‘Preventing virus spread in rural areas is the key’
The Hindu
Official says symptomatic patients must be encouraged to get admitted to CCCs
As the risk of spreading the COVID-19 is high in rural areas, Commissioner for the Directorate of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Kalaburagi in-charge Secretary Gunjan Krishna directed officials to take measures for the containment of virus in rural areas. Ms. Krishna held a meeting with the senior officers of all departments concerned on Friday to review the situation related to COVID-19 and the preparedness to contain its spread in rural areas. After collecting the data of cases in the district, Ms. Krishna said that increasing the number of cases in a rural area when compared to urban areas is a worrying sign, and measures should be taken to control the spread of the pandemic in rural pockets, she stressed.More Related News