Random sampling, vaccination gets under way in central region

The Health Department has begun conducting random sampling among school and college-going children and in crowded areas in the central region to keep a check on the spread of COVID-19. Most districts

The Health Department has begun conducting random sampling among school and college-going children and in crowded areas in the central region to keep a check on the spread of COVID-19. Most districts in the region have a positivity rate below the State average, which is less than 1%.

In Tiruchi district, the weekly average positivity rate is 1.01%. Throat swabs are being lifted at the Tiruchi Railway Junction, Tiruchi International Airport regularly. Mobile camps are also being conducted at areas where the public frequent- such as the Gandhi Market and Singarathope. The department traces at least 30 primary and secondary contacts of each patient who tests positive. Additionally, test samples are lifted at all Primary Healthcare Centres and health workers at various blocks. The sum total of the swabs comes up to an average of 5,000 a day, an official of the health department said.