Dedicated personnel to monitor quarantine activities across State
The Hindu
Surveillance stepped up amidst Omicron scare; Karnataka sees 321 new COVID cases
Districts and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will post dedicated, full-time personnel for quarantine activities, as Karnataka has stepped up surveillance amidst Omicron scare.
In a discussion with the nodal officers of the State COVID-19 war room and surveillance unit, wherein enhancing surveillance and designating contact-tracers and quarantine-watchers for detection of Omicron cases was the focus, it was decided that the Contact Tracing application and Quarantine Watch application will be activated “with necessary re-orientation” to all staff from BBMP and district health authorities.
A circular said currently, about 300 COVID 19 cases are being reported daily in Karnataka and the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) has been around 0.25% to 0.30% for some time. The Variant of Concern - Omicron - is spreading rapidly across the globe and so far, 19 Omicron cases have been detected in Karnataka, it said.