No lockdown, only increased care: KCR

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hyderabad: Chief Minister K
Chandrashekar Rao on Thursday eliminated enforcing lockdown in the state as the relocation did not assist other states in controlling the
spread of Covid 19
Urging individuals not to panic after discovering symptoms, the Chief Minister asked them to start medication without being fretted over
getting checked
The medical sets would be offered by the government to every household, he said
The Chief Minister was of the view that lockdown was disadvantageous as the commoner would be badly hit and the economy would collapse
He remembered the terrible experiences of last year's lockdown and stressed the need for a correct environment for free motion of paddy and
rice throughout the existing season of purchase of agricultural produce
Rather, the federal government would step up containment procedures and improve health infrastructure and treatment, he said
He held a comprehensive review with officials worried after a telephonic discussion with Prime Minister Narendra Modi
According to a CMO release, the Chief Minister gave Modi's notice the issue of patients from Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and
Chhattisgarh hurrying to Hyderabad for Covid treatment in view of the state capital being become a medical center
There is an extreme impact on supply of oxygen and important medications consisting of Remdesivir as 50 percent individuals from outdoors in
excess to Telangana's population thronging Hyderabad for much better treatment.He informed the Prime Minister that the state was not getting
the allocated quota of oxygen from Tamil Nadu and Odisha
He urged the Prime Minister to boost the allowance of oxygen from 440 metric tonnes (MT) to 500 MT and remdesivir from 4,900 vials per day
to 25,000 besides supplying a minimum of 2 lakh doses of vaccine every day
The CMO said railway minister Piyush Goyal spoke with the Chief Minister on the directions of the Prime Minister and assured all help
He told the Chief Minister that oxygen supplies would be arranged from eastern states rather of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.Later, at the
evaluation with Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, Preparation Commission vice-chairman B
Vinod Kumar and other officials, the Chief Minister directed them to hold daily media conferences and expose to people the number of
infected people, treated and discharged
A special officer should be selected to collaborate the anti-Covid operations, he stated including that details of bed schedule need to be
put in public domain
On enhancing health infrastructure, the Chief Minister directed the officials to make immediate plans to import 12 cryogenic tankers from
China
After asking with IICT Director Chandrasekhar on immediate actions to be required to enhance the availability of oxygen, the Chief Minister
asked officials to immediately purchase 500 oxygen enrichers.