Bhubaneswar: Door-to-door surveillance to identify persons with COVID-19 symptoms began across Odisha today.
The surveillance teams will visit all households in 53,845 villages and slums in all the 103 urban areas.
The survey will be conducted by ASHA and ANM workers between June 16 and July 31.
National Health Mission (NHM) Director Shalini Pandit on Monday said all COVID-19 suspects in the state would be tested. “ASHA and ANM workers have been tasked with surveillance in these areas and identifying such cases,” she said.
She further said that the Odisha government is testing symptomatic persons and close contacts of positive cases in accordance with the ICMR guidelines. “When a person in a slum in Bhubaneswar tested positive for the deadly virus, 250 more people were made to undergo the test and were found to be negative. We will ensure that all symptomatic persons and close contacts of positive cases are tested for COVID-19 without fail,” she said.