Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar directed the District Collectors to ramp up testing, intensify vaccination and focus on enforcing the Government orders on Covid – 19 management.

He held a high level meeting with senior officials at BRKR Bhavan on Thursday reviewed the Covid – 19 situations in the state. The State government has adopted a three pronged-strategy to manage the pandemic.

Firstly, over 60,000 beds will be made available in Government and private hospitals, while only 20,000 beds were available during the first wave. Secondly, the Government is administering vaccines to about 1.5 lakh people every day. Thirdly, over one lakh Covid-19 tests are being conducted daily.