In order to contain the spread of the deadly Wuhan virus also known as the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19,) the Telangana Government decided to launch a special drive.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) decided to launch a drive which would find the super spreaders of the Novel Coronavirus infection and would vaccinate them against the virus. The step would ensure the virus is not being spread in the State.
State finance minister T Harish Rao, chief secretary M Somesh Kumar discussed this in an official meeting at BRKR Bhavan on Tuesday, as per the directions of chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, a statement from chief secretary’s office read.
The special vaccination drive will cover LPG delivery staff, FP shop dealers, petrol pump workers, auto and cab drivers, vendors in rythu bazaars, fruit, vegetable and flower markets, kirana shops, liquor shops, non-vegetarian markets, the note said.
The issues relating to the identification of super spreaders and other logistic arrangements were deliberated in the meeting.
Health and family welfare department secretary Sri Rizvi, GHMC commissioner Lokesh Kumar, CDMA Satyanarayana, transport commissioner MRM Rao, DPH Srinivas Rao and other officials attended the meeting.
In a high-level meeting earlier on Tuesday, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced a two-pronged strategy to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state. Besides continuing with the fever survey and handing over medical kits to symptomatic persons, he also asked the officials to ramp up testing.
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