BHOPAL: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has crafted a strategy to arrest the second wave of Covid-19. As a result of that strategy, the number of corona cases has decreased in the state.
The government has sealed the state borders adjacent to Maharashtra to stop the influx of people from there. To deal with the shortage of oxygen cylinders, Air Force planes were used and army hospitals were opened to corona patients.
Chouhan has also announced Rs 5,000 as pension for families who have lost their breadwinners to Covid-19. Not only that, but such families will also get free rations and one of the relatives of those families will get a job on compassionate grounds. He appealed to people to wear masks and to get vaccinated.
Chouhan, however, was not in favour of another long haul of the lockdown, but he had to do that to put the state under corona curfew to break the chain of the virus. He has told the district administrations to take decisions on the grounds of local conditions. That has helped the government to bring the virus under control.
Chouhan kept away from rallies for the by-election in Damoh and for the state elections in Assam and West Bengal for Covid-19.
A shortage of oxygen and a lack of beds in hospitals were witnessed, but those problems were gradually solved. It was ensured that the state got 500 MT of oxygen daily. The government has also planned to set up oxygen plants. Army hospitals were also opened to corona patients after discussions between the defence minister, Rajnath Singh, and Chouhan.
A large number of Covid-19 centres were open throughout the state and the ëKill Corona Campaigní was launched. Asha and Anganwadi workers visited every house to identify corona patients and to isolate them.
From members of Parliament (MP) to panch-sarpanches and other public representativesóall worked together to stop the virus.
From a peak of 13,670 corona-positive cases on April 23, the state recorded a constant decline in the number. On May 10, it dropped to 9,741.
