Special Covid test drive in Ranchi today

Ranchi: The district administration will hold a special testing drive at 20 places from 10am to 6pm on Tuesday for early detection of patients, deputy commissioner Chhavi Ranjan said on Monday.
A similar drive was held on August 18 when more than 10,000 samples were tested, of which 300 tested positive.
Ranjan said, “Following the state government’s order, we are conducting more tests. We have formed separate teams for all the 20 locations and everyone has been briefed about their roles and responsibilities.”
He added that the samples will be taken for both rapid antigen tests and RT-PCR.
Another official said, “If the antigen test turns out to be negative, we will test the samples on RT-PCR.”
Special care will be taken for symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. “If anyone exhibits symptoms of Covid-19, they will be screened separately to avoid others getting infected,” said an official.
Detailing some of the locations finalised for conducting the test, he informed that the tests will be held in CMPDI, Zila school, Swagat Banquet hall, Ramlakhan Yadav college, Crown Public school, warehouse (Kanke), Ratu block office, among others.