Enhance sample collection, testing in dist: DM to CMO

Kanpur: District magistrate Dr Brahmadeo Ram Tiwari has directed the chief medical officer Dr Anil Kumar Mishra to enhance the sample collection and testing in the district during a review meeting on Friday.
The sample collection and testing haven’t geared up in Kanpur despite the instructions. Rajendra Kumar Tiwari, principal secretary of the health department, dring his visit to the medical college few days ago, had asked the authorities to achieve the 3000 figure of testing per day. The district has not even touched the antigen testing target According to sources, sample collection and testing are slower in Kanpur than in Lucknow. Few other districts too are ahead of Kanpur in this regard. For Kanpur, target of antigen card tests is 2000, and 960 RT PCR tests per day. But the health department is hasn’t been able to achieve it yet. According to the data available, maximum 1.673 antigen tests were recorded on August 18, and 1,628 on August 16. More than 1,000 antigen tests were recorded on August 12,14 and 20. Minimum 721 antigen tests were carried out on August 16.
Maximum 1,138 RT PCR tests had taken place on August 20, and 1,093 on August 19. And the minimum 484 RT PCR tests had taken place on August 15.
Dr R P Yadav, additional director of Kanpur Division, Medical Health and Family Welfare, informed that the state government was monitoring the testing continuously and there were directions to enhance it in the district. In UP, maximum 2.5 lakh tests were recorded in Lucknow, while Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida) stand second in testing. Around 1.5 lakh tests were recorded in Meerut and Kanpur, and they jointly stand third in testing.