PUNE: The civic administration will conduct regular health screening of the super-spreaders, including staffers of its various departments, PMPML employees, frontline workers and small-time vendors at market places, fearing a second wave of Covid-19 cases after the recent festive period.
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) officials are in talks with the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) counterparts to draw up a plan for the screening of the bus drivers and conductors.
The city has been witnessing a rise in the Covid-19 cases after Diwali— to around 800 a day now from below 500 daily till last week. The civic administration is utilizing the data of citizens collected during the “My Family My Responsibility” initiative for screening citizens exposed to more people and those with co-morbid conditions and the elderly.
An official said, “We are people who can be possible super-spreaders. Our teams at the ward levels will keep a track of such people and ensure they undergo regular checks and, if necessary, Covid-19 tests.”
A PMC official said steps have been taken to ready the infrastructure to handle over 19,000 cases. The beds are ready at the Covid care Centres, the private and civic-run hospitals and in the jumbo facilities on the CoEP ground and in Baner.
Action against people flouting face cover rule
Officials of various wards of the civic body started taking action against people not wearing masks from Wednesday. Fifteen squads — one each of 15 civic wards — have been formed to monitor the use of face masks and social distancing norms and conduct checks at restaurants and malls, an official said. Eleven people were booked in the Dhankwadi area and five in Yerawada for not using masks.