Ranchi: When the state government relaxes the norms of Covid-19 to enable the celebration of the Puja Chhath, the health department issues fresh guidelines by considering the possibility of waves if the festival.
In a state of order, the National Health Mission (NHM) state unit director Ramesh Gholap asked all representatives of the commissioner to minimize the potential risk of potential surge by strengthening supervision and testing the migration population.
The order also directs district authorities to clean all water bodies and places of worship, every six hours and monitor neighboring areas.
It also asks the authorities to strengthen the testing mechanism at all entry points and exit and deploy enough teams after setting the required logistics.
Speaking with Toi, the Epidemiology of the State Dr.
Praveen Karang said, “Because there is a possibility of a surge in the case of Covid-19 after the celebration due to relaxation of the norm.
Therefore, we have decided to strengthen supervision and testing so that all types of infections are identified and isolated immediately before spreading.
“Dr.
Kark further said they focused on controlling crowds and limiting the number of people offering prayers in GHAT and water bodies.
“We also encourage worshipers to regulate the Chhath Puja at home and focus on publishing the same thing for the sake of mass,” he said.
In addition to increasing testing and supervision throughout Chhath Ghats, the department has also directed the district authority to accelerate the vaccination campaign and enforce the right behavior between the masses.
“We continue with a five-fold strategy of the track-track-treat-vaccine and adhere to the appropriate behavior of covid so we can avoid the possibility of a surge.
We have also directed the train and airport authority to ensure the right filtering and testing of all passengers into from Various parts of the country to ensure that everyone suspected isolated on time, “Karn added.