Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao directed the Education Department to declare holidays for educational institutions. Government on Monday announced holidays for all educational institutions in the state from January 8 to January 16 in view of the spike in Covid-19 cases.

The officials suggested appropriate steps to prevent public gatherings to check the spread of Covid-19.  The health officials, in their report to the Chief Minister, stated that by taking steps like compulsory wearing of masks, avoiding public gatherings and strictly adhering to Covid-19 norms, the situation can be controlled.

Chief Minister wanted Health Minister T. Harish Rao and health officials to ensure all facilities in government-run hospitals. They were directed to arrange adequate number of beds, oxygen beds, medicines and testing kits. KCR said the government was ready to take all steps to tackle the Covid-19 situation.

CM also wanted the Health Department to ensure the availability of two crore testing kits against the existing availability of 35 lakh kits.