West Bengal government on Thursday said that swab samples for testing Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) will be collected from all symptomatic as well as asymptomatic direct contacts and those who have a high-risk of having been in contact with an affected person in a COVID-19 cluster or a quarantine centre.<\/p>\n
For the purpose of implementing cluster containment strategy, the government has marked those areas which\u00a0have reported relatively high number of COVID-19 cases as high-risk areas.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, the government in a set of guidelines made it mandatory for people aged 45 years and above, showing symptoms of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) after coming in contact with infected persons and having co-morbidities to be sent into hospital isolation. If they test positive for COVID-19, they will be moved to COVID-19 hospitals.<\/p>\n
Those who have come in contact with COVID-19 infected persons but are below 45-years and lacking co-morbidities, will be sent to institutional quarantine, it said. People who are the secondary contacts of persons with COVID-19 and are asymptomatic, will be home quarantined and monitored.<\/p>\n
The health facilities have been asked to ensure that there are concrete rules for deciding on the urgency and treatment of respective cases.<\/p>\n
Local health workers have been asked to visit the houses in their respective areas and look out for people showing symptoms of influenza-like illnesses and severe acute respiratory illness. Such symptoms include fever, sore throat, cough, runny nose, shortness of breath and respiratory troubles among others.<\/p>\n
Authorities have been asked to ensure that local health workers as well as those working in fever clinics of all health facilities are provided with appropriate protective gears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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