Ahmedabad has decided to once again start screening the "super-spreaders" of the virus. "Super-spreaders" are the nodal people who are likely to spread the virus amongst a big group of people, for instance, vegetable vendors, grocers, medicine store owners, auto-rickshaw drivers, saloon owners, masons etc.
Apart from them, the category also includes food delivery boys and those working in supermarkets. The district has mandated the "super spreaders" to obtain identity cards after getting themselves tested for the virus across 18 urban health centres in the city.They will be screened through rapid antigen tests and issued Covid-19 negative identity cards, said the Ahmedabad civic body in a release.The agencies recruiting people from this.