TURA: West Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner, Ram Singh on Friday reviewed COVID precautionary measures in the district in a meeting held at the District Auditorium in Tura.
Appreciating the dedicated effort extended by the district officials, Ram Singh informed that it was due to their contribution that the district has not been tagged a containment zone. Only a few positive cases have been detected in the district, all of whom had come from outside.
He added that the current protocol being adopted should be continued right from the entry point in Bajengdoba upto the respective quarantine centres in the district.
Stating that the return of stranded citizens to the district is now reduced, he informed that some quarantine centres need to be closed to lessen the burden of those maintaining the centres.
Informing that few people might still be coming to the state on their own, he stressed on the need to continue monitoring to ensure that they follow the guidelines given by the government.
While pointing out that most of the livelihood activities are on post lockdown, he sought the cooperation of everyone while warning that shops violating guidelines would be closed and penalty imposed on them.
Dr Silse Marak, representing the Bonepa Atilla locality, Tura while mentioning her observation of people venturing out without wearing masks, suggested enforcing the guidelines in an aggressive manner especially in public places for the safety of the people.
Dr I M Sangma, DMCHO, Tura informed that individualized training for para- medical team is being conducted so that everybody is trained personally to take care of high risk population in the district.
She also informed that as per the records of different Health and Wellness Centres, there are about 19, 000 elderly population in the district who needs to be taken care of.
