With the State capital turning into a Covid-19 hotspot, the State Government has ramped up testing of samples from the affected pockets. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday constituted 13 special teams for collections of samples for virus tests in different places in the city.
As per reports, the teams comprising doctors, teachers, police personnel and sanitary workers would collect samples in two shifts from 8 am to 11 am and 4 pm to 6 pm on a daily basis.
The teachers attached with each team will ensure proper documentation, filling up of forms at the sample collection centres. As per the guidelines of the Health and Family Welfare Department, the sanitary workers attached to the teams would take up necessary sanitation activities in the camp under the supervision of the team leader.
Besides, the teams attached to the zone offices of BMC will be monitored by the Zonal Deputy Commissioners, who are supposed to ensure all required arrangements at collection centres like drinking water, electricity, fan and toilets. They would also make seating arrangements for public. Any lapses in the matter will be viewed seriously, the BMC warned in a release.
Earlier on Friday, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy had announced about a special strategy to contain the spread of coronavirus. He said that 5,000 samples would be collected and tested in Bhubaneswar within the next seven days on a priority basis as per the guidelines of the Health and Family Welfare Department.