SHOPIAN, MAY 22 (KNS): While briefing the Media Deputy Commissioner, Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya today at Mini Secretariat Arhama Shopian made it clear that the District Administration is well equipped to tackle the 2nd wave of Covid-19 pandemic and said that the District Administration is on the forefront to break the Chain of coronavirus infection in the District and added that the District Administration is also keeping close vigil on the situation arising due to the Covid-19 spike and is also playing a major role for providing quality and accessible healthcare services to the hospitalized as well as home isolated patients.
The home isolated patients were provided medical kits and a team of doctors along with a physician is always ready to check them on daily basis and also better treatment is being provided to them.
To make the Covid under control and to facilitate the patients with better healthcare, a capacity of 5 beds along with requisite requirements in each Panchayat is being established DC, maintained.
The positive rate of cases in the District is declining and recovering rate increasing day by day in the District.
After imposing, lockdown and Covid curfew in the District, continuous decline was witnessed in a number of positive cases and added that 99% of vaccination process was completed till date and said that all the Magistrates have been directed for a house to house survey so that any left out maybe vaccinated to get rid of the virus. More and more testing programmes are being conducted so that no one is left out without testing.
DC said that all the requisite precautionary measures are being taken to defeat the 2nd wave of Covid-19 as the first wave was defeated which yielded good results.
The people's cooperation is also imperative to beat the coronavirus by adhering to Covid-19 appropriate behaviour and vaccination process in the District has been ramped up and the people are being vaccinated to break the Chain of virus transmission. 
DC observed that the District Administration is aiming to make the healthcare system one of the best in the District and called for strenuous efforts from all the stakeholders to improve the health services delivery and to strengthen the patient care system.
The DHS, PHCs and other Sub-Centres in the District are well prepared and well equipped with all the medical facilities to meet any eventuality arising due to the virus in the District.
He said medical oxygen as one of the key requirements in case of severe cases in Covid care hospital has been made available to meet the demand.
All the Magistrates, Police, and health functionaries are working in mission mode with great dedication, zest and zeal.
DC said that the people of the District are really praised worthy, well cooperating and adopt the guidelines and other SOPs in letter and spirit.
The people are appealed to strictly follow the SOPs and other guidelines issued by the Government, make usage of masks, hand hygiene, proper sanitization and not to go out of their homes unnecessarily.(KNS)