Increase COVID-19 testing, Collector directs officials
The Hindu
‘Call up patients being treated in home isolation on daily basis’
District Collector V. Vinay Chand on Sunday instructed the officials of the Health Department to provide counselling to COVID-19 patients apart from providing regular treatment. He also asked them to increase testing in the district. He organised a meeting with the nodal officers and health officials. “Once a person tests positive, the officials should inform him on phone. They should also enquire about his health condition and take a call whether he/she should be shifted to hospital/COVID-19 care centre or kept in home isolation,” he said.More Related News
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