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1) Surveillance

All houses in Chennai are surveiled on a 'DAILY' basis for ILI ( Influenza like Ilness) Symptoms.

Gate meeting for the Survey Staff at 7.30 am & previous day's work is audited to see any ILI's were missed.
Also given fresh instructions for the day.
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Each survey worker covers 100 to 150 houses daily.
Infra Red Thermometers are used universally by all survey staff & helps in picking up mild fevers.

Now Pulse Oxymeters are also given to most staff to help in early identification of Severe Acute Respiratory Illness.
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"Early Identification helps in better clinical outcome and also prevents further spread." - This is reiterated every day during the gate meeting and senior officials are deputed to each ward to motivate the staff and to improve the fever survey.
This video is from Zone 14.
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#Trichy #Covid19 #TOI Thread (stats till August 03)
1. #Positive cases:
Rural: 1,679
Urban: 2,838
Total: 4,517
@timesofindia
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2. RT-PCR tests conducted (positivity cases rate)
April: 2,684 (51, 1.90%)
May: 9,406 (37, 0.39%)
June: 14,742 (582, 3.95%)
July: 41,012 (3,474, 8.47%)
August (till Aug 03): 4,745 (373, 7.86%)
Overall positivity: 6.22%
Looks like right people were tested in recent month.
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3. #Containment zones:
Total active containment zones in Trichy district: 22 (119 positive cases)
Number of containment zones in Trichy city: 18 (75 positive cases)
K Abishekapuram: 8
Ponmalai: 7
Ariyamangalam: 3

Rural:
Ponampatti: 3
Ootaththur: 1

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