Samples of 1,500 students to be collected in Ludhiana daily

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 11

A day after 20 students from two schools in Ludhiana tested positive for Covid, Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma on Wednesday took stock of the sampling drive in Government Senior Secondary School, Cemetery road, and directed the Health Department to further augment the testing drive of the school students and ensure taking 1,500 samples daily.

Sharma asked the Health Department to further increase the number of sampling teams from 250 to 300 to ensure aggressive sampling, early detecting, containing and treating the potential Covid cases.

He asked the officials to instantly upload the data of the positive cases in the Cova app, which would further help the rapid response teams (RRT) in collecting the samples of their family members and others at the earliest and assist the administration to curb the spread of the virus.

He ordered the District Education Officers (DEOs) to ensure that only fully vaccinated staff teaches the students in schools besides strictly observing of wearing masks and social distancing by all.