Amid the rising Covid-19 cases in other states and neighbouring countries, the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday (October 28) instructed the surveillance committees to switch on to 'alert mode' to contain the spread of infection in the state. The committees have been instructed to intensify door-to-door screening, tracing of patients showing influenza-like illness (ILI) as per the WHO-recommended 'trace-test-treat' strategy. "As coronavirus remains under effective control in Uttar Pradesh, in view of rising cases in other places, we must strengthen our contact tracing operation. The surveillance committees must intensify screening to enable early detection if any followed by early treatment," the chief minister said at a meeting in Lucknow on Thursday. The government spokesperson said that over 73,000 surveillance committees will pay door-to-door visits and will conduct thorough screening and tracing of every individual.

Source: dna October 29, 2021 10:51 UTC