Chennai: The number of door-to-door surveillance workers has been cut by 35% -60% in each of the 15 Corporate Zones based on the number of Active Covid-19 cases.
Of the July 1, there will be 6,534 the worker against 11,879 before (45% reduction).
This is in accordance with the ICMR guidelines, said corporate officials.
There were 3,307 active cases in the city on June 30, with Adyar has the highest (341), and Sholinganallur and Thiruvottitiyur at least with 99 and 95 cases.
There were 275 fresh cases in the city on June 29.
A day later, there were 257 fresh cases and active cases down to 3.121.
Supervisory workers will continue to discuss all the homes, but it will not every day, the decision taken a few days after the corporation closes at least 15 covid care centers and nine filtering centers.
To reduce the cost of maintenance and salary costs, the Civic Agency will now maintain a center of screening per region and one covid treatment center per zone.
In addition, only one car ambulance will be placed in each regional office.
The 765 oxygen concentrator in the oxygen home will now be stored in urban primary health care centers such as beds and cots.
Among Covid care centers, those who are at the Chennai trade center, Nandambakkam, Athipattu and Anna University among others will not be returned.
“They have been closed because there are no patients but we want to be prepared for the third wave,” said an official.
The law enforcement team will continue to monitor the Covid protocol for two months.
The last 200 years of MBBS students at the Telephoto Counseling Center were relieved on Tuesdays such as 5,000 strange fever surveillance workers.
Doctors and paramedic staff recruited by contracts will be mobilized for monitoring diseases that cannot be communicated.
Manish Narnawane, Deputy Commissioner (Health), said: “We will continue all activities.
We only reduce labor because the number of cases has fallen.
The ad hoc vaccination center will continue and based on availability, we are ready to vaccinate at least 50,000 a day.” On the day Tuesday, 25.5 people lakh over 18 years vaccinated.
Civic’s body will save? 7 Slaring every month by reducing fever supervision officers.