200 pandemic affected hawkers get assistance in Rangpur
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RANGPUR, May 3, 2021 (BSS) – The district administration today distributed cash money among 200 COVID-19 pandemic affected newspaper hawkers of Rangpur as a gift from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to assist them in tackling the situation.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Md. Asib Ahsan distributed Taka 500 among each of the 200 newspaper hawkers in a function arranged on Zila School ground in the afternoon strictly abiding by the health directives.
On the occasions, the DC called upon the newspaper hawkers to regularly wash hands, use masks and maintain cleanliness and abiding by the health directives to prevent further spread of coronavirus for safety of their own and others.
Covid reports delayed as Ranchi labs flooded with swab samples District accounts for almost half of the over 12,000 active cases of infection in Jharkhand
In the wake of the sudden rise in demand for Covid tests, private labs in Ranchi are flooded with swab samples causing a delay of 48 hours or more in the final report.
RT PCR test reports were earlier handed to people within four hours.
“We usually collected about 200 samples every day in mid-March. However, in April, the count of samples collected on a daily basis has gone up to 1000,” said a swab collection staff at city-based J. Sharan Laboratory.