Regular medical supply takes a hit in Mangaluru while all eyes on Covid
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"Initially there was confusion related to transport. But it was cleared. Now though the medicines and other materials sold in medical stores are transported, the suppliers are unable to get enough men to load and unload them due to which the shops are unable to get enough stock on time. However necessary action is taken to issue a pass to them and ensure that the medical supplies are not affected," a senior officer said.
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Irrigation badly affected by lockdown: Agricultural equipments shortage; pumpset sale-repair closed
ರೈತರ ಭತ್ತ ಬೆಳೆಗೂ ಕೊರೊನಾ ಕಾಟ: ಕೊಯ್ಲಿಗೆ ಬಾರದ ಕೃಷಿ ಯಂತ್ರಗಳು
So there will be rice shortage soon unless district authorities resolve this issue early!
Meet agriculturist demands through a separate war room cell or Raitha Samparka Kendras.
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Even Pumpwell proposed bus stops and other grounds can be used. Better to distribute wholesale market also to different sites say three wholesalers clustered together for six wards. It is time to minimize or avoid all types of clustering or agglomeration now and achieve as much localization as possible. Localization is a best practice to minimize spread of desease from one place to other.
Other alternatives may be tried in supermarkets & hypermarkets -
A first, Mysuru sets up sanitisation tunnel. But as this method does not test whether a person visiting a market is infected or not (how can this be possible when covid-19 test labs themselves are announcing results after three days) it may not be of much use. Making wearing mask compulsory to enter supermarkets may be of much more use. But then we have issue of shortage of masks for medical stuff. Allowing people with cold & cough who may sneeze to enter supermarket may not be a good practice. They may be served separately. Also security camera's should be able to catch all malactivities of this kind
Sydney Australia Infected Woman with Corona Virus Spitting On Food (I am not sure whether this is a genuine video) and remedy action should be taken immediately. Instead supermarkets opting for home delivery is best way out or at least they should not allow people to touch items and deliver products in counter to queued people after receiving order.
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