COVID GUARDS GUARDING THE GOA STATE BORDER
Panaji,Thursday:
The State borders of Goa are guarded 24 hours a day, in order to keep the State safe from the corona virus i.e. Covid-19.
According to a spokesperson of Goa government on Thursday, a visit to Pollem and Mollem border check posts showed that the Goa Health department personnel along with the police personnel posted at border play a vital role in conducting in-depth screening of those entering and leaving the State.
Every precaution is taken at the border check post to ensure that no individual enter the State without undergoing the mandated screening for corona virus symptoms,including entering the details in the system.
Every person and vehicle entering and leaving the State is registered by the police and revenue department staff and the tests for Covid-19 is conducted by the officials of the Health Department staff and 108 emergency service.
Citizens registered on the website provided by the Government are allowed to enter the State only after checking their body temperature by thermal screening device. The person is then again taken to the nearest quarantine center established by the government,which is nearby to the place of residence of the person and re-tested using thermal screening and if no symptoms are found during such testing, then they are advised to be home quarantined at their own residence and due care is taken to ensure compliance of the same. If the body temperature of a person is found to be 99 degree Fahrenheit and above in the thermal screening test at the border, then oral swab test is carried out in the smart kiosk system provided at the check post and the test is forwarded for report and further procedures are undertaken accordingly.
All these facilities are made available in a special pavilion set up at the border and those entering the State are lined up maintaining proper social distancing.
The software data entry team records all the details in a computerized system. The Health department officials perform thermal screening as well as oral swab test, if required, and then further action is initiated.
A Gazetted Officer is posted as the Executive Magistrate at the border for every 12 hours duty and all the formalities are carried out under his supervision. Similarly, the Deputy Collector of the concerned taluka oversees all the arrangements. The officials of Excise, Transport and Food and Drug Administration Department discharge their duties at the check posts.
About 200 vehicles pass through each border in a day and it is ensured that every vehicle is thoroughly checked as per the protocol of the Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA),Government of India 2guidelines.
The spokesperson exuded confidence that the Government was doing its best to ensure that the corona virus does not inadvertently enter the State border and it would not be wrong to call them Covid guards at the border."
(If anyone finds any deviation from above procedures being followed at Goa borders,feel free to give your inputs with your name and contact number/email and time of the incident on 9422443093. No abuses/hearsay and speculations please).
Panaji,Thursday:
The State borders of Goa are guarded 24 hours a day, in order to keep the State safe from the corona virus i.e. Covid-19.
According to a spokesperson of Goa government on Thursday, a visit to Pollem and Mollem border check posts showed that the Goa Health department personnel along with the police personnel posted at border play a vital role in conducting in-depth screening of those entering and leaving the State.
Every precaution is taken at the border check post to ensure that no individual enter the State without undergoing the mandated screening for corona virus symptoms,including entering the details in the system.
Every person and vehicle entering and leaving the State is registered by the police and revenue department staff and the tests for Covid-19 is conducted by the officials of the Health Department staff and 108 emergency service.
Citizens registered on the website provided by the Government are allowed to enter the State only after checking their body temperature by thermal screening device. The person is then again taken to the nearest quarantine center established by the government,which is nearby to the place of residence of the person and re-tested using thermal screening and if no symptoms are found during such testing, then they are advised to be home quarantined at their own residence and due care is taken to ensure compliance of the same. If the body temperature of a person is found to be 99 degree Fahrenheit and above in the thermal screening test at the border, then oral swab test is carried out in the smart kiosk system provided at the check post and the test is forwarded for report and further procedures are undertaken accordingly.
All these facilities are made available in a special pavilion set up at the border and those entering the State are lined up maintaining proper social distancing.
The software data entry team records all the details in a computerized system. The Health department officials perform thermal screening as well as oral swab test, if required, and then further action is initiated.
A Gazetted Officer is posted as the Executive Magistrate at the border for every 12 hours duty and all the formalities are carried out under his supervision. Similarly, the Deputy Collector of the concerned taluka oversees all the arrangements. The officials of Excise, Transport and Food and Drug Administration Department discharge their duties at the check posts.
About 200 vehicles pass through each border in a day and it is ensured that every vehicle is thoroughly checked as per the protocol of the Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA),Government of India 2guidelines.
The spokesperson exuded confidence that the Government was doing its best to ensure that the corona virus does not inadvertently enter the State border and it would not be wrong to call them Covid guards at the border."
(If anyone finds any deviation from above procedures being followed at Goa borders,feel free to give your inputs with your name and contact number/email and time of the incident on 9422443093. No abuses/hearsay and speculations please).
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