CM DIRECTS DIST OFFICIALS TO GO FOR VIGOROUS CONTACT TRACING

CHANDIGARH:PUNJAB chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday asked the deputy commissioners, police commissioners, senior superintendents of police (SSPS) and the civil surgeons to go for vigorous tracing of at least 10 contacts of every positive coronavirus patient to check pandemic spread in the state.

Reviewing the Covid-19 situation, the CM also ordered testing of persons with multiple contacts such as shop workers, mandi workers, and frontline government employees, within this week, declaring that this should be a ‘testing week’.

“All the offices, business establishments, industrial units and marriage palaces, etc where more than 10 people gather, must appoint ‘Covid monitors’ to ensure adherence of health and safety protocols,” he said. These ‘monitors’ would be responsible to ensure proper hygiene and sanitisation of working places to check the infection, he added.

Expressing concern over perception among the public about the stigma attached to coronavirus, the CM asked the chief secretary to direct public relations department to launch a publicity campaign to bring awareness so that people don’t shy away from getting tested.