Telangana CM to impose 15 Days Lockdown to reduce Covid 19 spread
Reportedly in view of surge in COVID-19 cases in hyderabad, the telangana government is likely to impose a 15-day lockdown in the Greater hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) area after doctors & health care professionals suggested Lockdown of another 15-days to contain the spread of the coronavirus. telangana chief minister k chandrashekhar rao on sunday in a meeting with health officials said 15 days of lockdown in ghmc is being considered and the decision will be taken in the next three to four days in a cabinet meeting.
When kcr asked people not to panic as the government has already made preparations to give treatment to all the patients. He also reviewed measures being taken up in the state to contain the spread of coronavirus. Furthermore explaining the COVID-19 situation in the state, health minister Eatala Gajender said that the mortality rate of COVID-19 patients in telangana was only 1.52 compared to the national average of 3.04. Besides, the isolation wards in government hospitals, beds were set up in private medical colleges. However, patients with no symptoms are being given treatment at their home.
Perhaps with the rampant rise in the number of COVID-19 positive cases in hyderabad in the last few days, several shops, business establishments, and general markets in hyderabad announced voluntary lockdown as a precautionary measure. Currently, there are 8,265 active cases in the state. Of the total new cases recorded on saturday, the ghmc area reported 888 new infections. Rangareddy reported 74 cases, 37 cases were reported in medchal district.