17 mobile teams to scan villages in Palwal

Palwal, April 13

The district health department has pressed into service as many as 17 mobile teams to screen the residents for suspects suffering from Covid symptoms in all villages.

Civil Surgeon Dr Brahmdeep Singh said each of the mobile team comprising a doctor, nurse, and a paramedic would travel in a mobile van to screen the residents in the designated villages daily. “While information about the health history will be collected and a sample of those suffering from cough, fever, and flu will be collected for test, such persons could also be isolated till they are declared negative,” he said.

Claiming that mobile teams will visit each of the 280 villages in the next 10 to 12 days, he said the exercise would ensure that the district become Covid-free within the minimum possible time. Three ambulances will also be deputed to carry suspected patients to the hospital. He said an awareness drive regarding the personal hygiene and the precautions to be followed, especially for the residents of those villages where a positive case has been found, will be carried out in this period. He claimed that majority of the cases were of the residents (Tablighi Jamaatis) hailing from outside the state. As many as 10 persons found positive were Bangladesh nationals. The district has reported a total of 29 cases so far. One patient who has recovered has been discharged. While, a total of 346 samples have been collected, 173 have been found negative and result of 140 samples is awaited. —TNS