Government departments demonstrate coordination, professionalism and excellence in mock drill to combat Coronavirus
Ferozepur, March 18, 2020: Demonstrating excellence and full coordination in the fight against Coronavirus, the government departments following the state government directive on Wednesday conducted a mock drill in village Mohkam Kha Wala to deal with any kind of situation arising from Covid-19 outbreak.
District Administration conducts mock drill in village Mohkam Kha Wala to evaluate its preparedness of dealing any kind of situation
Medical Aid Arrives within minutes to the suspected patient, police department cordon off the area
Food and Civil supplies department provides essential commodities during mock drill
Divulging more, Deputy Commissioner Ferozepur Kulwant Singh said that people need not to get panic as not even a single case of Covid-19 has been reported in the district so far.
The Deputy Commissioner said that the district administration is conducting various mock drills besides other measures to evaluate its preparedness and ensure full coordination among all departments at the time of any distress.
He further added a little behavioural change toward hygiene may help to prevent this disease from spreading and exhorted people to avoid unnecessary outdoor visits, stay away from the crowd, keep their hands and face cleaning with water and sanitizer, avoid shaking hands and avoid travelling.
During the mock drill, one of the villagers informed the control room about the person who had returned from a virus affected the country a few days ago. Following the information, a team of health department along with ambulance and experts rushed the village. The team met the person who had some symptoms similar to Coronavirus and enquired about his visit. The team then interacted the family members of the suspected patient and the members apprised the health officials about the home isolation of the sick person. After the preliminary investigation, the team took the patient to the hospital for further tests and treatment.
Meanwhile, the police department sealed the whole village to facilitate the health officials and another team of health department made door to door visit to find out others with similar symptoms.
Interacting with the villagers, Civil Surgeon Dr. Navdeep Singh said that the awareness is the key to combat this disease and people must exercise some restrain in their day to day routine which includes maintaining distance from others, avoid gatherings and shaking hands etc.
The civil surgeon stated that the health department was prepared to handle any kind of situation but people's cooperation is required to tackle any sort of situation.
SDM Amit Gupta called upon people not to believe in rumours as there are a lot of videos viral on social media.
He appealed people to verify the authenticity of the viral videos from the concerned authorities and not to fall prey to rumour-mongers.