As part of its plan to curb the impact of the third wave, East Singhbhum district administration has embarked on a two-day special drive for detection of Coronavirus positive cases across the district.
Revealing about the special drive, district civil surgeon, AK Lal said that they have targeted to carry out 14,000 Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) during these two days across the district.
"We have taken up this task to ensure that the impact of the next wave can be curbed. Health workers across the district have been given the task to carry out 7,000 RATs during these two days. As per the plans, 7,000 tests have to be carried out in Jamshedpur and as many tests have to be done in the rural areas," said the civil surgeon.
Lal said for the special drive which has been launched following the instruction of East Singhbhum deputy commissioner, Suraj Kumar, 22 teams of the health officials were set up.
Lal pointed out that the pace of RAT had slowed down following the Coronavirus positive cases showed a declining trend in the district, but the district administration decided to carry out such special drives on a regular basis in view of the pandemic's third wave.
“ The recent decline is a big relief for us. However, we do not want to give a letdown. Our focus is on three Ts Testing, Tracing and Treatment that led to controlling the prevailing situation. Moreover, the number of deaths due to COVID has also come down considerably during this period as only six persons died during the past 24 hours,” said an official of the health department.
Meanwhile, passengers of all trains coming from outside the state are being subjected to Covid-19 tests at Tatanagar railway station. Apart from the Rapid Antigen Test, passengers who have a double dose certificate of vaccination are being sent out of the station after checking the certificate. During the last 48 hours, 512 people were tested in which all the people were found negative. Dr Rajeev Lochan Mahato, who is monitoring the Covid test team, urged the passengers that everyone must get the test done. On the spot, the team is appealing and counselling the passengers to get the Covid-19 test done.
Dr Mahto said that infection can be avoided only with Covid-19 vaccine. People must get it done and motivate their family members to get vaccinated. The Covid investigation team included Kundan Kumar, Nageshwar Murm, Tapan Mandal, Sanjay Kumar Dubey etc.