Chennai: Tamilnadu Health Secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan has written a letter to heads of departments, all district Collectors, health officials and Commissioners of Corporations to focus on preventing any spurt in Covid-19 cases and clusters, in the wake of Europe, some parts of the world and even New Delhi reporting Delta variant of coronavirus and Omicron.
Radhakrishnan said despite awareness on Covid-19, including the latest variant of concern, Omicron, a lot of necessary constructive contribution and cooperation from the public, especially in the adoption of prevention and control measures, was mostly lacking.
He urged the officials to lead the Covid-19 appropriate behaviour campaigns by involving people from all walks of life. They should increase the monitoring and enforcement drives in addition to strictly enforcing the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for permitted activities.
The four-page letter stressed on the need to improve the vaccination coverage among the elderly and immune-compromised individuals and educating people – who have travelled and not travelled – to get tested immediately if they have symptoms of Covid-19.
Radhakrishnan also asked the district administrations to give a daily update on Covid facilities, ICU beds, Oxygen beds and availability of oxygen concentrators, cylinders, and relevant medicines.