Berhampur: Amid the spike in COVID-19 cases in the district, the Ganjam administration has decided to train more than women self-help group (WSHG) members of Mission Shakti to contain the spread of the virus.
The district administration in collaboration with the Health and Family Welfare department, and Department of Women & Child Development and Mission Shakti, has launched a massive community training programme for the Swyamsidhha volunteers from WSHGs.
The programme ‘Aam Swathya, Aam Dayitwa’, (Our Health, Our Responsibility) has been formally launched at the MKCG Medical College and Hospital here in the presence of Ganjam Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange.
Under the programme, more than 20,000 SHG members and volunteers will be imparted trainings about the management of COVID-19 at the panchayat levels.
The trained SHG members will have responsibilities, like monitoring the people who will be placed under home quarantine after the completion 21-day institutional quarantine and inform the health experts if they develop any symptoms during quarantine. Besides, the SHG members will also guide the people about various preventive measures to tackle the COVID-19.
The training programme assumes significance in the wake of spike in COVID-19 cases in the district following the return of thousands of migrants from different parts of the country.
Notably, Ganjam district has reported 358 cases of COVID-19 so far, of which 83 cases are active. As many as 272 persons have recovered from the disease and three died of COVID-19.
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