Mobile testing kiosk launched in Ooty

TNN | Apr 16, 2020, 04:34 IST

Udhagamandalam: Nilgiris collector J Innocent Divya on Wednesday opened a walk-in sample kiosk (Wisk) in Ooty to screen and collect samples from people with possible Covid-19.
“It is a mobile kiosk for blood testing and to facilitate people in the containment areas,” said Divya. “In the three containment areas in the district, the 14-day protocol of containment operation got over yesterday. The second phase of the operation starts today.”
The kiosk will enable the vulnerable people including those above 60 years and with medical conditions in the containment areas to conduct blood test. “As per the government guidelines, vulnerable people of all categories are to be scanned and tested. The mobile kiosk will help in reaching out to the people in containment areas,” said Divya.
Sponsored by a group of philanthropists including the Citizen’s Forum Ootacamund and Nilgiri Mavatta Vokkaligara Sangha, the kiosk has two cabins with separate entrances, one for the microbiologist and the other for the testee. After the testee exits, the cabin is disinfected. The kiosk is designed to check cross-infection.