But there is no guarantee that Remdesivir saves lives but there are indications that it might reduce hospital stay among Covid-19 patients. "Telangana has a stock of 9,00,100 Remdesivir doses. "We are in the process of getting more," he said. He said the state had stocks of testing kits, and was in the process of starting new RT-PCR testing centres in all districts soon, adding that the state as on Wednesday, had a stock of 11 lakh Rapid Antigen Test, and 3 lakh RT-PCR test kits. The government had previously said that anyone with symptoms must assume that he or she has caught Covid-19 and should begin medication. The Chief Secretary’s comments come in the wake of the government earlier issuing instructions to all testing centres it runs across the state to limit the number of daily tests for Covid-19. The ICRM guidelines are a paradigm shift in Covid-19 management," he said. If this is done, then people get early treatment and the chances of Covid-19 patients turning serious will be reduced, and bring down hospitalisations. "The Indian Council of Medical Research’s latest guidelines suggest to begin treatment if someone has symptoms, something Telangana is already doing. In the event the symptoms persist even after five days of medication, they should seek medical help again and will be given additional medications as needed, he said. Those who are determined to have symptoms, will be given medicine kits for Covid-19 and should start medication and isolate themselves. Somesh Kumar, while addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, also spoke about Telangana’s strategy for containing the spread of coronavirus saying that anyone with symptoms should visit the Covid-19 out-patient clinics at all government health centres and get themselves checked. He said the government was, however, taking every possible step to control the spread of Covid-19 in the state, adding that the situation in Telangana was much better than in many other states, including Telangana’s neighbours. Officials admitted that the movement of people following the easing of lockdown norms led to increase in number of cases.Hyderabad: Allaying fears of an imminent lockdown, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar said the Telangana state government was not in favour of any such measures as they were unlikely to serve the purpose. The state has witnessed spike in Covid-19 cases following the beginning of fourth phase of the lockdown on May 18. He also said that there should not be any restrictions on the inter-state travel.Īccording to Government Order, no separate permission will be required for inter-state movement of people.Įarlier, the state government had extended the lockdown till May 31. The shops can remain open till 8 p.m.Ĭurrently, the night curfew is in force from 7 p.m. The night-time curfew will be in force from 9 p.m. KCR, as the Chief Minister is popularly known, directed the officials concerned to strictly implement the lockdown in the containment zones. It was decided to implement the relaxations given in the guidelines by the Centre in all the areas except in the containment zones. The Chief minister held discussions with Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, Director General of Police Mahender Reddy and other senior officials against the backdrop of the Centre issuing new guidelines on the lockdown. The announcement comes a day after the Centre decided to extend the lockdown in the areas inside containment zones till June 30. Chandrashekhar Rao held a meeting with senior officials. However, the lockdown in containment zones has been extended till June 30.Ī government order was issued in this regard after Chief Minister K.
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