Srinagar: Deputy Commissioner Shopian Choudhary Mohammad Yasin Sunday launched door-to-door screening for detection of persons with symptoms of COVID-19, create awareness campaign to sanitize and motivate people for testing.
The DC said that the initiative to screen people for COVID-19 has been taken wherein special focus will be given to areas where the people infected with the disease have been found.
He said the focus is treating the locations where the infected people have been found as the epicenter, door to door screening is to be conducted there with a special focus on senior citizens.
The DC also said that screening of all people who had entered the district should also be conducted through the door-to-door method.
He appealed the people to help the frontline workers and boost their morale.
In the District, so far, 151 cases of COVID-19 are confirmed , out of which 107 patients have been cured and discharged.
Meanwhile, the DC urged the masses of the locality to follow all the required health advisories especially maintaining social distancing and using face masks so that the risk of the infection is minimised.
