Health dept’s 5-day campaign against Covid-19 begins today

Kanpur: The health department will launch a special five-day campaign Wednesday to check the spread of the corona infection in the district. On the lines of the pulse polio campaign, several teams of the health department will visit door-to-door and create awareness among the people by informing them about Covid symptoms. The team will provide medical kits to people suffering from coryza, cold, cough, and fever at their doors.
Ashwini Gautam, district programme officer of National Health Mission said that in view of the fact that the deadly coronavirus was spreading its wings in rural areas and infecting a large number of people, a special campaign was being launched from Wednesday to create awareness among the villagers and provide them medicine and treatment at their doorstep.
The teams, consisting of two members, would tell the villagers about the new symptoms of Covid-19 disease, its prevention, medical examination and treatment facilities. Moreover, if the team finds anyone having symptoms, it will provide medicines too. Each team will have two members from the Asha/Anganwadi worker/teacher or supervisory committee.
Each team would be equipped with a medical kit. The campaign could be extended a few more days, Gautam said.
District community process manager Yogendra Pal said that the teams would prepare a list of infected persons and pass the information to block and district headquarters. The people whose names are in the list would be medically examined at the nearest examination centre. The teams would have a work plan format, reporting format and a medical kit, Pal said.
He has asked the people not to overlook fever, cough and coryza. “Never think that these symptoms are of common flu. They can be symptoms of corona. Diarrhea is also one of the symptoms. Contact a doctor and get done a Covid-19 test and start treatment as per the report”, he further said.
He has advised the people to stay connected with doctors through telemedicine, get their sugar and blood pressure examined, consume lukewarm water, sanitize hands, wear a mask and maintain a two-yard distance from others. Elderly patients should avoid walking in the open.