Uttarakhand: CM holds meeting for effective control of Covid, orders to set up booster dose camp from tomorrow

Taking a meeting at the Secretariat on Thursday, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami directed the officers to launch a campaign to install booster doses in the state for effective control of COVID-19. Start setting up camps from tomorrow itself to get booster dose. Camps should be organized for booster dose in the districts. Control rooms should be activated in all the districts. The Chief Minister said that genome sequencing should also be done for the new cases of COVID that will come.

The Chief Minister instructed the officials to motivate people to apply booster dose. It should also be widely publicized through various mediums. He also directed the Chief Secretary to conduct regular review of Covid. The Chief Minister said that the demand for Covid booster dose should be sent to the Central Government as soon as possible. Full availability of all necessary resources should be maintained.

Health Minister Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat participated virtually in the meeting. He said that maximum attention should be paid to booster dose. He said that almost 100 percent people have been administered the first and second dose of COVID in the state. A massive campaign will be launched for booster dose. In the meeting, Chief Secretary Dr. S.S. Sandhu, Additional Chief Secretary Radha Raturi, DGP Ashok Kumar, Secretary Ranjit Sinha, Dr.R. Rajesh Kumar, Vinod Kumar Suman, Additional Secretary Amardeep Kaur and officials of Health Department were present.