Door-to-door surveillance launched to identify cases in Thiruvananthapuram panchayat

The health team in Chirayinkeezhu taluk is making use of mini-lockdown to initiate home-based rapid surveillance to identify and isolate symptomatic persons in households. The drive has begun at Vakkom panchayat which has recorded the second highest test positivity rate (TPR) among local bodies in the district in the past seven days. A total of 94 cases have been detected in Vakkom panchayat in Chirayinkeezhu taluk out of 222 samples in a week. The TPR of 42.34% is second to Venganoor panchayat with a weekly TPR of 46.28%.

Door-to-door surveillance launched to identify cases in Thiruvananthapuram panchayat
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The health team in Chirayinkeezhu taluk is making use of mini-lockdown to initiate home-based rapid surveillance to identify and isolate symptomatic persons in households. The drive has begun at Vakkom panchayat which has recorded the second highest test positivity rate (TPR) among local bodies in the district in the past seven days. A total of 94 cases have been detected in Vakkom panchayat in Chirayinkeezhu taluk out of 222 samples in a week. The TPR of 42.34% is second to Venganoor panchayat with a weekly TPR of 46.28%.