Des Ki Baat: Coronavirus Now Ravaging Rural Areas In India

Des Ki baat - May 19, 2021: Village-level surveillance, tele-consultation with community health officers, and training in rapid antigen testing are among the several areas of focus in the Centre's new SOPs to battle COVID-19 as the pandemic gradually moves to the semi-urban and rural areas of the country. It is important, the SOPs suggest, to ensure that community-based services and primary health infrastructure in these areas are equipped to manage infections. "In every village, active surveillance should be done for influenza-like illness/severe acute respiratory infections (ILI/SARI) periodically by ASHA with the help of Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Committee (VHSNC)," the guidelines say. (Audio in Hindi)


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