NEW DELHI : Aimed to find the coronavirus presence in general population and limit its further spread, various states are toying with the idea of community surveillance of the covid-19.
Considering community surveillance as the best practise, Centre on Friday asked states to replicate a model adopted by Karnataka for covid-19 management which includes the comprehensive contact tracing of covid-19 positive cases and physical and phone-based household survey which covered more than 1.5 crore households.With a view to identifying, protecting and treating high risk population like the elderly, persons with co-morbidities, pregnant women and those with Influenza like Illness (ILI)/ Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) on priority, Karnataka.