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Door-to-door surveillance, teleconsultation with community health officers, and training in RAT are among the several areas of focus in the guidelines
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Updated: May 16, 2021, 04:34 PM IST
As rural areas are seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases, the Centre on Sunday issued new guidelines for containment of the virus. Door-to-door surveillance, teleconsultation with community health officers, and training in rapid antigen testing are among the several areas of focus in the new guidelines against COVID-19.
The ministry released the SOP on COVID-19 Containment and Management in Peri-urban, Rural & Tribal areas to enable communities to strengthen primary level healthcare infrastructure at all levels to intensify COVID-19 response.
Centre s New SOPs To Battle Covid In Villages Amid Surge Centre s New SOPs To Battle Covid In Villages Amid Surge The new SOPs outline the Covid containment and clinical management practices for rural and semi-urban areas.
Primary healthcare facilities play a key role in delivering services to the rural population.
New Delhi:
Village-level surveillance, tele-consultation with community health officers, and training in rapid antigen testing are among the several areas of focus in the Centre s new SOPs to battle COVID-19 as the pandemic gradually moves to the semi-urban and rural areas of the country.
It is important, the SOPs suggest, to ensure that community-based services and primary health infrastructure in these areas are equipped to manage infections.
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Govt issues guidelines on COVID management in rural, peri-urban areas
As rural areas see a rise in COVID-19 cases, the Centre on Sunday issued new guidelines for containment of the virus advising that peri-urban and rural areas plan a minimum 30-bedded COVID Care Centre for asymptomatic cases with comorbidities or mild cases where home isolation is not feasible. Provision of Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) kits should be made at all public health facilities including Sub-centres or Health and Wellness Centres and Primary Health Centres, the Union Health Ministry said.
Noting that besides urban areas reporting a large number of cases, a gradual ingress is now being seen in peri-urban, rural and tribal areas as well, the ministry released the SOP on COVID-19 Containment and Management in Peri-urban, Rural & Tribal areas  to enable communities to strengthen primary level healthcare infrastructure at all levels to intensify COVID-19 response.