Haryana Govt to launch special screening drive in rural areas to combat COVID-19

Chandigarh, May 8 (UNI) Haryana Government has decided to launch a special door-to-door screening drive in villages by constituting 8000 Multidisciplinary teams to stem the spread of coronavirus.
Presiding over a review meeting with top officials of Health and Panchayat Department here on Saturday, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar directed that proactive strategies like conducting door-to-door health screening camps covering each house, constituting special dedicated multidisciplinary teams for screening and converting Dharamshalas, Government Schools, AYUSH Centres into Isolation Centres should be adopted to contain the virus spread.
”We have to protect rural areas from this deadly infection at any cost, therefore every officer concerned should ensure that special vigil is kept on every village and for this a massive COVID-19 screening campaign should be conducted in all villages of the state,” he directed.
He said that a special awareness campaign cum counselling of rural inhabitants should be done and for this, officers of health department along with ASHA workers, former and present public representatives in each village have to play key roles in encouraging people to get themselves tested in the screening camps.
Apart from this, he said, dedicated efforts should be made to raise awareness about safety practices and the precautionary measures to control the spread of COVID-19 infection in rural areas.
”Further strengthening of medical infrastructure along with ramping up COVID-19 management preparations coupled with aggressive surveillance, stringent containment, focused clinical management should also be done in every village on priority basis,” the Chief Minister directed.
He directed that about 8000 multidisciplinary teams led by trainee doctors including health department officials, ASHA and Anganwadi workers should be constituted across the State so that door to door health screening of households can be done in every village.
He said that proper screening of every family should be done along with the recording of their oxygen and temperature levels.
”If during the screening camps, any person is found having COVID-like symptoms of fever, cold and cough, then the person should be advised to stay in home isolation immediately to prevent the possibility of infection spread. Approximately one team per 500 households should be deployed for conducting the health screening,” he said.
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