Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar  on Saturday said his government has decided to launch a door-to-door screening drive to detect Covid cases at villages.

According to a statement it reads, "We have to protect rural areas from this deadly infection at any cost. Therefore, every officer concerned should ensure that special vigilance is kept on every village and for this, a massive COVID-19 screening campaign should be conducted," the CM told.

He said a special awareness campaign-cum-counselling of rural inhabitants should be done and for this officers of Health Department, along with accredited social health activists (ASHAs), former and present public representatives in each village have to play a key role.

"If during the screening camps, any person is found having COVID-like symptoms, then the person should be advised to stay in home isolation immediately so as to prevent the possibility of the infection spread. Approximately one team per 500 households should be deployed for conducting the health screening," said Khattar.

He said while conducting the screening, the multidisciplinary teams should ensure that the patients having mild and moderate symptoms are immediately given preventive medicines.

Besides, it should also be ensured that those having severe symptoms are immediately hospitalised. The chief minister said since the infection is spreading fast in rural areas, screening camps focusing on "test, track and treat" should be held.

The chief minister directed that the possibility of converting Dharamshala and government schools into isolation centres should be explored at the earliest.

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