Chennai: Apart from forming a Task Force headed by the Chief Secretary, including experts, 12 teams headed by senior IAS officers have been set up to implement and monitor all the activities related to Covid-19 challenge in Tamilnadu.
The government has also launched a massive publicity campaign on social distancing and various dos and don’ts, while ensuring availability of essential commodities for the people during the lockdown period.
Around 2.10 lakh international passengers were screened and 77,330 of them were under home quarantine for 28 days.
A detailed micro plan for each district has been drawn to meet the healthcare needs of the old age people, ante-natal and post-natal mothers and infants, patients on chronic treatment like TB, HIV, Hypertension and Diabetes, patients needing dialysis and was being executed by mobile health teams in the
districts.
Apart from undertaking massive cleaning and disinfection of all public places by the local bodies, the Health department has identified 22,000 isolation beds, 5,934 ICU beds in Government and private sector so far.
Omanthurar Medical College Hospital, Chennai and Coimbatore ESI Medical College Hospital have been declared as dedicated Covid-19 hospitals. Apart from this, one hospital in each district has been identified and provided with treatment facilities for Covid-19. Every person under isolation was provided nutritious and immune boosting meal to combat the infection.
Testing facilities have been expanded across the state. Presently the State has 11 Government facilities and six private labs for COVID-19 testing and this would be increased by having at least one per district.