Hyderabad, Jan.21 (PMI): Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar today stated that the collectors and health teams are engaged in conducting fever surveys to check rising corona cases and bring them down. The CS with officials visited Hiltop Colony at Khairatabad in the city here and inspected Fever Survey being conducted to check corona cases rise. Somesh Kumar maintained that Corona is under control and the survey of fever is to find any cases to address the same.
He informed media persons that the State Government started the “Fever Survey” to check the corona cases and infections spread in the state. Our aim is to see that the cases come down as it was reported to see a dip in March, he said, adding that the health teams are on the survey. The CS appealed to the people to avoid fear and cooperate for the health survey. The cases are not severe and mild symptoms will get medical kits and severe cases will be shifted to the hospitals. All the hospitals are equipped with medicines, vaccines, doctors and staff to treat the people with corona, virus and infections, he said.
The people must visit the government hospitals to get all these tests and treatment and medicines free of cost, he instructed. They must not visit the private hospitals to lose their money, Somesh Kumar said. As per directions by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao the state machinery is geared up to control the corona problem though cases are increasing now.
We are able to check the problem with people cooperation he said , adding that 2 crore testing kits and one crore home isolation kits are ready to help people to fight corona. The Chief Secretary said that the government offers medical kits to use for five days and get rid of the infections.
We will get reports from the districts and take measures accordingly based on the fever cases and severity if any, Somesh Kumar added. (PMI)