Containment measures stepped up in Kollam

The district administration has stepped up containment measures and strengthened testing and surveillance in areas that reported the Delta variant of COVID-19.

“Teams headed by special officers are functioning efficiently in places that reported high test positivity rate in the district,” mentioned Kollam Collector B. Abdul Nasar on Wednesday.

The authorities have issued revised guideline as per the check positivity rate-based classification and all authorities officers have been directed to report for responsibility if the TPR is beneath 15%.

In areas coming beneath class C with a TPR between 10% and 15%, solely 50% of the workers will attend workplaces. As on Wednesday, the district has solely 5 native our bodies, Karavaloor, Aryankavu, Alappad, Thenmala and Munroe Thuruthu, in the A class the place the weekly TPR stays beneath 5%.

In Kollam, additional curbs shall be in place in 11 native our bodies that reported a TPR above 15%. The native our bodies in class D embody Kareepra, Kalluvathukkal, Ezhukone, Vettikavala, Kukakada, Chirakara, Mayyanad, Ummannur, Nedumbana, Kulathupuzha and Thrikkovilvattam.

Testing shall be intensified in railway stations and individuals travelling with out COVID-19 damaging or vaccination certificates shall be instantly shifted to domiciliary care centres. District and regional-level growth committees shall be shaped to make sure hassle-free on-line lessons and steps shall be taken to supply free cell knowledge and community protection to college students.

Unlike many different districts, Kollam is but to register a gradual decline in COVID-19 instances with many components logging a number of new sufferers.

The district has been recording greater than 1,000 instances virtually day by day apart from a few days for the reason that lockdown. A Central workforce that visited Kollam on Tuesday assessed the caseload, mortality charge, TPR, remedy provisions, services for youngsters and the provision of ICUs, ventilators and oxygen beds in Kollam. The district administration has additionally made all preparations to face a probable third wave by setting up paediatric ICUs and deploying additional workers.