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As of now, we are not thinking about imposing a lockdown in the State. On the contrary, the Centre should seriously consider declaring a health emergency across the country

Health Minister directed officials to focus on providing proper support to Covid positive cases who were in isolation homes or care centres

In some cases, test results get delayed, and hence, people suffering from fever, cold and cough should immediately start medication for coronavirus after consulting doctors, the Minister said.

Health Minister asks govt, pvt hospitals to treat critical patients locally, rather than referring them to Gandhi Hospital

The Minister was critical of the Centre over the way the entire vaccination process was handled

Health Minister Eatala Rajender said the Union Health Ministry allotted 21,500 Remdesivir injections to Telangana for a period of April 21 to 30.

Minister pointed out that instead of allocating oxygen from nearby steel plants such as Vizag Steel Plant and Ballari Steel Plant, the Centre allocated Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha to TS

The Minister was speaking after inaugurating a 50-bed Mother and Child Hospital in the Government General Hospital at Suryapet, along with Power Minister G Jagdish Reddy.

"We have also urged the Centre to allow industrial oxygen to be used for medical purposes," he said

The second wave of the pandemic should not cause panic, he said while interacting with media persons. “People should understand that they can defeat Covid by staying fearless and positive,” the Minister said.

“Youngsters above 25 years form the largest group of Covid infections and it is our duty to vaccinate them. We are hoping the Centre takes a positive decision on the issue,” he said.

Reiterating that lockdown or curfew in the State was ruled out, Rajender said self-restriction was the only solution to check the spread of the virus

Health Minister urges managements not to inflate medical bills and help government break surge in cases

State is planning to scale up daily administration of vaccine from 50,000 doses to 1.25 lakh

Health Minister said that all Government hospitals in Telangana have adequate staff, stock of medicine and liquid oxygen for Covid positive patients

The Health Minister appealed to the people to follow usage of masks, hand hygiene through sanitizers, social distancing, avoiding public places and mass gatherings

"Ensure there are doctors and healthcare workers so that no patient faces shortage of beds in government hospitals," he said

On Thursday, Health Minister will hold an emergency meeting with officials including superintendents of Covid hospitals, nodal officers and other stakeholders

The Minister said 46 dialysis centres were established in the State and efforts were on to set up another 15 centres to meet the requirements of kidney patients

Health Minister Eatala Rajender made the announcement while replying to questions raised in the Assembly on Thursday