Day 1 at Zuarinagar zone, 123 swabs sent for testing

VASCO: A medical team from the Cortalim primary health centre, led by health officer Dr Succour Quadros, conducted an OPD at the government high school in the Zuarinagar containment area, on Tuesday. The team collected 123 swab samples of relatives of those who had tested positive last week.
Cortalim MLA Alina Saldanha said, “Declaring the Zuarinagar slum a containment zone was the need of the hour, as the increase in the number of Covid-19 cases needs to be immediately controlled.”
Deputy sarpanch of Sancoale panchayat, Kavita Kamal, said, “We had demanded had an ambulance be stationed 24x7 at the containment area and had also asked for mobile toilets, which have not yet been arranged.We hope by Wednesday the ambulance and mobile toilets are brought.”
Kamal said thousands of residents did not have toilets inside their dwellings and most of them would cross the highway and defecate in the open. “We have asked for mobile toilets at the earliest.”
She said she had a meeting with the talathi and mamlatdar where it was decided that 10 volunteers from each ward would be selected to deliver groceries to residents on order basis. Their contact numbers will be shared, Kamal said.