Fever health survey not up to the mark

Survey lacks coordination between health department and field staff

A door-to-door survey by health workers to unearth fever cases, which concluded for the initial phase on Saturday, met with a stock reply from many respondents that everything was fine with them. They were hiding health status of their family members who had taken ill for obvious reasons because they did not want to be ostracised in peer circles or their habitations in the midst of the pandemic. What was launched as an ambitious programme ran contrary to expectations not only due to lukewarm response from public but official apathy. For instance, the survey lacked coordination between health department and field staff.