<p>Reporting a surge in the number of fresh cases across Bengaluru in the past few weeks, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will begin marking Covid-positive patients with a ‘seal’ from Saturday.</p>.<p>Interacting with zonal commissioners on a virtual platform, BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta on Friday directed officials to commence the work of marking Covid-positive patients.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/bengaluru-will-get-3-lakh-doses-of-vaccine-minister-975217.html" target="_blank">Bengaluru will get 3 lakh doses of vaccine: Minister</a></strong></p>.<p>“All Covid-positive patients must be marked with a seal. Zones must be supplied with indelible ink to mark the patients,” Gupta directed the chief health officer.</p>.<p>He also directed officials to maintain uniformity in the maintenance of containment zones, besides scaling up efforts to trace the contacts of Covid-positive patients.</p>.<p><strong>Home isolation</strong></p>.<p>Gupta also ordered officials to dispatch squads to check on patients in home isolation, besides tracking their movements.</p>.<p>The Chief Commissioner said the bed allotment system has been decentralised across the BBMP limits and the problem of the shortage of beds has been addressed too.</p>.<p>Labs have been instructed to give out Covid test results at the earliest, he said. </p>
<p>Reporting a surge in the number of fresh cases across Bengaluru in the past few weeks, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will begin marking Covid-positive patients with a ‘seal’ from Saturday.</p>.<p>Interacting with zonal commissioners on a virtual platform, BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta on Friday directed officials to commence the work of marking Covid-positive patients.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/bengaluru-will-get-3-lakh-doses-of-vaccine-minister-975217.html" target="_blank">Bengaluru will get 3 lakh doses of vaccine: Minister</a></strong></p>.<p>“All Covid-positive patients must be marked with a seal. Zones must be supplied with indelible ink to mark the patients,” Gupta directed the chief health officer.</p>.<p>He also directed officials to maintain uniformity in the maintenance of containment zones, besides scaling up efforts to trace the contacts of Covid-positive patients.</p>.<p><strong>Home isolation</strong></p>.<p>Gupta also ordered officials to dispatch squads to check on patients in home isolation, besides tracking their movements.</p>.<p>The Chief Commissioner said the bed allotment system has been decentralised across the BBMP limits and the problem of the shortage of beds has been addressed too.</p>.<p>Labs have been instructed to give out Covid test results at the earliest, he said. </p>
