14 'incident commanders' for Panchkula district

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, December 8

Panchkula Deputy Commissioner Mahavir Kaushik has appointed 14 incident commanders in the district in view of the growing concern for the omicron variant of coronavirus.

These 14 officers will ensure the compliance of Covid guidelines issued by the government. They have also been authorised to issue challans to those without face mask in public places.

Each officer will be assisted by one policeman.

Amid Omicron scare, the district has been ramping up measures to deal with any rise in the number of cases.

From increasing sampling, vaccine coverage to ensure compliance of Covid-appropriate behaviour, the Health Department has taken many steps amid the Omicron scare.

Meanwhile, the number of foreign returnees has also gone up. So far, 578 such people have entered the district. Of them, 452 have been successfully traced . — TNS