Ranchi: Passengers, who arrived at Ranchi Ranch Station and Humatia from various parts of the country, continued to avoid Covid-19 testing protocols and left embarrassed district administrative officials.
The day after Deputy Commissioner Ranchi Chhavi Ranjan spoke hard and issued a direction tested by a positive passenger for Covid-19 infection upon arrival should not be allowed to leave, hundreds of passengers from Bihar and West West arrived at Ranchi train station separately trained but managed to escape the testing net.
More than 20 health worker teams have been deployed on the station key entry and out points to ensure that the maximum number of passengers entered is tested.
However, when Patna-Ranchi Jan Shatabdi Express rolled to the station around 1:55 p.m., hundreds of passengers emerged from the coach and came out through the newly opened leg bridge (FOB) who went down to the parking lot.
A few meters away from FOB steps are a health worker team ready with testing kits to filter passengers.
Two police officers hit a few feet of them.
But when health workers urge the passengers to be tested themselves, most of them are reluctant.
“What’s the point of testing when I have taken the Covid-19 vaccine dose,” said an elderly when he pushed the way out of the barricade.
According to estimation, more than 1,000 passengers are playing at Ranchi and Hata Station every day.
In the past four days, 166 passengers were tested positively.
However, no one was taken to the hospital.
In particular, Ranchi’s civil surgeon Dr.
Vinod Kumar said on Monday as many as 129 passengers, who were tested positive between October 23 and October 24 through a quick antigen test, tested negatively after the sample they were placed through RT-PCR.
While Ranjan did not respond to Ti’s call, a senior official said, “The effort was taking place to spread more health teams and security personnel at both stations in the coming days.” According to the District Administration, Ranchi reported 19 new Covid cases on Monday night, taking the active case of state capital to 104.
With Diwali and Chhath celebrations on corners, cases tend to soar if net testing is not expanded and positive patients are not isolated, experts say health.