In the Cain come off of the new SARS-Cov -2 variant Omicron , the Kollam district administration has pushed extensive preparations to Combat any possible threat from this disease.
The district authorities given instruction to the health officials to conclude the second dose of vaccination speedily as the variant turned in to more contagious. A special action in focus for achieving the target.
A team headed by the District Medical officer will be in the place for formulating the plan. Also the Panchayath level preventive measures will be strengthened. Those arriving from different states will have to register on the Covid -19 Jagartha portal.
The police , health officials and local authorities have been there to closely monitoring them. Kollam Mayor Prasanna Ernest demanded to set up more vaccination centres to expedite vaccine administration.
The authorities are also on plan to re introduce the Covid -19 containment and preventive measures implemented the earlier phase of pandemic. The Covid first line treatment centre functioning at the hockey stadium will be shifted to a more convenient location.
Additional restrictions will apply to those arriving from Omicron reported nations. They will be screened at the airport and made mandatory seven day quarantine. Those testing positive will be isolated and their test samples will send to at Rajiv Gandhi Bio technology centre for genome sequencing.