745 ASHA WORKERS ALONG WITH HEALTH WORKERS UNDERTAKE THIS TASK TO MAKE FEROZEPUR CORONA VIRUS FREE
Bittu Jalalabadi Ferozepur, June 22-2020
Under the ‘Mission Fateh’ program launched by the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, 745 Asha Workers along with the teams of the Health department screened 31,663 persons during the door-to-door survey. Divulging the details, Deputy Commissioner Ferozepur Mr. Gurpal Singh Chahal said that this survey was being done continuously to check the spread of the Corona Virus in the district. The Deputy Commissioner said that the Health teams aggressively visited the houses and conducted the medical screening of the people adding that no stone was being left unturned for making Ferozepur a Corona free district. Mr. Chahal said that a total of 779 health and Asha workers were carrying out this massive task to screen every person under this drive. The Civil Surgeon Dr.Navdeep Singh added that to trace the Covid 19 patients in the district, so far conducted 8015 Throat Swab Test of the suspected patients were conducted in the district. He said that the Health department was making strenuous efforts to check the pandemic in the district and no stone would be left unturned for this noble cause.