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Health Deptt, Punjab organizes Free Covid Testing camp at Aryans

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 1/21/2022 1:28:51 PM

Jammu, Jan 20 In the wake of steep rise in Corona cases, a special free Covid 19 testing camp was conducted to spread awareness on the measures to prevent the spread of pandemic at Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh. This day long camp to conduct RTPCR (Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction) was organised in association with Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Punjab. The staff, faculty members, workers and residents from nearby villages including Alampur, Nepra, Thuha etc. gave their samples for the testing. More than 80 samples were collected in this camp. The camp was led by Dr. Pawandeep Kaur Assistant Medical Officer,. Community Health Centre, Kalomajra along with Hitesh Kumar; Bharambath Singh, Pharmacy Officer & Jasbir Singh, Helper, Kalomajra. Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group said that We organised this camp due to the recent uptick in the number of COVID -19 positive cases. The testing could help in establishing the status of COVID situation in the campus. The staff and community members to strictly follow COVID-19 appropriate behaviour to stave off the transmission of infection, appealed Kataria.