Shopian: District Administration Shopian has established on the spot Sampling and Testing Collection Centre at Chitragam Village in Shopian, which has been declared red zone after fresh Covid positive cases emerged from the area.
The village is the higest populated village of the District.
On the directions of Deputy Commissioner Shopian Choudhary Mohammad Yasin a team of medical and paramedical staff has been deputed for on the spot testing of villagers at their doorsteps .Testing allows identifying the infected persons, guiding them to medical treatment, their isolation, tracing and quarantining their contacts.
The authorites said that Special Rapid Sample Collection Centres have been setup in the village and other line departments have been pressed into service for reaching out to the people of this village to provide essential commodities at their doorstep, so that people should not face any kind of inconvenience.

KR Desk