Alok Mishra
Patna: Only persons having symptoms of corona or persons exposed to an infected case will be examined sand tested at centres carrying out Corona infection related tests.
Patna DM Kumar Ravi on July 14, 2020, stated that people should not crowd these centres as this increases chances of other people coming in contact with positive persons and getting infected. Therefore, people should be stay safe at their homes during lockdown period and do not unnecessarily crowd around these centers, the DM said.
DM Kumar said that if a person is suffering from cold, cough, fever or difficulty in breathing, there is arrangement for test of such
persons. He said that Indian Council of Medical Research has issued guideline for it. In this regard, the DM directed government departments to list workers in contact list, who have been in direct and long contact with coronas positive persons. By making unnecessary crowd at testing centres, chances of infection increases, he added.