State to test 24K people having ILI

Sushil Manav

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Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 30

More than 24,000 people in Haryana have been found with symptoms of influenza-like illness (ILI) in surveillance by Asha workers and the government has decided to conduct Covid tests on them. Health Minister Anil Vij said the government had decided to ramp up testing across the state.

“ASHA workers have found over 24,000 people suffering from ILI. They are vulnerable and we have decided to test them. We are going to increase testing. We have received kits for rapid antigen tests and testing has been launched,” he said today. On the exponential spike in June, Vij said 80 per cent were in NCR districts.

Meanwhile, after the surge in Gurugram for some days, Faridabad was becoming the new hotspot, with 3,733 cases in the district as of today.

Faridabad witnessed an exponential spike in June and the district was fast catching up with Gurugram, which accounted for 5,260 cases and 90 deaths.

Gurugram had more than double the number of cases in Faridabad on June 1, with the former having 774 and the latter 367.

On June 8, Gurugram had nearly tripled the number of cases in Faridabad, with the two districts totalling 1,922 and 771 cases, respectively.

Another week down the line, Gurugram jumped to 3,294 cases on June 15, while Faridabad had 1,277 cases by then.

By June 29, with 3,456 cases and 73 deaths, Faridabad inched further closer to Gurugram, which had 5,158 cases and 88 deaths by then.

A senior bureaucrat who has served in Faridabad said he was apprehensive that Faridabad could surpass Gurugram.

Faridabad DC Yash Pal said the spike was attributed to better surveillance and tracing of contacts of patients. “When all activities restarted after unlocking, the spike was expected. To contain the spread, containment zones are being managed and those testing positive being isolated,” he said.