Jai Ram Thakur holds video conferencing with DCs of Sirmour and Solan districts

Shimla : Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today held meeting through video conferencing with the Deputy Commissioners of Sirmour and Solan districts to discuss various steps being taken to check the spread of COVID-19 virus.The Chief Minister directed to make appropriate arraignments for medical checkups and balanced diet to the coronavirus patients admitted in the COVID-19 care centres. He said that the quarantine process should be followed properly. It was the responsibility of the management of the units operating in industrial zones to ensure that only those labourers were engaged in the work who have went through quarantine process.It was also discussed whether lockdown should be imposed in Baddi and Nalagarh areas of Solan district and Nahan in Sirmour district keeping in view the rise in COVID-19 cases in these areas.Jai Ram Thakur said that the COVID-19 cases increased in the State as lakh of Himachali people stranded in various parts of the country were brought back. However, the parameters of Himachal Pradesh were better than other states as according to the guidelines of the government of India, the corona spread rate should be lower than five percent.