ASHAs union seeks smartphones to upload survey details
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A union of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) has written to Telangana Health Commissioner, complaining that they have been directed to feed survey reports online but not given smartphones or digital tablets to facilitate the process.
ASHAs conduct door-to-door survey to collect information on health status of the population such as blood pressure, sugar levels, pregnancy, etc. They played a key role during the COVID-19 pandemic too. Earlier, they used to log the details in notebooks. “Now, we have been asked to upload details online, but not provided phones to do so,” an ASHA said.
Dec 25, 2020, 09:01 IST
Seven people who returned from the United Kingdom to Telangana have tested positive for COVID-19. The state health officials said on Thursday that their swab samples have been sent to the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) to ascertain if they carry the new variant.
Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender said that those who have tested positive for coronavirus are being monitored closely. The Health Department is also tracing those who came in contact with these seven persons.
Public Health Director G Srinivas Rao said that, We have found seven persons who returned from the UK during the past two weeks to be positive for the coronavirus. Their samples were sent to CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) for further tests to check if they have the new strain of the virus.
7 out of 1,200 people who returned from UK test COVID-19 positive in Telangana ANI | Updated: Dec 25, 2020 01:02 IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 25 (ANI): Seven people out of 1,200 who came from the UK to Telangana since December 9 have tested positive for COVID-19.
Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender held a review meeting with senior officials of the department on the steps being taken in the state in the wake of global concerns with the new virus strain. Officials informed the minister that 1,200 air passengers had returned to Telangana from UK and via UK from December 9 till date, and out of them Covid-19 tests were done on 846 persons with seven testing positive for the virus.
Seven UK returnees test positive
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Samples sent to CCMB to check UK strain of coronavirus
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Samples sent to CCMB to check UK strain of coronavirus
Seven out of 1,200 persons who have flown in to Hyderabad either directly or via UK since December 9 have tested positive for coronavirus.
The samples of the seven positive cases are being sent to the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad to check whether the affected persons had the mutated UK strain, a review meeting presided by Health Minister Eatala Rajender with senior officials of the department and an expert COVID-19 team was informed on Thursday evening.
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