Passengers from Japan, South Korea also to be screened: Min

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Passengers from Japan, South Korea also to be screened: Min

Monday, 17 February 2020 | PNS | Chandigarh

Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Sunday said that the Centre has added two more countries for screening of COVID-19 (Corona Virus).

Earlier, the State was screening the passengers having travel history to China, Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore. Now, passengers from Japan and South Korea will also be screened. The guidelines in this regard have been issued to all the districts especially Amritsar and Mohali which have International Airports, he said.

The Cabinet Minister said that acting on the guidelines, Department of Health has identified 23 passengers who came from Singapore. One passenger, belonging to Jammu had fever and was immediately kept in isolation ward at Govt. Medical College Amritsar. The test report of the passenger has come negative and he was discharged, he said.

He informed that till date Department of Health has screened approximately 22000 passengers at Amritsar and Mohali airports. Around 7500 passengers have been screened at Wagah Border and Dera Baba Nanak posts.

Sidhu also said that till date state has identified 1603 passengers with travel history or transit stay in these countries.

Of the 39 samples were tested, 38 have reported negative. One child is admitted in isolation ward of Barnala District Hospital with transit stay in Thailand. The child is healthy and the test reports of the sample sent to NCDC New Delhi is awaited, he said.

The Minister further said that 947 passengers have crossed 28 days observation period and 567 persons are in home isolation and are being tracked daily by staff of Health Department.

The Cabinet Minister also divulged that  Department of Health has sufficient stock of triple layered masks and N95 masks apart from PPE (Personal Protective Equipments) which are used by health care staff while managing suspected cases of corona or other such infectious diseases.

The state has also procured and provided infrared thermometers (non contact thermometers) to Airport Mohali, all District Hospitals and Govt. Medical Colleges so that body temperature of the suspected patients could be tested without touching, he added.

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