Teachers in corpn schools roped in for Covid-19 duty

Coimbatore: The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) has roped in more than 850 teachers and non-teaching staff members from corporation schools in the city to aid in data categorisation and documentation work as part of the Covid-19 prevention measures.
The teachers will be present at schools, zonal offices and the CCMC office to coordinate the work.
Sanitary workers will collect the details people who have returned to the city from other places, people with fever and cold symptoms and those who have prolonged illnesses by visiting homes. They will submit the details to the teachers in schools, who will compile and categorise the details and send them to the zonal offices.
Teachers in zonal offices will supervise spraying of sanitisers and provision of basic necessities in containment zones. They will also talk to those who have been home quarantined over phone and ensure their welfare. The teachers will organise the details and send them to the teachers in the main office of the CCMC.
The teachers will make the work of flying squads easy, said an official communication.
As many as 865 teachers and 104 non-teaching staff members are working in the 82 schools under CCMC.