MLA Laxman Jagtap urges citizens to wear mask and follow social distancing
Akash Dhanurkar
Pimpri Chinchwad in the past few weeks had shown a great declining trend in the COVID19 cases due to which even the corporation had shut down many COVID care centers temporarily. However, the rise in the COVID19 cases has come back to haunt the city with the fear of second of wave.
According to the data shared by the civic administration, the city’s tally of positive patients arose to 90, 696 patients, while on Monday, 23/11/20, 215 new patients were found positive. On Sunday, 21/11/20, 192 positive cases were found, which also suggests that the cases are rising with a small gap initally, but they can inflate considering the rapid spread of the virus. On 14/11/20, at the start of the Diwali festival, the COVID cases the city saw were 89, 509, with 128 cases reported on the 14 November, while on November 15, the cases shrunk to 91. On 18 November, after cases declining on 16 & 17, the cases saw a surge with a total of 158 positive cases. On 19/11/20, 171 positive cases were reported.
In order to alert the citizens, MLA Laxman Jagtap said, “COVID19 rapidly spread in the months of July, August and September. Many efforts were made to control the spread of the virus, and PCMC were successful too in controlling the spread in the month of October. Assisted by the doctors, civic workers, cleaning workers, hospitals, PCMC set an example in controlling cases, but due to the negligence of not wearing masks while getting out, not following social distancing, over crowding, not getting checked for any symptoms of COVID, we are again letting the COVID go out of our hands, which was expected earlier by the experts.”
He further opined, “The citizens should get themselves checked for any symptoms of fever, cold, cough, headache or weakness as early as possible and getting tested early which helps in recovery an result in recovery. On the occassion of Diwali, people are visited their relatives, friends, social get togethers again where social distancing went for a toss. The corporation and the health staff is on their feet to tackle COVID19 but citizens should also support them. Upcoming two months are going to be crucial.”
