With 5 new cases, thermal scanning must for pvt cos

Udhagamandalam: Nilgiris recorded five more cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the district tally to 71. While 45 active cases are being treated at ESI hospital in Coimbatore and Ooty government headquarters hospital, 26 people have been discharged after treatment.
Officials said the hill district is witnessing a dip in imported cases after sealing off its district borders, but a spike in contact cases of previously positive patients.
Of the five new cases, three are secondary contacts of a public relation officer of a private manufacturing company in Yellanhalli near Ooty.
The fourth case is a 46-year-old man from Muttinadu, a secondary contact of an earlier positive patient. The fifth case is of a 65-year-old man from Ooty but working in Chennai. He will be cross-notified to the Chennai’s tally, officials said.
Due to a spike in contact cases, Nilgiris collector J Innocent Divya issued an order on Sunday making it mandatory for all private organisations/companies in the Nilgiris to employ thermal scanning measures and checking oxygen level using pulse-oximeters on a daily basis for all employees.
“If symptoms of cold, cough and fever are found in any of the employees, also, if the oxygen level is found to be less than 90 percent, the employers should contact the nearby government hospital or contact 1077 at the control room in the collectorate”, said the collector.