DC G’bal inspects door to door survey through Swasthya Nidhi app, urges for downloading Aarogya Setu to general Public

242 teams constituted to cover whole population in district

GANDERBAL, APRIL 28(PTK) The Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today visited various areas of Sub Division Kangan in order to inspect the health audit/screening and door to door survey through Mobile app Swasthya Nidhi.

For this purpose, the District Administration has constituted Booth Level Awareness Groups (BAGs), supervisors and Medical Supervisory Teams (MSTs) who were also imparted training regarding the app.

The DC was accompanied by Additional Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Farooq Ahmad Baba, SDM Kangan, BDO Kangan and other concerned.

Speaking on the occasion the DC said that to strengthen surveillance system and procedure, the J&K Government has launched Swasthya Nidhi COVID-19 Health Audit App for monitoring the households under surveillance on real time basis and effectively monitor the health status of the enlisted individuals.

While interacting with BAGs and Supervisors during door to door health surveillance, The DC urged them that the people should be encouraged to download the Aarogya Setu app in their mobile phones and shall fill correct particulars while registering themselves in order to check the spread of COVID-19.

He also stressed for following laid down SOP of COVID-19 during survey like maintaining social distancing norms and wearing face masks.

Pertinent to mention here, to cover whole population of the district, District Administration has constituted 242 teams so that whole process of door to door surveillance is completed within shortest possible time.(PTK)