Provision of Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) kits should be made at all public health facilities including Sub-centres or Health and Wellness Centres and Primary Health Centres, the Union Health Ministry said
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday issued a new set of guidelines to check the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus in peri-urban, rural and tribal areas of the country.
Centre issues guidelines to combat COVID in rural, tribal areas - Check here
Door-to-door surveillance, teleconsultation with community health officers, and training in RAT are among the several areas of focus in the guidelines
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Updated: May 16, 2021, 04:34 PM IST
As rural areas are seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases, the Centre on Sunday issued new guidelines for containment of the virus. Door-to-door surveillance, teleconsultation with community health officers, and training in rapid antigen testing are among the several areas of focus in the new guidelines against COVID-19.
The ministry released the SOP on COVID-19 Containment and Management in Peri-urban, Rural & Tribal areas to enable communities to strengthen primary level healthcare infrastructure at all levels to intensify COVID-19 response.
Centre s New SOPs To Battle Covid In Villages Amid Surge Centre s New SOPs To Battle Covid In Villages Amid Surge The new SOPs outline the Covid containment and clinical management practices for rural and semi-urban areas.
Primary healthcare facilities play a key role in delivering services to the rural population.
New Delhi:
Village-level surveillance, tele-consultation with community health officers, and training in rapid antigen testing are among the several areas of focus in the Centre s new SOPs to battle COVID-19 as the pandemic gradually moves to the semi-urban and rural areas of the country.
It is important, the SOPs suggest, to ensure that community-based services and primary health infrastructure in these areas are equipped to manage infections.