<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today chaired a weekly Covid-19 review meeting with all Deputy Commissioners and health officers of Kashmir to gear for effective home isolation of asymptomatic patients and home quarantine of their contacts.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said that home isolation protocol shall throw new challenges to the administration and instructed the concerned officers to put in place all the necessary mechanism so as to ensure effective treatment to the patients put in home isolation.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He emphasized on proper monitoring of patients to be home isolated, their regular thermal check ups and sensitisation by following the Covid-19 protocol religiously.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Div Com said that Covid awareness kits shall be provided to the Panchayats who shall help in generating Covid protocol awareness among the villagers.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He also issued directions for creating separate testing facility for security forces with separate quota to unburden the daily civilian load.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, Div Com instructed the concerned to ensure timely report the clearance of pending samples at all testing labs and  passed directions on strengthening contact tracing to ensure timely isolation or quarantine to reduce mortality.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He also took stock of availability of covid medicines, oxygen cylinders, availability of beds and other related facilities in all districts. Stressing on coordinated efforts by the concerned, the Div Com called for decongestion of 4 tertiary care hospitals in Srinagar and reverse referral of patients to districts for effective containment of Covid-19 infection.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The district health officers were instructed to check bed availability before patient referral to Srinagar. He stressed on daily up-dation of discharged patients from all districts and proper functioning of dedicated Covid-19 ambulances in all districts. </span><br />''