‘Take measures in view of rise in COVID-19 cases’
The Hindu
Health officials asked to take action
Noting the exponential rise in COVID-19 cases on a week to week basis, the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine has instructed all Deputy Directors of Health Services (DDHS) and the City Health Officer of the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) to ensure that public and private health facilities are equipped, guidelines are strictly enforced and that the contact tracing exercise is done within 72 hours of diagnosis. In a circular issued to the officials on April 2, Director of Public Health (DPH) T.S. Selvavinayagam said as per the daily reports collected from districts by the State emergency operations control rooms, cases were rising exponentially on a week to week basis. From 9,066 cases last week, cases had risen to 15,233 this week Though cases were continuously rising throughout the country, the rate of growth of positive cases was higher than the earlier surge, he said.More Related News