Excelsior Correspondent
KARGIL, June 19: Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor (CEC), LAHDC Feroz Ahmad Khan launched a massive COVID-19 mass awareness campaign here today.
Executive Councillor for Health Muhammad Ali Chandan, District Magistrate/Chairman District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) Baseer ul Haq Choudhary, SSP Kargil Dr Vinod Kumar, Additional SP Kargil Iftikhar Talib Choudhary, Additional Deputy Commissioner Kargil Tsering Motup, Chief Medical Officer Dr Muhammad Ibrahim Khan and other concerned officers were present on the occasion.
Khan while interacting with the media persons after launching the campaign said that the authorities have made tremendous efforts in ensuring the evacuation of Kargilites stranded in different parts of the country and it is the moral responsibility of every individual not to let these efforts go in vain by religiously following the safety protocols for their own safety and safety of the community at large.
District Magistrate/ Chairman District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) Kargil Baseer ul Haq Choudhary said that the step has been taken to enlighten the public to carry out precautions within home and outside and at the societal level in order to control the transmission of COVID-19.
Baseer further said that the campaign will involve the participation of prominent personalities from all walks of life, religious heads, elected representatives and the youth to yield positive and effective results on ground.
While allaying the concerns and apprehensions of certain people as to why the test reports are not made available in a swift manner, the DM said testing of people for COVID-19 is a time consuming process that has to be carried out in a systematic manner while ensuring strict observance of the SOPs and guidelines involving the collection and preservation of samples and then sending off from Kargil to NCDC New Delhi via Leh for testing and receipt of reports from there.
“Testing at the national level dealing with samples from northern areas and other parts the country no doubt takes time and the safety of the lives of the personnel involved in taking swab samples also needs to be taken into consideration and hence the testing of cases is possible only in a phased manner”, the DM said.
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