Nagpur: In some good news for citizens who challenge the third wave of Covid-19, Guardian Minister Nitin Raut ruled out the possibility of imposing a rigorous lock or restrictions in the city, clarifying that there was no need in the current situation.
He, however, said that schools and colleges in the district will not be reopened and the decision will be taken by consultation with all stakeholders after January 26.
Speaking to the media on Saturday after a review meeting in Covid-19 with high-ranking officials, the minister said despite the number of daily positive cases reached 5,000, critical patients and hospitalized were on the bottom side.
“Because the situation is fully controlled, we do not want to free residents, especially business and trade business with economic losses.
We have more than 17,000 beds ready to care for positive patients, which is 8,000 fully equipped, including the ICU.
Even the level of death is very low and capacity Oxygen is adequate to deal with an emergency.
The recovery rate is also high, “said Raut, added that even herd immunity seemed to develop among residents.
Rating the teacher’s request to restart the school, Nagpur Mla North said they would take reviews about the situation after the Republican Day before making a decision.
“We received a lot of complaints that students were not ready to attend physical classes now because of online teaching habits and some of them also faced behavioral problems.
Some children can not even write, so schools need to be opened to take care of all these problems.” Emphasizing on 100% vaccination from 100%.
All citizens, which are said to be the only solution to remain safe, the energy minister warns that cases will peak at the end of January and began to decrease in February first week.
“We cannot be complacent and need to take fully precautions to avoid being infected with deadly transmission.
The district government is fully directed and constantly monitoring the situation.
If the case surges beyond a certain number and inpatiently increased, we will not have other choices besides imposing limitations Even tighter.
Residents must extend total cooperation to the administration in handling the situation by complying with the guidelines.
“Calling residents to wear a mandatory mask, the minister said he had directed the administration to continue to close the tab to those who did not follow the norms and punish them.
“I have told them to find whether citizens from certain regions / wards do not wear masks.
Cases increase in a way and we all need to be careful,” he said.
Commissioner Divisional Prajaka Lavangare Verma, Collector R Vimala, Commissioner of Radhakrishnan B, Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar, Police Supervisory District Vijay Magar, DCP (Traffic) Awhad Sarang, Zilla Parishad CEO Yogesh Kumbhejkar and members of the Covid Task Force attended the meeting.