Prior to the launching in districts, all the stakeholders will be trained by state on the revised concept, roles and responsibilities and data flow to capture the daily performances at the state level. Based on the caseload, necessary additional support will be extended to those districts.
GUWAHATI: The Assam health department on Tuesday launched a drive to screen and test people in 28,000 villages across 33 districts for Covid-19 in a b.
Two months into the second Covid wave, Assam is relaunching a strong surveillance plan that had served it well in the first wave of the disease last year.
Assam Receives Special Mention in WHO s Appreciation of Effective Covid-19 Management
WHO applauding the COVID-19 frontline worker s in Assam stated- Frontline workers with muddy feet and hearts of gold in its feature story.
| 17 April 2021 8:12 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) applauding the COVID-19 frontline worker s in Assam stated- Frontline workers with muddy feet and hearts of gold in its feature story.
The feature story published in the first week of April paid tributes to the state s frontline workers saying, In a state where 39.6 % of the area is prone to floods, according to Rashtriya Barh Ayog in the Department of Water Resources, Government of Assam, large tracts of land are unreachable for many months during the year, which makes providing health care services a huge challenge.
GUWAHATI: World Health Organization in appreciation of effective Covid-19 management in Assam has featured the state’s frontline workers in its news section with the headline “ASSAM: Frontline workers with muddy feet and hearts of gold.”
The feature story published on Wednesday has paid tributes to the state’s frontline workers saying, “In a state where 39.6 % of the area is prone to floods, according to Rastriya Barh Ayog in the Department of Water Resources, Government of Assam, large tracts of land are unreachable for many months during the year, which makes providing health care services a huge challenge.”
It adds, “The state of Assam in North-East India amalgamated testing, tracing and treatment with strengthening its strong primary health centres (PHC) to ensure Covid-19 pandemic response services reached everyone in the state, including communities in difficult-to-reach areas.”