KOLKATA: Following a spurt in the number of Covid-19 positive cases in several south Kolkata neighbourhoods, the
Kolkata Municipal Corporation will ramp up infrastructure at its
testing centres for more suspects to undergo the test. Currently, the
KMC offers its Covid-testing (both RT—PCR and rapid antigen) to around 1,200 suspects every day. However, after a spurt in the positive cases in several neighbourhoods, the urgency to enhance the testing facility is being felt, said a KMC health department official.
A few ward coordinators on Thursday raised the issue at a meeting of the coordinators, held at the civic headquarters, and requested the chairman of the KMC board of administrators (BoA) to intervene so that the number of tests could be enhanced at the KMC health clinics. Hakim assured them that he would soon take effective steps in this direction.
According to a KMC health department official, around 800 people are being tested positive for Covid-19 every day across the city. However, the number of
Covid positive patients has seen a spike in several wards across borough X. “We have reasons to feel worried about a spike in the number of Covid-positive cases in the neighbourhoods such as Lake Gardens, Jodhpur Park, New Alipore, Golf Garden, Bijoygarh, Pallisree Jadavpur (parts) and Baghajatin, which fall under borough X. We will organize camps to bring more citizens under the testing facility,” said a KMC health department official. The KMC health department is likely to enhance its rapid antigen test in coming days, sources said.