Chandigarh: When a sharp increase in Covid-19 Caseload clearly shows at the beginning of the third wave of infection, Punjab has been found in testing, which is one of the main detention steps.
Daily testing counts have been very bad in recent weeks, down under 10,000 on January 3.
The average test of seven days per million populations has dropped below 500, which at one point is close to 2,000.
Low testing and high participant ratio, many districts have emerged as a cause of concern for health authorities.
Sample: 23.95% of the sample 597 examined in Patiala was found positively on January 3.
Similarly, in Pathankot, even though the test rate is low 358, 16.20% of the sample was found infected.
On January 2, 13.64% of the 572 samples were tested positively.
To increase sampling and testing ahead of the election of the State Assembly, the State Health Department has set an ambitious daily testing target of 60,000 – 35,000 RT-PCR and 25,000 mice – which has been distributed between the district.
In communication with civil surgeons, the principal’s health secretary shows that the frequency of sampling and testing has fallen sharply, and many districts collect a number of disproportionate samples with the district population.
Highlighting the importance of these detention steps, civil surgeons are directed at increasing sampling and testing in their respective districts.
As part of a strategy, health officials have been asked to focus on severe acute respiratory diseases (sari) and influenza such as disease patients (ILI), symptomatic people who come to OPD / IPD, international travelers and their contacts, Covid patient contacts, People in the detention zone, vulnerable population, prison \ old age \ orphanage \ home residence, people with co-morbidities and commercial places.
Ludhiana has been given the highest daily testing target of 8,200 – 4,800 RT-PCR and 3,400 rats – followed by the target of 5,400 for Amritsar, 4,600 jalandhar and 4,000 patia.
Quick antigen tests can provide results in 15-20 minutes with an accuracy of around 70%, it has the possibility of throwing more false negatives, while the results of RT-PCR, which is considered a gold standard in the diagnosis of Covid-19, is processed in 24 hours.
Due to the problem of reliability, civil surgeons have been asked to use RT-PCR and mice in a ratio of 60:40.
Punjab uses conventional and fast RT-PCR antigen tests to detect viruses.