Jammu, Aug 26 (UNI) With the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the district, the Jammu District Administration on Wednesday initiated Rapid Antigen Testing on the cluster approach.
Chairperson District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) Jammu District, Sushma Chauhan, who is also the District Magistrate in an order here said that it has been decided to conduct sampling of all vulnerable clusters like service providers, business establishments, government employees, banks in Jammu district through dedicated teams constituted for the purpose.
Block Medical Officers (BMOs)/Urban Health Centres (UHCSs) shall serve as nodal units for sampling and testing of the designated target zones and strict perimeter control shall be followed during the period of sampling and testing, for which purpose the Tehsildars and SHOs concerned shall ensure strict perimeter control and no inward/outward movement in the targeted area would be permitted, she said in an order.