Corpn to monitor returnees in quarantine through video calls

Coimbatore: City corporation commissioner J Sravan Kumar on Friday launched the surveillance of returnees from other districts and states through video calls, to ensure their adherence to home quarantine norms.
In a press statement, he said the initiative was launched after they received several complaints pertaining to violation of home quarantine norms. As per the government guidelines, people who have returned from other districts and states have to remain in home quarantine for 14 days.
From now on, he said, corporation school teachers would make WhatsApp video calls to the people, who are in home quarantine, to ensure they were following the guidelines strictly.
The corporation had roped in 865 teachers and 104 non-teaching staff from 82 corporation schools to help compile and categorize data that was obtained through door-to-door survey. Corporation workers and self-help group members have been collecting data on returnees and people with flu-like symptoms daily.
Sravan Kumar said there were about 22 containment zones in the city corporation limits and steps were being taken to provide essential commodities and medical assistance to the residents there.
District collector K Rajamani, meanwhile, inspected the containment areas of Telungu Street and Salivan Street and directed the corporation and revenue officials to ensure that the residents get essential commodities without any difficulties. He also directed them to disinfectant the areas regularly.