Follow test, trace, treat model to combat COVID surge: DC
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Follow test, trace, treat model to combat COVID surge: DC

December 24, 2022

A close watch on ILI, SARI cases and a daily target of 400 tests given to Health Officers

Mysuru: As COVID pandemic is resurfacing across the world, the authorities are facing pressure to continue to protect the public, communities, students and faculty, physicians and frontline staff in new and different ways.

A strong suppression strategy based on testing, tracing and treatment (3T model) as per the new guidelines is critical to reducing infection rates and mitigating the risks of operating amid a health crisis.

At a COVID strategy meeting held yesterday at the Office of the Deputy Commissioner, DC Dr. K.V. Rajendra emphasised the need to increase focus on effective testing, tracing, treatment and surveillance to bring the disease under control. And as if to send a message to the public on the importance of wearing masks, all the participants of meeting sported masks.

Health authorities have been asked to ensure people attending indoor gatherings wear masks as a safety measure, though wearing of masks have not been made mandatory as of now.

Close watch on SARI and ILI cases

The Department of Health and Family Welfare in Mysuru has been asked to keep a close watch on the Influenza Like Illness (ILI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) and a target of 400 tests must be achieved daily, the DC directed.

The tests have already begun at all the Taluk and District Government Hospitals and the number will go up from the existing 150 to 400. Officers have been told to keep an eye on seniors who come to the hospital for cold, cough and respiratory problems.

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“There are four COVID positive cases in Mysuru at present and they are getting treatment under home isolation. There is no need to panic but precautions are a must,” he said.

The meeting discussed separate advisories issued by the Centre and the State over the precautions to be adopted against the new variant and increasing vaccination coverage. District Health Officer Dr. K.H. Prasad, ZP CEO B.R. Poornima, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute Dean and Director Dr. Dakshayani and other district-level and Taluk-level officers were present.

 Stepping up surveillance

The DC has also directed to step up surveillance and increase the tests of SARI and ILI patients on arrival at the hospitals. However, there will be no public testing at various crowded places as of now as the situation does not warrant it. An exclusive kiosk will be set up at the Mysore Airport at Mandakalli to screen international travellers.

A decision has been taken to reserve 50 isolation beds each at the District Hospital on KRS Road and K.R. Hospital in city. Five isolation beds must be made available at all taluk hospitals and all oxygen generation plants in district must be checked and tested to face emergencies.

Booster dose

Only 27 percent population in Mysuru have taken the booster dose and keeping in mind the low target, the DC has asked officers to encourage eligible people to avail booster doses.

Genome-Sequencing Lab at K.R. Hospital to test samples

A Genome-Sequencing Laboratory has been set up at Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) and samples from the district will undergo sequencing tests, said District Health Officer Dr.  K.H. Prasad.

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The lab has come up on the first floor of the Radiology Laboratory in K.R. Hospital where earlier skin-disease patients were housed and this lab is linked to the state-of-the-art Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (VRDL) at the Department of Microbiology in MMC&RI.

There are three Regional Genome Sequencing Laboratories in Bengaluru — National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), National Institute of Virology — Field Unit and National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS).

In order to derive the meaningful information from the Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) and to facilitate the smooth flow of samples to the Regional Genome Sequencing Laboratories, five tertiary care facilities and five laboratories have been identified as sentinel sites. The lab at MMC&RI is one such sentinel site.

Till now, all the samples were being sent to NIMHANS and the other two Regional Genome-Sequencing Laboratories in Bengaluru. “An advisory has been given for increasing genome sequencing in view of the new B7 variant of Coronavirus which is making a big surge in China. We are stepping up sequencing tests in Mysuru,” the DHO said.

During the peak of the second wave of COVID-19, the State Government had declared to set up six genome-sequencing labs in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Hubballi, Mangaluru and Vijayapura.

12 COMMENTS ON THIS POST To “Follow test, trace, treat model to combat COVID surge: DC”

  1. Kindari Jogi says:

    Just wasteful words, Indians are good at them, from the deluded DC.
    What he says does not happen, when he promotes Winter tourism and events in Mysore. A duplicitous corrupt official-on the one hand pretend to control the spread of the Covid-19 and on the other hand, encouraging more tourist activities which do the opposite. The latter gives him opportunities to ward contracts, and pocket the usual 40% commission,, and share it with the district minister, Hypocrites and villains.

  2. Kindari Jogi says:

    Just wasteful words, Indians are good at them, from the deluded DC.
    What he says does not happen, when he promotes Winter tourism and events in Mysore. A duplicitous corrupt official-on the one hand pretend to control the spread of the Covid-19 and on the other hand, encouraging more tourist activities which do the opposite. The latter gives him opportunities to ward contracts, and pocket the usual 40% commission,, and share it with the district minister, Hypocrites and villains.

  3. Imtiaz says:

    This is the situation in China
    https://youtu.be/JZI-Ahp577A

  4. Kwasi Kwang Dong says:

    Hey @Indian and@Imtiaz
    Stop hallucinating. Have you see your PM Modi in public recently? No. He is hiding from Covid-19!!
    Unlike India, China has plenty of oxygen supplies.
    Your lives are not worth much for your PM Modi, hence, you will not get Oxygen at the hospital if you
    suffer from Cobid-19. See what happened in 2021 in India, when there was no Oxygen supplies?

  5. M. Mohammed says:

    Hello Imtiaz

    This is Mohammed from Mecca! Your Prophet!
    Your post suggests arrogance, and hence does not follow Islam principles.
    I declare you as an infidel.
    Any more of misdeed like this, you will have a FATWA on your head.

  6. Kindari Jogi says:

    Stupid posters pointing at China, which will not help these idiots when Covid-19 hits them , and they do not get Oxygen in the hospital and hence die as a result.

  7. Manoj says:

    I never watch news about China and reading SOM comments thought China was very advanced in handling Covid
    These videos about China are very informative and expose the truth . So, this may be the best method to stop anti india sleeper cells from spreading lies.

  8. Sandeep singh says:

    @Indian.. we all know China never gets the truth especially if it is a bad news. Their official number of covid deaths last week for just 7.
    We should be more concerned about India. I found a video about India’s preparation. This is worth watching

  9. Mann Ki Baat! says:

    Here comes the genius Sandeep Singh!
    Hey, idiot Singh, have you seen your PM Narendra Modi, in public in recent days/?
    No, you haven’t, because, as well as hiding the number of Civid-19 infections in India, he has simply disappeared, holed up in a cave, with plenty of oxygen supply, away from the Covid-19 hot spots, letting you die with the infection. No oxygen for you Singh! Your life is cheap for him!!
    Why you worry about China, the economic and military superpower, unlike the third world dump India? It is more advanced, gives the news including its recent conquest of Indian territories , which Modi had hidden from you!
    WHEN COIVID-19 STARTS SPREADING, YOUR DC WILL DISAPPEAR LIKE YOUR MODI, LEAVING YOU TO FACE IT!! REMEMBER, 2021 MASSIVE FUNERALM PYRES, AND ONLY VIPS GETTING OXYGEN SUPPLIES THEN, LETTING OTHERS DIE?

  10. Sandeep singh says:

    @Mann Ki Baat! , Last time, Bastards like you hoarded the oxygen cylinders, reserved beds for fake patients and killed thousands of people last time. State governments were too overwhelmed by Covid cases and couldn’t put you in jail. Bastard SOB . You are crying foul because you can’t repeat it this time and make money. Try it this time and you will be in prison for the rest of your life. You A$$jole. Everybody knows how your China handles epidemic with 328 million fake vaccines with less rhan 30 percent efficacy

  11. Mann Ki Baat! says:

    Hey @Sandeep Singh
    Your parents should be really proud of reading your post. It appears that they did not raise you properly. They must be regretting having produced a piece of filth like you.
    Look at what you are blabbering about, idiot. Still, you do not get it that your PM Modi hiding in a cave in New Delhi, did not bother to supply oxygen to low lives like you, as he rightly thought, your life is not worth it.
    Keep using that filthy language of yours, that only reveals your poor education, and very poor upbringing.
    Why blame China, when your country is hiding the raging Covid-19 pandemic now, ordered by Modi. Where is he? Not seen him in public!
    He also ordered the loss of territory in Himachal Pradesh during the recent clashes with China.
    I do not live in your filthy corrupt country, because , I do not like the scoundrels like you. Hoarding? not where I live . It is an advanced country.
    Just get lost, and come back when your small brain has improved its power, which it never will.

  12. Questo says:

    Hello Sandeep Singh
    You must be really ashamed of yourself for using the kind of language you have used there.
    The SOM editor should have zero tolerance towards posts such as yours where obscene language is used.
    This shown the depth of moral degradation of indians these days.

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