DW BUREAU / LUDHIANA Punjab Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu and Ludhiana Member of Parliament (MP) Ravneet Singh Bittu on Wednesday visited the newly 50-bedded Covid care centre set up at Jawaddi Community Health Centre to take stock of the arrangements. Accompanied by MC Councillors Mamta Ashu and Dilraj Singh, SDM Amrinder Singh Malhi the concerned staff in the centre apprised the minister and MP of top-class facilities being ensured here amidst a devastating surge in Covid-19 cases in the district. They also interacted with the doctors, nursing staff and others and lauded them for their selfless service to humanity in this hour of crisis. Expressing satisfaction, they said that the district administration and officials are working tirelessly to augment health infrastructure to deal with the spike in the Covid cases. They added that 50 oxygenated beds have been set up here and this has been functioning as a level-II Covid treatment centre. Appealing to the people to not be complacent in any way about guidelines of Punjab government and health department, the Cabinet Minister said that we must strictly adhere to Covid appropriate behaviour as the first line of defence against the infectious disease. They asked the people to motivate each other for masking, maintaining physical distance and following hand hygiene. (editor@dailyworld.in)