Need to curb COVID cases: Collector
Collector M. Hari Narayanan on Thursday informed COVID Task Force teams at all mandals bordering neighboring Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to raise their vigil at the border checkposts in coordination with the area police in order to curb COVID cases in the district.
Addressing a meeting with Task Force teams in Madanapalle and Palamaner sub-divisions, the Collector said that apart from intensifying vigil at border areas, the Task Force personnel should take the lead in conducting a fever survey in all villages and wards by the field staff, and achieving the target of vaccination among mothers with children in the age group of 0-5.
Officials put up a brave front
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The sharp rise in daily infections in Chittoor district, the highest in the State, triggers worries about an uncertain future
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The sharp rise in daily infections in Chittoor district, the highest in the State, triggers worries about an uncertain future
With eight government COVID hospitals available in Tirupati, Chittoor and elsewhere in the district, the medical and health officials put up a brave front in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, but the fear of an uncertain future scenario is writ large on their faces. Chittoor district has been reporting the highest number of daily cases and casualties in the second second wave of the pandemic so far.
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Nearly 30,000 cases reported in the last one week
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Footwear, water bottles and bags come in handy for people to reserve their place in a queue for COVID vaccination at a centre in Vijayawada on Friday. | Photo Credit:
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Nearly 30,000 cases reported in the last one week
In line with the rapid rise in the incidence of infections across the country, the State reported 20 deaths due to COVID-19 and 6,096 new infections in the 24 hours ending Friday morning. The daily tally increased by 1,000 infections in just a day as 5,086 cases were reported on Thursday.
It was the highest single-day tally six and a half months since October 4, and the daily death toll was highest since October 25. In the past one week, the State reported 29,634 infections and 94 deaths.
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Officials inspect vaccination programme at PHCs and CHCs
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COVID-19 Task Force team inspecting a vaccination centre at the Government Hospital at Puttur in Chittoor district on Saturday.
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Officials inspect vaccination programme at PHCs and CHCs
The unprecedented spike in the COVID-19 cases in Chittoor district during the last one month, with 740 cases on Saturday, has kept the district administration on heels.
Deputy District Medical and Health Officer P. Ravi Raju, along with COVID-19 Task Force officials, has inspected the ongoing vaccination drive at the community health centres at Nagari and Puttur, and the primary health centres in Nagari assembly constituency limits. “As per instructions from the District Collector, we have been focussing on the border areas in eastern mandals,” the official said. Saturday’s tally was the highest the district has seen since September last.