Stepping up preventive
measures to counter the coronavirus pandemic, the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation has started screening travellers coming from Pune, Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, a senior official said on Wednesday.
A checkpost has been set up on the highway at the city's entry point and a team has been deployed there to screen private vehicles coming from Pune, Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, commissioner Astik Kumar Pandey said.
"At least 114 outstation vehicles were screened till Tuesday afternoon and one traveller suffering from fever was sent to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH)," team coordinator Dr Geeta Malu told PTI.
Meanwhile, the district authorities have completed a survey of residents living near the man, who tested positive for COVID-19 in the region.
"The survey of residents living in the periphery of the person, who tested positive for coronavirus, was completed and 1,700 people were screened for this," corporation health officer Dr Neeta Padalkar said.
As many as 41 people were found with cough and related symptoms during the survey, she said, adding that these people were advised to self-quarantine.
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