Throat Swab Test of about 3000 suspected patients held in Jalandhar
147 teams conduct door to door survey of 14506 houses and screen 61579 persons
By SK.Vyas
Jalandhar, April 28,2020: Further intensifying its drive aggressively to trace the Covid 19 patients in the district, the Jalandhar administration has so far conducted 2985 Throat Swab Test of the suspected patients in the district.
Divulging the details, the Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Varinder Kumar Sharma and Commissioner of Police, who led the flag march in the city, said that so far 2985 Throat Swab Test have been conducted in the district adding that only today 311 samples of the Throat Swab Test were taken by the team of Doctors.
They said that samples of 2013 persons have been found negative whereas 857 were still pending. The officers said that 70 persons have undergone screening at the Flu Corner in the Civil hospital and the samples of all these 70 persons was also taken.
Both the officers said that till now 1056 contacts of the positive patients have been found and their samples have also been taken besides home quarantining them. The Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner of Police said that 147 teams have been deployed for Door to Door Survey which today visited 14506 houses and screened 61579 persons. They said that in the district so far 6757 persons have been home quarantined out of which 5876 have completed their 14 days period whereas the quarantine period of 1027 persons was still active.
Both the officers further said that none of the patients was critical in Jalandhar whereas ten patients have been so far discharged from the local Civil Hospital.
The Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner of Police further said that people should not get panicky about Corona Virus but should support the administration by self home quarantining themselves.
They said that the administration had already sealed 20 containment zones of Anand Nagar, Raja Garden, Ravidass Nagar, Mitha Bazar, Neela Mahal, Old Sabzi Mandi, Narayan Nagar, Jatt Pura, Basti Shiekh, Balmiki Mohalla, Makhdoompura, Nizatam Nagar along with some adjoining areas from where cases have erupted so far.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner of Police today conducted flag march in various parts of city including BMC Chowk, Namdev Chowk, Jyoti Chowk, Basti Adda Chowk, Football Chowk, Basti Nau, Basti Guzan, Babu Jagjivan Ram Chowk, Babrik Chowk, Basti Shiekh, Model House, Guru Ravidaas Chowk, Wadala Chowk, Cheema Chowk, Urban Estate and Other areas of the city.