Taking its fight against corona pandemic to another level, Punjab Government has asked the chemists to report sale of medicines to a person for treatment of flu, cough and cold.

To keep a tab on potential patients, Punjab Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has directed all the zonal licensing officers in the State to instruct the chemists in their jurisdiction to send a report to the concerned Civil Surgeon, as and when they dispense the medicines either on their store or by way of home delivery to any person for the treatment of flu, cough and cold, said FDA commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu.

Pannu said that supply of information regarding sale of medicines to a person for treatment of flu, cough and cold is to be treated as “most urgent” in the interest of public.

 1200 KASHMIRI MIGRANTS ENTER J&K AFTER 20 DAYS IN PATHANKOT’S QUARANTINE FACILITY

Punjab Government and Punjab Police proved to be angels in disguise for 1200 Kashmiri migrants from various states, who were stuck in Pathankot for the past 20 days after Jammu and Kashmir Government refused them entry.

On Monday, these migrants finally crossed over into their home state. During their mandatory 20-day quarantine period, Punjab Government and Punjab Police provided them shelter, food, and lodging.

Notably, the J&K Government refused to allow entry to the migrants, who had reached Pathankot from various states, on account of the lockdown. Stepping in, the Punjab Government established nine Shelter Homes (Quarantine facilities) for them, providing them 24X7 support, with proper board and lodging, as well as food.

 TWO ROUNDS OF SANITIZATION COMPLETED IN ALL PUNJAB JAILS

Punjab Local Bodies Department, apart from its core activities in all the urban local bodies, has also been sanitizing the major jails situated across the State. Local Bodies Minister Brahm Mohindra said that jails were considered as highly vulnerable places for the spread of coronavirus as inmates were confined in closed apartments adjacent to each other.

“The Chief Minister has entrusted the task of sanitization of the jail premises to the Local Bodies Department, and the task of sanitization of jail premises was initiated in the first week of March. Till now, two round of sanitization have been completed in all jails. The work is being done in close coordination with the Jail Department,” he said.

The Minister informed that jails located at Gurdaspur (Central Jail), Pathankot, Amritsar (Central Jail), Kapurthala, Ludhiana (Central Jail), Patiala (Central Jail), Nabha, Sangrur, Barnala, Faridkot, Ferozepur (Central Jail), Bathinda (Central Jail), Hoshiarpur, Ropar and Patti have been sanitized and follow up by the Department’s senior officers is being taken at periodic end.