Health worker takes sample of man for testing

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COVID-19: Mumbai May Cross '20,000' Single Day Cases

Member of Covid-19 task force Maharastra, Dr Shashank Joshi has said that Mumbai is expected to report more than 20,000 cases on January 6, and urged people to use masks, and go for medical-checkup, if symptomatic. Mumbai Mayor, earlier said that "lockdown would be imposed,if case count were to cross the 20,000-mark,as per rules." The taskforce however ruled out the possibility of lockdown in Mumbai, citing situation under control.

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 - 06:36 PM / by Basharat Rashid

Tags: COVID, Mumbai, surge, testing, Taskforce

TB

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Maharashtra Govt Launches Campaign To Find Hidden TB And Leprosy Cases

Maharashtra has started a month-long door-to-door campaign to detect new tuberculosis and leprosy cases. Planning to screen 8.66 crore people, the government has made a team of two health workers, who will visit 20 rural and 25 urban households each day. They will also collect samples from the suspects. With this, authorities aim to find the hidden TB and leprosy cases which did not appear at hospitals during the pandemic.

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 - 05:34 PM / by Sakshi Amrutkar

Tags: Maharashtra , testing, Tuberculosis, Leprosy, campaign, Coronavirus Pandemic

Courtesy: Indian Express