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Early Times Report
Jammu, May 15: As deadly Coronavirus has engulfed rural areas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed the need for ramping up the speed of vaccination, testing, and augmentation of the health care resources to effectively deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
He has also emphasized on the implementation of the localized containment strategies and the proper distribution of oxygen supply in the rural areas.
The Prime Minister today chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the COVID and vaccination the related situation in the country.
During the meeting, officials gave detailed presentations on the state and district-level situation, testing capacities, availability of oxygen, health care infrastructure, and vaccination roadmap.
Modi said that localized containment strategies are the need of the hour especially in those states wherein test positivity rate is high.
The Prime Minister has instructed to scale up the testing with the use of RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen Tests in such areas. He said the states should be encouraged to report their COVID cases in a transparent manner.
The Prime Minister asked for augmentation of health care resources in rural areas by adopting door-to-door testing and surveillance strategies. He also spoke about empowering ASHA and Anganwadi workers with all necessary tools. He also stressed providing the guidelines in easy language for home isolation and treatment in rural areas.
The Prime Minister directed that a distribution plan for ensuring oxygen supply in rural areas should be worked out.
He added that necessary training must be provided to health workers in the operation of medical equipment. He asked to ensure a power supply for the smooth operation of such medical devices.
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