Raipur: The Ministry of Health Chhattisgarh has started randomized testing for Covid in public places such as hotels, cinemas, corporate offices and governments, parks and schools to ensure that reopening does not open the doors for other covid waves.
This step comes after the cinema is allowed to reopen with a capacity of 100% of November 12.
Random testing is already at the train station and airport, but now the scope is being expanded.
The government has decided to double randomized tests in Raipur to at least 3,000 a day.
At least 10 people have tested positively in random tests at Energy Park and Jungle Safari, officials said.
In the city of Birgaon, a school has been closed after grade 10 students were tested positive during a random test in the park on Tuesday.
The six malls and 10 multiplex and cinema rooms are open at 100% capacity.
Likewise hotels.
“In such situations, people who go to malls, multiplex and hotels need to be filtered so we can identify people with colds, cough and fever.
For this, the order will be given to management,” said an official, “said the official said An official, “said an official adding an investigation would be increased in crowded places.
Raipur’s medical and health official head, Dr.
Meera Baghel, told Toi: “The testing never stopped in Raipur because we entered the opening phase in June.”