The Centre has lauded the practice of Karnataka government for COVID-19 management which includes the comprehensive contact tracing of positive cases and physical and phone-based household survey which has covered more than 1.5 crore households. The approach effectively deals with tracing and tracking each case, thereby successfully containing the spread of the coronavirus. "Contact tracing is a critical component to contain the epidemic and ensure that the health infrastructure does not get overwhelmed. In case information is received from the neighbour or public about violation of quarantine by any person, that person is moved to institutional quarantine. Polling Booth Level Officers (BLO) were engaged to collect necessary information by using a Health Survey App as well as a Web Application.

Source: dna June 19, 2020 12:44 UTC