Central team expresses concern over growing number of Covid-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh

While appreciating Andhra Pradesh authorities’s efforts in stepping up testing for Covid-19 within the state, the central group from All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health (AIIHM & PH) on Sunday expressed concern over the rising variety of Covid-19 instances within the state.

On Sunday, the state recorded 50 new positive coronavirus instances and yet one more dying, taking the whole variety of Covid-19 instances within the state to 1980 and dying toll to 45. Kurnool accounts for the utmost variety of Covid-19 instances in Andhra Pradesh with 566 sufferers. 16 individuals have died after getting contaminated with coronavirus in Kurnool.

The central group members Dr Madhumita Dubey and Dr Sanjay Sadhukhan, who toured Kurnool city within the morning, held a gathering with senior officers of the district to evaluate the Covid-19 state of affairs within the state on the whole and Kurnool specifically.

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Dubey mentioned the state authorities ought to come out with new applicable methods to include the fast-spreading virus in tune with the rising variety of instances. She advised that testing, tracing, isolation and quarantine ought to be finished quicker and, if mandatory, the federal government ought to take the assistance of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for contact tracing.

She suggested the state authorities to reinforce the capability of human sources, quarantine centres, Covid-19 care centres and hospitals to face the challenges successfully in case there was a largescale outbreak of coronavirus within the coming days.

The central group member appreciated the way in which Andhra Pradesh was main in conducting checks in a giant means, which was leading to figuring out extra positive instances. So far, the state authorities ha performed 1,73,735 Covid-19 checks, together with 8,666 checks within the final 24 hours alone.

Dubey mentioned the central group had come to Kurnool to increase handholding to the state and the district administration in stopping any additional unfold of Covid-19.

“After examining the situation in all aspects, we shall make appropriate recommendations to the state government,” she mentioned.

Professor Sadhukhan mentioned because it was not potential for the federal government to proceed the lockdown for an indefinite interval, the federal government ought to mentally put together the individuals to reside with coronavirus after the lifting of the lockdown.

“We need to educate the people on how to maintain self-restraint to prevent the spread of the virus,” he mentioned.

District collector G Veerapandian defined the efforts which can be being made by the Kurnool district administration in containing the virus and to deliver down the dying fee. He mentioned although the variety of instances was going up within the district, the restoration was additionally equally quicker.