Mumbai: As a celebration of ganpati in the city wrap, BMC has a plan to intensify the Covid-19 testing drive.
BMC said that in areas where he found a large number of people had traveled and returned, he would hold a test camp or connect the people to the nearest Civic testing center.
BMC will also activate all civilian testing centers 266.
Officials said that amid the concern of the third wave and a recent festive atmosphere in the city, when people looked out and visited others, they wanted to take all the precautions.
Supplementary City Commissioner Suresh Kakani said: “We want to track infected patients as early as possible so they do not move and infect others.
Therefore, we plan to test anyone who can be symptomatic and also test the camp where you need.” He said Staff on the ground, such as public health workers and environmental level staff, have been asked to identify areas like that and act accordingly.
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Mangala Gomare, BMC Executive Health Officer, said that when they planned to improve testing, especially in the detention zone, by testing on the first and fifth day, the goal was to finally maintain the level of lepositives below 1%.
BMC says more tests in the area where people have traveled
