single dose.
Calling to keep on guard in the light of the festival, Amarinder urged all political parties to lead by giving an example, while directing the DGP to ensure the obedience of restrictions by all.
DGP Dinkar Gupta said with a decrease in the burden of the case, people had begun to loose in front of the mask, which must be forced by the Ministry of Health with the help of the police.
Amarinder also directed the secretary of Vini Mahajan’s head to carry out a joint government – the police flew a team in each district to ensure compliance in restaurants, wedding palace etc.
Given a meeting of high-level Covid reviews, Amarinder also directed the Social Security Department to get ready for the holdwari center in this month, making the first state punjab to do so.
He also ordered an increase in testing from now on 45,000 / day to at least 50,000 / day as part of preparation for the possibility of the third wave.
Along with sentinel testing, an outreach camp and testing must be taken, especially where public collection is expected to take place because of the festival season.
Indicates that GIS-based supervision and prevention tools with car trigger mechanisms for local restrictions now live in all districts, Amarinder further directs the health department to take micro detention steps using these tools for more than five areas.
Dr.
KK Talwar, Head of the Covid Country Expert Committee, said that while the situation is currently under control, it needs to be prepared for the third wave, and also for the upcoming festival season.
It was noted that the cases of Musormycosis had fallen substantially, with only 1 case reported last week.
In the event that the variant of a concern, the moon as good as the sequencing of the genome sent to the NCDC shows that the Delta variant remains dominant, the minister said, adding that the entire Lab sequencing genomes in GMCH Patiala in the association began operations, and 67 samples had been tested and had not shown existence New variant.
Punjab extends Covid sidewalk until September 30
