Covid-19: Survey of 15,803 houses complete; 52,714 people screened in PMC, PCMC

The Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations as a part of the screening and containment exercise for Covid-19 (coronavirus) have completed the survey of

The Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations as a part of the screening and containment exercise for Covid-19 (coronavirus) have completed the survey of 15,803 houses and 52,714 people have been screened as of Monday.

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The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) formed 125 teams to conduct door-to-door survey and inspection of residents who have been suspected of contracting the Covid-19 infection.

PMC municipal commissioner Shekhar Gaikwad and additional municipal commissioner Rubal Agrawal said, “Each team has 30 members who go door-to-door and mainly concentrate on residents who have recently travelled to other countries.”

Gaikwad said, “These teams will ensure that those who have returned from foreign countries take rest for 14 days and quarantine themselves. They will even be checked for symptoms of the coronavirus.”

Agrawal said that these teams would mainly concentrate in areas where there have been cases of positive patients.

These teams will also conduct an awareness drive in the city and give information about coronavirus and why it is important to stay at home during the outbreak. The teams would also advise relatives of patients who have tested positive for Covid-19, to quarantine themselves, added Gaikwad.