UP launches special focused doorstep screening drive

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UP launches special focused doorstep screening drive

Tuesday, 25 January 2022 | PNS | Lucknow

Stepping up preventive measures to limit any further spread of COVID-19 across the state, the Uttar Pradesh government initiated a five-day special focused doorstep screening drive from Monday.

From January 24 to 29, healthcare workers, including ASHA and Anganwadi workers, and members of the surveillance committees will visit homes and conduct thorough screening of inmates to bring down transmission levels. If any individual is suspected with symptoms of COVID-19, he/she will also be made to undergo RT-PCR test and will be provided with medicine kits.

In addition, a list of infants and newborn babies who have not been inoculated with essential vaccines yet, will also be prepared. Besides, people who are yet to get vaccinated against COVID-19 will also be identified.

Upgrading its guard against the highly transmissible new variant of coronavirus, the state government has initiated intensive screening of people returning from places that have been witnessing greater surge of fresh COVID-19 cases and have reported a high positivity rate.

The special focused testing drive is divided in a way to cover the entire state in order to remove any risk of further transmission. The drive will be conducted in both rural and urban areas.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had earlier already asked officials to make special efforts to improve surveillance and keep the spread of the disease in check to restore normalcy in the state in order to save both ‘lives and livelihood’ of people. Aiming to break the chain of the virus and keep the state safe from COVID-19 infection, the government has deployed more than 73,000 surveillance committees.

 

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