27-05-2025
Vasai-Virar civic body starts Covid screening
Vasai: With Covid-19 cases rising in Mumbai, the healthcare department of the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) has started a screening campaign and kept beds aside in its hospitals as a precautionary measure.
"In the past week, we have screened 5,070 people for Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) and carried out antigen tests, but there are no positive cases," said VVCMC medical officer Dr Bhakti Choudhary. The corporation has also reserved a 25-bedded ward at Jivdani hospital, Virar, and has made arrangements for liquid oxygen plants.
Awareness drives will be carried out in industrial areas, public places and residential neighbourhoods. The health department has also appealed to the public to promptly get tested if they experience any symptoms.
Meanwhile, 66 patients, including 31 from Mumbai, tested positive for Covid across the state, according to the state health department on Tuesday. Since Jan, the state has recorded 435 positive patients, including 310 from Mumbai.
