Covid-19 samples to be sent to SGPGI in Lucknow for test

TNN | Apr 4, 2020, 04:06 IST

Kanpur: As many as 12 districts, including Kanpur Nagar and Kanpur Dehat will collect and sent samples of the suspected coronavirus cases to SGPGI Lucknow, as per the new arrangement made by the state government.
The government has authorized five medical colleges of the state to examine the samples of Covid-19 suspected cases which are LLRM Medical College, Meerut, JN Medical College AMU Aligarh, KGMU Lucknow, SGPGI Lucknow and IMS BHU, Varanasi.
Samples from Kanpur Nagar & Dehat, Chitrakoot, Banda, Hamirpur , Barabanki, Ambedkar Nagar, Sultanpur,Amethi, Auraiya, Raebareli and Pratapgarh districts will also be sent to SGPGI.
In the advisory issued by V Heckaly Jhimomi secretary UP government the categories of high-risk persons has also been defined.
Any person having symptoms of Covid-19, returned from international travel within 28 days, persons who had developed symptoms after contacting suspected person of Covid-19, residents of the house of Covid-19 infected person, patients having severe respiratory problems and being treated at private nursing homes, participants of Tablighi Jamaat who had attended the jamaat within 28 days, health workers who are working without security gear and international travellers having serious symptoms come in high risk category.