Haryana deputes 22 senior officers to monitor activities to check COVID-19 spread in each district
Chandigarh: The Haryana government has deputed 22 officials, including 19 IAS officers, for planning, coordination and monitoring activities for the prevention and control of coronavirus.
Nineteen IAS, two IPS and one IFS officers, one for each of the state''s 22 districts, will perform this duty in addition to their present portfolio with immediate effect, an order issued by Chief Secretary Keshni Anand Arora said here.
Haryana''s Home and Health Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday said that the state government was making every effort to prevent spread of COVID-19 infection in the state.
The total number of coronavirus positive cases in Haryana stands at 16.
The entire Haryana went under lockdown on Tuesday, a day after the state government issued the order to help check the spread of coronavirus.
The Haryana government had earlier ordered lockdown in Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonipat, Panipat, Jhajjar, Rohtak and Panchkula districts later decided to extend the measure to the entire state.
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