The State health department has been keeping a keen eye on the passengers coming from outside to the State and as on date 344 passengers coming from various Coronavirus affected nations have been kept under observation by district surveillance teams in the State, out of which 110 people have completed their observation period of 28 days. However, there is no positive cases of Corona Virus reported from the State till Friday evening.
A press communiqué issued by Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) informed that cumulative number of sample tested till Friday is 45 out of which 40 cases resulted as negative and results awaited for five cases. A total of 8 samples were collected on Friday out of which 4 cases from Ranchi and 4 cases from Jamshedpur, results of all the eight cases are awaited.
The department is trying to find list of people returned from China from December, 29 2019 to January, 31 of this year and the people returned from other countries till February, 25. According to the information provided by the department, till the date not a single patient has been hospitalized.
Meanwhile, Governor Draupadi Murmu on Friday appealed to people of Jharkhand on the basis of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s message to prevent Corona virus to spread. Murmu appealed that should keep themselves alert and they should also keep themselves in their house as much as possible.
“People should follow ‘Janta Curfew’ on March, 22 from 7 am to 9 pm. At 5 pm on March, 22 they should generate sounds by clapping. They should refrain themselves to go to Hospitals for routine checkups. They should try to get advice from their known doctor from their home. The companies and employer should not cut salary of their staffs. People should refrain themselves from rumors” said Murmu.
The District Administrations throughout the State of Jharkhand requested for the services for PLVs for creating awareness amongst the people of Jharkhand at Taluka and Village level for combating the treat of COVID-19.In an another case, after returning from the US on Friday, Congress MLA from Mahagama Deepika Pandey Singh has decided to keep herself in quarantine for a few days. She gave information in this regard by tweeting. Pandey wrote on Twitter that this protocol is being adopted around the world as a history. Therefore, there is no need to