345 Chennai Corporation staff test positive for Covid-19

Chennai, June 26 (HS)

A total of 345 Chennai Corporation staff have tested Corona positive so far. Addressing the reporters on Thursday, Corporation Commissioner G. Prakash said that about 15 staff members have recovered and others are on their way to recovery.

There are about about 20,000 conservancy staff and only about 120 of them have been affected, which indicates that the measures taken by them have been successful so far. The staff gets disposable masks everyday and gloves once a week, said Prakash. About 95 Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses make sure that the staff arrives safely at their work places. The staff is offered two nutritious meals a day along with herbal drink ‘Kabasura Kudineer’, which help boost immunity. He said the number of positive cases in slums have also witnessed decline by about 90 percent.

Methods like reverse quarantine have been undertaken to bring down the number of cases in Kannagi Nagar. The door-to-door surveys being taken up in Chennai are helping in identifying people with symptoms. About 2000 people are being identified with the symptoms in a day, he said.