Mass testing across state soon, declares CM
Source: Chronicle News Service / DIPR
Imphal, May 27 2021:
Chief minister N Biren Singh on Thursday announced that mass testing for Covid-19 in all parts of the state will begin soon.
He made the declaration while interacting with patients in home isolation through video conferencing from his Secretariat office.
It was his third such interaction in less than a week.
The CM said that as early detection and early medication is the key to flattening the Covid infection curve, 50,000 RAT kits have been recently distributed to different districts and another 1 lakh kits ordered for procurement.
N Biren further stated that house to house testing is being actively considered in virus hotspots and containment zones.
He said that around 100 more ICU beds would be added to the current figure within a week.
The chief minister noted that since most of the health infrastructure used in the current fight against Covid are newly developed, government's efforts may not be satisfactory sometimes.
However, all possible efforts are being made by the government to save every single life and serve the people to their satisfaction, he added.
In the meantime, people also need to extend full cooperation to the government's efforts and be more aware about the disease, he observed.
Responding promptly to a complaint raised by a patient lodged in a Community Home Isolation Centre located in Ukhrul, the CM made sure pulse oximeters were immediately provided by directly talking to the CMO concerned over the phone.
Attending to another call from a patient in Tamenglong, N Biren assured of instructing officials concerned to ensure regular power supply in the district.
All the participants in the virtual meeting expressed profound gratitude to the chief minister for attending to their grievances.
They also expressed satisfaction over the government s efforts towards fighting Covid 19.TA and hills minister Vungzagin Valte, CAF & PD minister Th Satyabrata, MP Maharaja Leishemba Sanajaoba, advisor to CM (Health) Dr S Ranjan, and MLAs Ginsuanhau, Ngamthang Haokip and L Susindro were also present at the video conference.