The West Bengal government will
conduct a survey to estimate the prevalence of comorbidity
among residents of the town , and accordingly ask them to
undergo COVID-19 tests, a senior official said on Friday.
According to the plan, the Kolkata Municipal
Corporation (KMC) will soon start sending teams to residences
spread over 144 wards to compile an inventory of individuals with
comorbidities, he said.
People having comorbidities like hypertension,
diabetes, cardiac disease, chronic renal disorder , pulmonary
disease, cancer and tuberculosis, are going to be asked to tell the
authorities if they need symptoms of COVID-19.
“After visiting the homes , the teams will prepare a
list of individuals having comorbidities which can be sent to the
state health department. Around 2,000 workers are going to be deployed
to conduct the survey, which should be over within a month.
“Primarily, our aim is to send the people having
comorbidities and mild symptoms of COVID-19 for tests. There
are several people that ignored early testing thanks to which
their health condition has deteriorated. we would like every one
with comorbidities to undergo tests with none delay,” the
health department official said.
Till Thursday, COVID-19 price within the state was
2,634, including 2,316 who had comorbidities.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, during a recent
meeting video meeting with PM Narendra Modi, had said that 89
per cent of COVID-19 deaths within the state are thanks to
comorbidities like diabetes, cancer, hypertension and cardiac
disease.