Corona virus cases have started increasing once again in Bihar. On Monday, the first patient infected with Corona was found in Rohtas district and the fourth in the state. This is the first patient outside the capital who has been found Corona positive. The patient found corona infected is a 10 year old girl. The girl, resident of Nokha, is currently admitted in Narayan Medical College Hospital, Sasaram. A total of 76 people were tested in the district on Monday, out of which 52 were done through RTPCR and 24 through antigen kits. After finding a Corona infected patient, all the hospitals in the district have been alerted. Here, the campaign regarding Corona investigation is going on in the state. During the last 24 hours, 3800 samples have been tested across the state.
had gone to attend a function
The infected girl had gone to Imamganj Sherghati in Gaya to attend a family function. Where one of his relatives had come from Asansol to join him there. Although he was healthy. All his family members and people who come in contact with him are healthy. After returning from the function, the girl’s health deteriorated and she was taken to doctors. After referral by doctors, she came to Narayana Medical College Hospital for treatment. Where after corona test, she was found infected.
Four corona infected in Bihar
Let us tell you that after a long time, on December 21, two new corona infected patients were identified in Patna. One of them had a history of traveling to Kerala and the other to Assam. A third patient was found in Patna on Sunday. After which now the first case of corona infection has been found outside the capital Patna and the fourth case in the state.
health department alert
Civil Surgeon Dr. KN Tiwari has directed all the hospitals of the district to remain on alert mode. He has said that even if you have cold and cough, get tested for corona. Keep adequate amount of oxygen with you. The work of the fabricated hospital (Corona ward) is almost completed. The District Health Department is working as per the guidelines received from the government regarding the new variant.
Instructions to increase the number of tests
The Health Department has alerted the districts and directed to increase the number of RTPCR tests. After the Corona epidemic, the viral transport media (VTR) used for RTPCR testing has ended in 15 districts. Information about shortage of VTR was received in the review meeting of Additional Chief Secretary Pratyaya Amrit. After this, the department has allotted 48 thousand VTRs to the districts, so that the investigation can be expedited. Also, the districts have been instructed to immediately get the VTM allotted for investigation and start investigation.
Instructions given to civil surgeon to take test reports from private labs also
Civil surgeons have been given the responsibility of receiving all the test reports of Corona virus. After the detection of four new Corona infections in the state, civil surgeons have been instructed to also obtain the test reports conducted in private labs of their district. In this, regular reports of investigations conducted in private medical college hospitals should also be obtained.
Instructions to compulsorily examine these patients
In the instructions sent by the department to civil surgeons, it has been said that apart from government hospitals, all types of fever, cough and respiratory diseases including ILI (Influenza Like Illness) and SARI (Severe Acute Respiratory) will be treated in private hospitals, nursing homes and laboratories. A coordination meeting should be held regarding mandatory Covid testing of infection patients. If the test report comes positive, then in such a situation, samples of all those patients should be sent to Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna for genome sequencing. Also, reports of ILI and SARI cases should be uploaded regularly on the Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) portal.