Yogesh K Porwar & Avanth Kumar Kankaria
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai chaired a Covid review meeting today with TAC Committee, experts,and Health officials and other senior officers and issues instructions to focus more on OPDs in Bengaluru & deploying more personnel, increase home isolation calls & ensuring medicinal kits are effectively delivered to home isolated cases.
A high-level meeting convened by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday decided to give more importance for OPD treatment in Bengaluru by appointing more staff and also restrict people from getting admitted to triaging.
As the COVID cases surge in Karnataka, especially in Bengaluru, state minister R Ashoka on Monday said the third wave, driven by the Omicron variant, will reach its peak next week.
However, he said that the weekend curfew imposed in state might be extended, but there won’t be a complete lockdown.
Instructions issued for focussing more on OPDs in Bengaluru and deploying more personnel.
CM suggested the officers to control people getting admitted for Triaging.
Increase Home Isolation calls.The comorbidities cases should be contacted atleast once in a day and enquire about their health to instill a sense of confidence in them.
Precautionary measures to be taken to ensure that it does not spread to other members of the family.
Medicinal kits should be effectively delivered to home isolated cases.
Negative attitudes of the people should be removed by involving voluntary service organisations.
Local doctors should be involved for consultation.
Infected children,especially in rural areas should get top priority, parents should be counseled and medical kits should be distributed.Separate medical kits should be prepared for children.
Instill confidence among the rural populace.
Instructions issued to get Oxygen plants ready for use any time along with necessary personnel and fuel.
Arrange Generator systems in hospitals.
Greater monitoring of children and senior citizens.
Speedy completion of vaccination drive.
Medicines should be procured immediately and they should be reached to hospitals well in time.
Spread awareness among the people about Covid appropriate behaviour through the media.
The CM instructed graded type testing as per the ICMR norms under the government of India guidelines.
It was also decided to hold a Video Conference with DCs and CEOs of districts which are lagging behind in second dose vaccination.
To intensify vaccination drives for 15-18 age group he added.
To continue weekend curfew a decission will be taken on Friday meeting with experts,and ministers he added.
