PM Modi directs officials for possible assistance during Varanasi COVID-19 review meet, 'test, track, treat'
He asked the local administration to help people with full sensitivity and asserted that the cooperation of society as well as the government is necessary to curb the pandemic.
FollowPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reviewed the COVID-19 situation in Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh through video conferencing, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said.
According to a statement issued by the PMO, during the meeting, the Prime Minister was apprised about testing, the availability of beds, medicines, vaccines, and manpower, etc. for the prevention of coronavirus and proper treatment of infected patients.
He asked the local administration to help people with full sensitivity and asserted that the cooperation of society as well as the government is necessary to curb the pandemic.
During the discussion, the Prime Minister emphasized that Do Gaz ki doori, Mask hai Zaroori has to be followed by everyone. He stressed the need for vaccination of everyone over 45 years of age.
The Prime Minister expressed his gratitude to all the doctors and medical staff of the country and said that even in the time of crisis, they are following their duty faithfully. He said that learning from the experiences of the last year, we have to be cautious.
As a representative of Varanasi, he is also constantly taking feedback from the general public. He said that the expansion and modernisation of medical infrastructure in Varanasi in the last 5 to 6 years has helped in fighting coronavirus. With this, the availability of beds, ICUs and oxygen is being increased in Varanasi.
Modi emphasised on implementing 'tracking, tracing and testing', saying this has to be fully followed to check the virus' spread in the same manner the first wave was curbed.
The statement issued by the PMO said that through video conferencing, public representatives and officials of Varanasi informed the Prime Minister about the preparations made in the district for the protection and treatment of Covid-19.
Noting that the administration has set up the 'Kashi COVID Response Centre', the prime minister said other steps should also be carried out swiftly.
He was also informed about the mechanism put in by the administration, including a control room for contact tracing, a command and control centre for home isolation and a dedicated phone line for ambulance service.
Also, telemedicine was being made available through a control room to deal with the rising Covid cases.
MLC and Varanasi Covid in-charge AK Sharma, Divisional Commissioner Deepak Agarwal, Commissioner of Police A Satish Ganesh, District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma, Municipal Commissioner Gaurang Rathi, Chief Medical Officer NP Singh, Director ISSBHU BR Mittal, Ministers of State Neelkanth Tiwari and Ravindra Jaiswal, Rohaniyan MLA Surendra Narayan Singh and MLCs Ashok Dhawan and Laxman Acharya were also present during the meeting held through video conferencing.
