Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday said that the decision of the Goa Government to press in for another lockdown is but only a culmination of sheer incompetency and lassitude that the Govt led by Dr Pramod Sawant has displayed in managing the Covid crisis.
AAP State Convener Elvis Gomes said “ it is unfortunate that 18 lives have been lost in quick succession. Government’s response has been too casual were ‘ghanti (घंटी) was taking precedence over scientific temper’. The Health Minister has never been seen siding with the Chief Minister to lay a framework to build and scaled up the COVID facilities. If you do not wish to refer to Delhi that worked in anticipation of 5 lakh cases, atleast see other states multiple times the size of Goa that worked tirelessly to build up and create the infrastructure”
The relaxation at the borders made only with the intention to allow people connected to the Govt to travel from the Covid infected places was a time-bomb waiting to explode with infections being reported from each and every part of the State.
The circular issued by the Govt to have 20% of the beds in ICU reserved for COVID patients is another decision that will spell doom to the patients with other morbidities in ICU.
Elvis Gomes further said that “AAP urges the Chief Minister to keep the interests of the people of Goa in forefront and seek advice from competent panel of medical professionals from Goa and other States if not Delhi to understand the measures taken to mitigate the COVID crisis.
“The lock down announced today is but only a knee jerk reaction of the Chief Minister to placate the Governor who had intervened and sought a review and stock of preparedness of the state with cases surging by each day”, said Gomes.
