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Covid-19: Centre issues new guidelines for rural areas, advises village-level surveillance
The health ministry took note that the infection was spreading gradually in rural areas. 2 hours ago An ASHA worker places a sign with preventive guidelines against the Covid-19 on the door of a migrant worker. | Xavier Galiana / AFP
The Centre on Sunday issued new coronavirus-related guidelines for peri-urban, rural and tribal areas, taking note of the “gradual ingress” of the infection in these regions.
The health ministry said that every village should undertake active surveillance of influenza-like illness or severe acute respiratory infection periodically by Accredited Social Health Activist, or ASHA workers. Community health officers and auxiliary nurses at public health centres should be trained to perform Rapid Antigen Testing for Covid-19 infection, the ministry said.
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