Pune: District Health Authority on Tuesday directing officials in rural areas to increase testing to 2,500 per day in each taluka before the day of soaking ganapati because of the movements of many people who enter and exit.
“We have directed 13 talucas to do at least 2,500 tests every day.
This will include high-risk and low contact,” said a district health department official.
The main secretary, health, Dr.
Pradeep Vyas on Monday tells all collectors to increase testing.
The district daily testing dropped to 18,000 of these 25,000-30,000 previous weeks.
“There is a decrease in consistent tests not only in the state but in the district too.
Pune collector Rajesh Deshmukh directs all health officials in the meeting to ensure that testing is sufficient in rural areas, with many floating populations because of the celebration.
We want to make sure that anyone Those who have Covid symptoms are immediately tested and isolated, “said Health Officer.
With five days left for Visarjan (Immersion), intensive tests are being carried out in various places in the state.
Last week, rural areas in Pune registered a weekly positivity of 4.6% (WPR) against less than 4% in the city area.
The district health official told all 104 laboratories in Pune to complete their data entry before the Covid-19 weekly review meeting to be chaired by Deputy Minister of Chief, Ajit Pawar, both on Friday or Saturday.
Delays in the negative report data entry from the laboratory affected the entire WPR from the district in the notes given to the Country Cabinet.