Survey to help detect Covid-19 cases begins
JAIPUR: Keeping in view the surge in Covid-19 cases in Rajasthan, the state health department has started a door-to-door survey in urban and rural areas of the state and providing a medicine kit to the people infected with the virus.
“The initiative will help in reducing deaths and lessen the burden on hospitals. The health workers during the survey identify infected and high-risk group people, ensuring they get treatment on priority,” said a senior official of the health department.
The official said that the Covid-19 situation is “serious” in the state and now every third-fourth person tested is infected. “The testing capacity of the state is close to a lakh, which is nothing looking to the increasing number,” he said.
He said till date, more than 40 million people have been surveyed in the state. The health workers carry an oxy-meter, thermal scanner and medicine kits, which has antibiotics and other medicines.
On identifying influenza like illness (ILI), sever acute respiratory infection (SARI) symptoms, the infected people are encouraged to visit Covid centres, he said.
Of the 40 million people surveyed, Covid-19 symptoms were found in 468,000 and the medicine kit was distributed to over 4,26,000 people. The medical kit has three tablets of Azithromycin, 10 paracetamol, 10 levocitrazin, 20 zinc sulphate and 10 tablets of vitamin-c and ascorbic acid.
The active cases in Rajasthan have reached close to 2 lakhs and cumulative figure crossed 5000.
IAS, RAS officers to help in vaccination drive
The IAS and RAS officers in Rajasthan have come forward to give financial support to vaccination for the people aged 18-44 years.
IAS officers will give three-day salary and RAS officers will give two-day salary for this purpose. Representatives of IAS and RAS associations apprised the chief secretary about the decision on Wednesday.
Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has called upon people for contribution in the vaccination drive and on his instructions, a bank account (40166914665, IFSC code SBIN0031031) has been opened in the State Bank of India’s secretariat branch for this purpose.