Telangana government fully prepared to tackle spike in Covid-19 cases, affirms KCR

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao asserted every individual should be cautious and not worry unnecessarily about Coronavirus .

He said there are no symptoms in many people who have Corona, but a small number of those who are having other diseases are falling seriously sick. The government is taking all measures to contain the virus. But yet at the same time, people should follow personal hygiene, take necessary precautions, he added.

The CM declared that even if the Corona virus cases are large in number, the government is ready to offer treatment. According to ICMR guidelines, those patients who are in serious condition they were being treated in the hospitals, those asymptomatic patients will be treated at home, he said .

The State Medical and Health officials brought to the notice of Chief Minister that some media organisations and persons are spreading false information and creating panic and confusion among the people. They clarified that in Gandhi hospital where there is a capacity to treat 2,000 patients, only 247 Covid patients are there.

Since some people have filed the PILs in the court, they were made to make rounds around the Court and it was creating problems for them to offer medical services to the needy. The officials said that it was not possible to conduct Covid Tests on all those who died and the High Court's direction in this regard cannot be implemented. They urged the state government to appeal in the Supreme Court.