Govt: Enforce lockdown rules strictly

Govt: Enforce lockdown rules strictly

TN Orders Checks To Prevent O2 Wastage

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:10.05.2021 

The Tamil Nadu cabinet headed by chief minister M K Stalin in its first meeting on Sunday stressed on strict Covid-19 containment measures to rein in the virus.

With increasing number of Covid fatalities and a high test positivity rate, the new government was forced to impose a state-wide lockdown for 15 days starting from Monday. The meeting’s focus centred around the measures to be implemented to bring the pandemic under control.

Chief minister Stalin advised his cabinet colleagues to station themselves in the districts allotted to them and ensure proper implementation of Covid-related work during lockdown.

The cabinet meeting resolved that unless the total lockdown is strictly implemented, the state would not succeed in containing the spread of the raging pandemic.

All ministers have been directed to ensure that patients arriving at district hospitals are treated without delay. Besides ensuring healthcare facilities, the cabinet resolved to provide adequate food to healthcare workers and patients.

Noting that oxygen is being made available with great difficulty to government and private hospitals, the cabinet resolved to ensure proper supply of oxygen to all hospitals and directed ministers and officials to prevent wastage of oxygen at any cost.

On Remdesivir, the cabinet said that authorities should prevent its sale in the black market.

The cabinet also appealed to all people in eligible age groups to get vaccinated as soon as possible. To ensure this, awareness should be created among people about vaccination in all districts.

The cabinet meeting also highlighted the need for coordination among various departments, including healthcare, revenue, police, urban and rural developments, to ensure proper implementation of all Covid-related measures. The chief minister directed all the ministers to ensure such a coordination among various departments and conduct review meetings for proper implementation of the government initiatives, according to a state government release.

ON THE JOB: Health officials screen a person at Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital in Chennai on Sunday, a day ahead of the lockdown