As the volume of samples to be collected at airport will be over 2,000 on a daily basis, the district health authorities have started their preparations for the same and three booths will be set up outside the airport building for this (Representative image)
RANCHI: Amid a steep rise in new Covid-19 cases across the state since the middle of March, the Ranchi district administration and authorities at the Birsa Munda International Airport have decided to intensify screening of travellers entering Jharkhand from other parts of the country.
State health secretary K K Soan has directed the authorities to start mandatory testing of every passenger from all parts of the country, while the airport officials will bar the entry of people without masks and deploy extra manpower inside and outside the terminal to implement Covid protocols and penalize violators.
Jamshedpur: With the number of Covid cases nearing the 20,000-mark in East Singhbhum, the Tata Main Hospital (TMH) here is going to increase its Covid infrastructural facilities to tackle the high patient load.
According to hospital sources, the total number of Covid patients admitted at TMH was eight just two weeks ago but now it has gone up to 80. “Currently, we have 140 general beds and 18 ICU beds for Covid patients but in the wake of a surge in cases, the infrastructural and diagnostic facilities are likely to be increased at the hospital,” Rajan Chaudhry, Tata Steel’s advisor of medical services, said. He added that the next couple of weeks will be crucial for the district in terms of a jump in the number of active cases.
Jamshedpur: A day after two schools were shut in the Steel City, the East Singhbhum administration on Friday closed Loyola School in Bistupur after one of its senior teachers tested positive for Covid-19.
Other staff and students, who came in contact with the infected teacher, were asked to get themselves tested immediately. The administration also said random tests of teachers and students of schools in the district will start immediately.
While Loyola School principal, Fr Pius, was not available for a comment, a Class VIII student said, We are asked to stay home until further notice.
Earlier on Thursday, the district health officials sealed DBMS English School and Andhra Association English School (AAES), both located in the Kadma area, after two Class IX students of DBMS and a Class X teacher of AAES tested positive. Sources said all three schools are likely to be reopened on Monday after the sanitization process is over.
Passengers roam around without masks at the interstate bus terminus in Ranchi’s Kantatoli on Saturday
BOKARO: After the active caseload crossed the 100-mark here on Friday, the district health department asked all private hospitals and nursing homes to dedicate a few beds for the treatment of Covid-19 patients.
Bokaro Civil surgeon Dr A K Pathak said, “It was noticed in the first phase of the pandemic that the private hospitals and nursing homes had isolated themselves from treating Covid-19 patients. But this time, it will not be tolerated.
They have to treat Covid patients by following all the safety protocols.” Pathak on Saturday held meeting with owners and representatives of more than two dozen private hospitals and nursing homes.