Corona Surge: DCSA and Team inspect Containment Zones, Check functioning of Control Rooms Set Up

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Port Blair, April 21: To tackle the recent surge in the COVID positive cases in the South Andaman and to prevent the further spread of virus the Administration has taken various proactive steps. In this connection few areas in and around South Andaman District were declared containment zones to restrict the movement of suspected cases.

Team comprising of officials from Revenue, Police, APWD and PBMC have been formed for the areas to maintain strict perimeter control and ensure that there is no movement of people in or out of these zones, except for medical emergencies and for maintaining supply of essential goods and services. Further only essential activities and services shall be allowed in the containment zones and intensive house-to-house surveillance is conducted by surveillance teams formed for the purpose.

Testing shall be carried out as per prescribed protocol and contact tracing shall be carried out in respect of all persons found positive, along with their identification, quarantine and follow up of contacts for 14 days. Surveillance for ILI/SARI cases shall be carried out in health facilities or outreach through telephonic and field surveillance.

Shri Suneel Anchipaka, Deputy Commissioner (SA) along with Shri Ravi Kumar Singh, SP(SA), Shri Hari Kallikkat, SDM(SA) and Ms. B. Yashaswini, AC(U/T) and officials from other line department inspected few containment zones at Lillypur, Haddo, Shivaji Colony and Vinayak Colony at Garacharma and took first hand stock of the situation, in order to ensure the proper implementation of containment zones and to monitor its enforcement.

DC (SA) further inspected to the Control Rooms set up at Zilla Parishad Conference Hall, where field surveillance and comorbid patients are being followed upon on regular basis. He also visited the Control Room setup at State Library, set up for follow up of ILI/SARI cases and Medicine distribution to the suspected cases through contact tracing.

DC (SA) reiterated and urged the officials present along with him to make sure that no stone is left unturned in strictly implementing the norms of containment zones in letter and spirit and also seek the cooperation of general public in maintaining the same and requested them to help the Administration in its fight against COVID-19. He emphasized that the five-fold strategy of Testing, Tracing, Treatment, COVID appropriate behaviour and vaccination will be meticulously implemented in South Andaman.