Along with increasing checking at the 14 inter-state check points, porous areas near the borders are being identified to keep an eye on the movement of villagers from adjoining states.
JAMSHEDPUR: The rise in Covid-19 cases in the eight rural blocks in the district close to the Bengal and Odisha borders have forced officials to draw up a fresh blueprint to contain the virus.
Along with increasing checking at the 14 inter-state check points, porous areas near the borders are being identified to keep an eye on the movement of villagers from adjoining states.
“Active cases are being reported regularly from the rural blocks. Hence we are trying to detect suspected Covid-19 carriers coming to the district from outside,” additional chief medical officer (ACMO) Sahir Pall said.
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JAMSHEDPUR: The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the life of another child in the Steel City. Undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at the Tata Main Hospital (TMH) here for nearly a week, the latest victim, a 13-year-old girl, was also suffering from jaundice. She succumbed to the viral disease on Saturday. The girl had visited the hospital for treatment of jaundice but subsequently tested positive for Covid-19. A resident of Golmuri, the girl had no travel history.
Earlier, in April, a child had died after contracting the contagious disease. The additional chief medical officer, (ACMO), Sahir Pall, said that so far, 1,932 children under 14 years were infected with Covid-19 in the state. Nearly 1,200 of them are boys and the rest are girls.
Jamshedpur: With a sudden increase in the number of new Covid cases in rural areas of East Singhbhum, the district administration is now focusing on t.
Jamshedpur: Fearing a possible outbreak of vector-borne diseases during the monsoon season, the district health department has written to all the major hospitals and healthcare centres in East Singhbhum, asking them to keep all the necessary facilities ready for treating patients diagnosed with dengue, chikungunya, brain fever, malaria and diarrhoea.
“Rainfall and the resultant fluctuations in temperature lead to an outbreak of vector- borne diseases and that is why hospitals have been asked to keep all the necessary facilities ready. The hospitals have to share with us the data of people arriving with complaints of such diseases so that timely treatment can be provided to them,” additional chief medical officer Sahir Pall said.