JAIPUR: In a bid to control the surge of Covid cases in Jaipur, the district administration will use the health department’s 22 mobile OPD vans for conducting antigen and RT-PCR tests in the rural areas of the district.
“If anybody in the village is found to have ILI (influenza-like illness) symptoms, the health officials will immediately conduct an antigen test of that person. If the person is found to be positive, treatment will start immediately and he/she will be advised home isolation and medicines will be provided to him or her. Around 22 mobile OPD vans will be used for the purpose,” said district collector Antar Singh Nehra.
The health minister on Saturday said in order to reduce the spread of infection in villages, antigen and RT-PCR tests will be conducted through the mobile OPD vans. “These vans will cover at least 10 villages daily in each assembly constituency. If a person tests negative after antigen test, his/her samples will be taken for RT-PCR test,” the minister had said.
The district administration is also going to adopt stern measures in identification of containment zones and door-to-door survey of ILI patients in rural areas of the district. Currently, there are around 900 micro-containment zones in the district. Also, 20 CHCs of Jaipur will be converted into Covid care centres. “We have also decided to appoint a supervisor in every PHC (primary health centre) in the district. There are over 90 PHCs in the district. There is a shortage of medicine kits now. There are around 50,000-60,000 kits at this moment. But the state is trying to procure more kits,” said Nehra.
The state government has decided to appoint biomedical engineers and oxygen monitors in all the dedicated Covid hospitals for effective management of oxygen supply.
“If anybody in the village is found to have ILI (influenza-like illness) symptoms, the health officials will immediately conduct an antigen test of that person. If the person is found to be positive, treatment will start immediately and he/she will be advised home isolation and medicines will be provided to him or her. Around 22 mobile OPD vans will be used for the purpose,” said district collector Antar Singh Nehra.
The health minister on Saturday said in order to reduce the spread of infection in villages, antigen and RT-PCR tests will be conducted through the mobile OPD vans. “These vans will cover at least 10 villages daily in each assembly constituency. If a person tests negative after antigen test, his/her samples will be taken for RT-PCR test,” the minister had said.
The district administration is also going to adopt stern measures in identification of containment zones and door-to-door survey of ILI patients in rural areas of the district. Currently, there are around 900 micro-containment zones in the district. Also, 20 CHCs of Jaipur will be converted into Covid care centres. “We have also decided to appoint a supervisor in every PHC (primary health centre) in the district. There are over 90 PHCs in the district. There is a shortage of medicine kits now. There are around 50,000-60,000 kits at this moment. But the state is trying to procure more kits,” said Nehra.
The state government has decided to appoint biomedical engineers and oxygen monitors in all the dedicated Covid hospitals for effective management of oxygen supply.
