COVID-19 Tests To Continue Till February 2021 To Check The Second Wave of Pandemic

December 25: Minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada Kota Srinivasa Poojary said that the Health Department will continue testing 3,350 nasal and throat swab samples daily in Dakshina Kannada district till February 2021. Minister Poojary mentioned that people need not fear over the new mutation strain of coronavirus but continue to take precautionary measures.
Steps will be taken to set up a war room in the district to identify in advance the possibilities of a second wave of the pandemic hitting the district during January and February 2021. The district administration has been instructed to keep beds, ventilators and ICUs ready in all hospitals in the first week of January.