April 14, 2020 5:52 PM

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Bihar govt decides to undertake door to door screening in 8,000 villages to detect suspected cases of Coronavirus.

<span style="color: #222222;">Bihar government has decided to undertake door to door screening in eight thousand villages to detect suspected  cases of Coronavirus. Principal Secretary of the state Health Department said that this decision has been taken to contain the infection. Mr.Kumar said villages where people have come from foreign countries between March 1 to 23rd March will be screened. The screening  will be launched on 16th of this month and will be completed on April 24. The survey  will be  on the lines of pulse polio immunization campaign. A two member team along with questionnaires will meet over 200 persons every day and collect data regarding Corona. During screening  if any suspected person is detected then they  will be sent for further health check-up.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Door to door screening is already being done in hot spot areas  of Siwan,Begusarai,Nawada and Nalanda districts within 3 kilometer radius of places where positive cases have been found.</span><br />

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