Naveen asks folks to not be complacent

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday requested the State administration to not be complacent and proceed to maintain a detailed watch on the Covid-19 state of affairs.

Reviewing the pandemic state of affairs within the State nearly, the Chief Minister emphasised on completion of booster vaccination for the senior residents and frontline employees. The variety of constructive circumstances within the State has stabilised and new infections have additionally gone down however this isn’t the time to chill out the implementation of tips, he mentioned.

Naveen directed the police to make additional efforts to make sure that the folks abide by all Covid-19 tips. The fast response groups (RRTs) and area employees must also monitor the situation of Covid sufferers in residence isolation correctly, he mentioned and added that public consciousness campaigns on all features of the pandemic ought to be continued with the cooperation of Mission Shakti self assist teams (SHGs). Naveen mentioned that there is no such thing as a motive to panic over the state of affairs.

Additional Chief Secretary (Health) RK Sharma, in an in depth presentation on the Covid state of affairs within the State, knowledgeable that whereas the day by day testing has gone as much as 65,000-70,000, the positivity charge has remained at 11.4 p.c  which is lower than the nationwide common. He, nonetheless, mentioned that the positivity charge in Jajpur, Balasore, Cuttack, Sundargarh and Khurda nonetheless remained comparatively excessive.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Chief Minister known as upon the folks to abide by tips to combat the third wave of Covid pandemic. In his Republic Day message, Naveen mentioned that the pandemic will quickly be over with everybody’s cooperation and life will return to regular. He additionally paid tributes to Covid warriors who misplaced their lives within the pandemic.