Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 16
Expressing concern over the increasing cases and fatalities in the state, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday directed the DGP to create special Covid reserve unit by withdrawing police personnel deployed on non-essential duties for the next few months.
Chairing a Covid review video-conference, the Chief Minister also asked DGP Dinkar Gupta to tighten the noose against violators of safety norms, especially those found not wearing masks. He directed the DGP to instruct the SSPs of cities with large caseloads to strictly enforce the curbs and norms to check the spread of the disease.
As deaths per million in Punjab increased to 7.7, Capt Amarinder directed the Health Department to identify containment and micro-containment zones more quickly and clamp down curbs to check the spread of the pandemic. The state currently has 38 micro-containment zones in 12 districts and seven containment zones in six districts.
The Chief Minister also called for immediate action to increase testing as per the targets already decided by the state government. Underlining the need for extreme caution, even though the state's figures were still better than the national average, he also asked district administration to strictly enforce all the latest guidelines, especially with respect to restriction of five persons in gatherings.
The DGP earlier said action was being taken against all violators and a close watch was being kept on incoming travellers.
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