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Ranchi: The state health department on Wednesday concluded a two-day training-cum-orientation programme for the proposed Integrated Health Information.
Ranchi/Jamshedpur: Amid rising cases of Covid-19 in various parts of the country, state health officials have asked the disaster managementg department to make a negative Covid report mandatory for people coming from Maharashtra and Kerala and test travelers at all entry points of state. Meanwhile, East Singhbhum district has also increased surveillance and mandatory for passengers coming by train from Maharashtra, New Delhi and Gujarat to the Tatanagar station to get tested for Covid on arrival.
In a letter to disaster management department on Tuesday evening, state health secretary K K Soan urged the department secretary to issue necessary directives for necessary action as per rules. The letter said the request was was made to ensure that the spike in Covid cases in these states, particularly Maharashtra and Kerala, does not lead to a spurt in infections in Jharkhand.
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Ranchi: Following a recent spike in cases being reported in Maharashtra and in Kerala, the state government has decided to test all incoming passengers at airports and railway stations for Covid-19. “We have already installed testing facilities at airports and railway stations as per government orders. If required, we might ramp up testing in other areas of the state as well,” Dr Ravishankar Shukla, MD (Jharkhand unit) of National Health Mission, said on Friday.
In addition to this, the state health department is also planning to roll out fresh and modified protocols to keep the infection spread in check before the relaxations announced by chief minister Hemant Soren on Thursday come into effect from March 1. The proposed modification in protocols might include increased testing in several districts and announcement of additional precautions for containing the spread, sources said.