Ahmad Nabi
LANDI KOTAL: District administration, Khyber introduced mobile testing services of the possible suspected effectees of COVID 19, aimed to curtain spread of the deadly disease in remotes areas.
District Health Officer (DHO), Khyber Dr Tariq Hayat said on Sunday that the health department team comprised doctors and two paramedic staff who would visit the remote areas of the districts in case of suspection or information convoyed to them and would collect sample in larger scale that would send it for coronavirus test to Peshawar laboratory.
He added that in first phase one vehicle of the health department was supplied and later on Rescue teams would also be assigned the same duty.
The mobile van was equipped with all necessary needs, however he added that they lacked test kits and the demand for it had been already forward to their highups.
Meanwhile the local health officials took samples of 16 COVID 19 suspected and sent their it to Peshawar for lab test.
DHO, Tariq Hayat said that the test of the alleged persons were sent to the lab and till receiving their results, all the 19 suspected were quarantined in Headquarter Hospital, Landi Kotal.
He added that nine quarantine centers had been established in Landi Kotal to combat the fatal disease.
So far five COVID 19 positive cases had been detected in district Khyber.
