Anil Vij

CHANDIGARH: Haryana government has decided to send health department teams to every household in the state and screen each person for symptoms of coronavirus, said home, health and family welfare minister Anil Vij after a review meeting on Thursday.

The move came on a day the number of Covid-19 cases in the state shot to 214, after 10 new cases were reported and 14 were added to the state's tally for 14 Italians who tested positive.

Vij said if symptoms of Covid-19 were found in people during screening, their sample would be taken for testing He said four departments - home, health and family welfare, medical education and research, and urban local bodies - were coordinating with each other for this. The 10 new cases in Haryana include seven from Panchkula, two from Nuh, and one from Palwal.

He said a letter had been written to the Indian Medical Association (IMA), urging it to ask private doctors to open their clinics during the lockdown, so that general public can get treatment for other diseases and problems.

Apart from this, he said 411 mobile dispensaries had also been started in Haryana, which will help in treating other diseases.

Among the 214 positive cases, 24 are foreign nationals and 64 are from other parts of the country. Nuh district of Haryana is still leading 50 cases. Faridabad is at number two with 33 cases, Gurugram at number three with 32 cases and Palwal has recorded 30 cases.

Meanwhile, the reports of five patients came negative for the virus. These include three Tablighi Jamaat members in Yamunanagar, who have been discharged, a Jind man who has tested negative in first report after testing positive, and a man in Hisar whose report came negative a second time.positive for the virus

