T'gana Minister asks officials to act tough against those bypassing lockdown in 'containment zones'
Rama Rao, known as KTR, and Rajender held a meetingwith officials and discussed the plan of action and theprecautionary measures to be taken to control the spread ofCOVID-19 in Hyderabad in view of a large number of cases beingreported from the city.
"Minister KTR appealed to the citizens to strictlyfollow the lockdown rules and said that social distancing isthe only way one can keep the coronavirus away.
"The Minister instructed the officials to close allthe entries to the containment zones and leave only one routeopen, under police surveillance," an official release said.
Rama Rao, who is the WorkingPresident of ruling TRS,asked the officials to make necessary arrangements to sendessential goods to the citizens directly, at their doorstep.
He told the officials of police, Greater HyderabadMunicipal Corporation (GHMC) and Health department to work incoordination and check the health conditions of every person.
He asked them to shift the suspect persons to hospitalfor COVID-19 test and also to check their travel history ifthey test positive.
The Health Minister said the coming 10 days will bevery crucial and appealed to the citizens not to venture outof their homes.
He said all medical arrangements are in place andasked police and medical teams to immediately move thosepersons in the containment zone, who show any symptoms ofcoronavirus, to the hospital.
State Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar stated that specialteams, comprising police, medical and municipal officials,were functioning 24/7 in the GHMC limits.
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday askedofficials to pay more attention to the GHMC area in COVID-19containment measures as more number of cases are beingreported from the city.