VISAKHAPATNAM: Amid the rapid surge in Covid-19 cases, the state health department has shifted its focus to door-to-door fever surveys. Fever surveys have become an integral part of Covid-19 management and prevention in Andhra Pradesh ever since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020.
The health department is currently conducting the 35th round fever survey. As of January 20, the survey covered about 61% of the 1.62 crore targeted households. The survey has so far identified 12,867 suspected cases. Home isolation kits have been given to about 8,300 people.
