Prayagraj: A total of 38 police were posted in Magh Mela camp tested positive for Covid-19 here on Wednesday.
With this, a total of 49 police have tested positively Koronavirus infection so far.
All 38 police tested positively on Wednesday had shifted to the One Covid Hospital Level One in Kotawa Bani for treatment.
Medical Head and Nodal Officer (Covid-19) Dr.
Rishi Sahai told Toi, “A total of 38 police have been tested positive for Covid-19 infections through RT-PCR.” He added that the sample of more than 300 police was collected on Tuesday through RT PCR after several police complained of mild symptoms.
Further Sahai added, “The health team has collected a total of 11,500 samples for testing from the Magh Mela campus since January 1, and 51 of them included 49 police and two visitors positively tested Covid infection so far.” Until now, more than 2,500 police arrived at the Magh Mela campus from various parts of the country to carry out Mela’s duties.
Mela police have tested more than 2,200 police from January 1 to 11 and 39 of them have been tested positively Covid-19.
With almost 24 hours left for the beginning of Magh Mela on January 14, when Lakh Pilgrims will take a holy sauce in Ganga on the occasion of Sankranti Makar, as many as 14 health teams have started the thermal screening of visitors at the entry point.
A dozen teams have also been engaged to collect samples from enactment camps, kalpwasis, and sanitation training office governments have also been carried out on reserve police channels and other regions side by side on the Mela campus.
“The health team is testing people through the antigen method and RT PCR on Mela campus.
About 300 to 400 samples are being collected every day for testing from the Mela campus,” said Dr.
Sahai, adding that more health teams will be pressed into services on the main bath days.
“The number of pilgrims, fortune tellers, saints and worshipers.
It’s likely to climb a variety of six days ‘Sean’ (shower) ) At Sankranti Makar, Paush Purnima, Mauniaravasila, Basant Panchmi, Maghi Purnima and Maha Shivratri, and for this health administration have also decided to use additional health teams for screening and testing.