PUNE: The Zilla Parishad will conduct health screening of people visiting the Koregaon Bhima Vijaystambh (victory tower), off the Ahmednagar road, on January 1 to commemorate the anniversary of the battle of Koregaon Bhima.
“Those having symptoms like cold, fever, running nose and sneezing, among others, will have to undergo a rapid antigen test for Covid-19 at special outpatient departments (OPDs) to be set up at five vantage points on the way to the memorial,” said Zilla Parishad CEO Ayush Prasad.
Thousands from various parts of Maharashtra and other states pay tributes at the memorial on January 1 every year to commemorate the battle of Koregaon Bhima. “Our primary focus this time would be on preventing the transmission of Covid-19. To achieve this, temperature of visitors would be checked at entry points only. Besides, symptomatic visitors would have to undergo antigen test at our OPDs only. The OPDs would be equipped with adequate antigen kits as well as ambulances so that we can immediately ferry patients to the nearest hospital for advance treatment, if required,” Prasad told TOI.