Abohar, May 13

To meet the target of 1,000 Covid sampling each day, services of all police stations in Abohar Sub-Division are being availed. CM Captain Amarinder Singh had recently directed to increase testing from 90,000 to 2 lakh each day across the state.

Health workers have been deployed at police stations and on roadside nakas to collect samples. A Pepsu Roadways Transport Corporation bus that was ferrying passengers from the historic shrine of Buddha Johad in Sriganganagar to Chandigarh was stopped at the city bypass and passengers were reportedly escorted to a police station for sampling. Similar was the situation outside other police stations and on the Seetogunno Road as well.

As a report of an RT-PCR test is normally received after five to six days, the staff now prefer collecting sample for a Rapid Antigen Test, which is applicable only if the patients are visibly symptomatic. Out of 432 Antigen tests conducted on Thursday here, 85 were found positive. — OC