‘More than corona, fear is the real killer,’ says an affected family in Andhra
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CHITTOOR After some class X students tested positive for Covid-19 on April 29, Ravi Kumar (41), a biology teacher at the municipal high school at Nagari, crippled in both legs due to polio, was gripped with fear, as he had taught them in close proximity.
A resident of Narayanavanam, 20 km from Nagari, the teacher would keep shuttling between school and home on his tri-scooter.
The fact that three of his colleagues had succumbed to the dreaded virus recently, preceded by a number of casualties among the teachers elsewhere in Chittoor district since the Covid first wave, was enough to whip up his worst fears, making him tremble and swoon often.
People prefer to remain indoors as district records highest number of casualties
COVID-19 casualties crossed the 1,000-mark on Tuesday, leading to a tense atmosphere all over Chittoor district. The district has recorded the highest number of casualties in the State.
The prime reason for the alarming death rate is largely attributed to continuous influx of people from the neighbouring States of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The district also leads the number of positive cases with a daily average of 2,500 since a week. On Tuesday, the number of positive cases was 2,318.
Personnel of the COVID Task Force maintain that the sudden spike in positive cases and casualties has impacted the psyche of the public. Though people used to move around freely, often without face masks, in Chittoor and Tirupati corporations and the six municipalities of Madanapalle, Punganur, Palamaner, Puttur, Nagari and Srikalahasti, in the initial days of the second wave, the situation is quite different since a
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Public warned against home isolation without ‘triaging’
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Self-medication without proper diagnosis is risky, say deputy DMHO
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Collector M. Hari Narayanan, along with COVID Task Force officials, inspecting a triage centre at Karveti Nagaram in Chittoor district on Thursday.
Self-medication without proper diagnosis is risky, say deputy DMHO
In view of the spurt in coronavirus infection and casualties in Chittoor, the district administration has cautioned the people to immediately get them tested for the virus in case they show any symptom, and to get compulsorily registered with the ‘triage centres’.
Collector M. Hari Narayanan and Deputy District Medical and Health Officer P. Ravi Raju conducted a series of inspections on the community health centers in Karveti Nagaram, Puttur, Nagari and Satyavedu mandals on Thursday.
Chittoor increases bed strength in hospitals
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No dearth of oxygen, ventilators, says official even as cases rise in district
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No dearth of oxygen, ventilators, says official even as cases rise in district
The daily average of new COVID-19 infections has crossed the 1,300 mark since mid-April in Chittoor district, taking the positivity rate close to 25%, causing a big worry to the district medical and health administration.
By April 22, the district witnessed the second highest number of 1.06 lakh positive cases in the State, and 935 casualties. As many as 93,900 patients have recovered and there are 10,318 active cases.
The COVID Task Force in the district is fully geared to meet any emergency situation, says District Medical and Health Officer M. Penchalaiah. The district is bestowed with massive COVID care facilities. We have the services of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) at the disposal of patients. SVIMS, SVRR and Padmavathi hosp