COVID-19 | Karnataka to test vulnerable groups fornightly
The Hindu
They include students, teachers, hotel staff, delivery personnel, office-goers, etc.
To augment and strengthen COVID-19 surveillance in view of clusters being reported in a few districts, the State Health Department has revised the daily testing targets from the existing 60,000 to 80,000.
According to a circular late on Saturday, targeted testing of ILI and SARI cases, contacts of positive cases and high-risk groups will continue. Besides, fortnightly random testing of selected groups has been mandatory.
“Students and teachers in colleges and high schools, staff of hotels and restaurants, shop-keepers in malls/ markets, catering staff and door delivery personnel, factory personnel, office goers, service staff in pubs and bars, attendants in cinema halls and multiplexes and others in crowds by vocation will be tested fortnightly,” the circular stated.
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