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Ready to tackle any exigency in Thanjavur: Collector
The Hindu
A total of 17 areas across the district had been declared as containment zones.
More than 4000 beds have been kept ready to provide treatment to those who might contract the novel coronavirus infection in the anticipated COVID-19 third wave, according to the Collector, Dinesh Ponraj Oliver.
Disclosing this in a press release, the Collector said that a total of 500 beds have been kept ready for treating the coronavirus, particularly the Omicron virus-infected patients at the Government District Headquarters hospital at Kumbakonam. While 294 beds have been earmarked for Omicron virus-infected patients at the Thanjavur Medical College hospital, Thanjavur, 181 beds have been allocated for treatment of Omicron infection at the other Government hospitals in the district and a total of 1146 beds have been set aside at the private hospitals across the district.