The management of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) has decided to conduct COVID-19 infection tracing tests on all its employees and workers as part of measures to contain the spread of virus infection in the ongoing third wave of the pandemic.
Apart from creating awareness among them on the precautionary measures to be taken by the employees and workers, they would also be distributed masks and sanitizer, directors of the company S. Chandrasekhar (Operations) and N. Balaram (Finance, Personnel, Projects and Planning), who participated from Hyderabad and Kothagudem, respectively, said on Monday.
At review meeting held virtually on the Covid-19 containment measures being taken in SCCL, the Directors said they were planning to repeat the strategy implemented in the first two waves, wherein Covid-19 tests were conducted on a large scale for the employees, their family members and outsourced staff so that infected persons could be separated, kept isolation and given treatment.
