Chennai Corporation Cuts Down Fever Survey Workers Deployed As 5 Zones Record Less Than 100 COVID Cases

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Chennai:</strong> The Greater Chennai Corporation has started to reduce the number of Fever Survey Workers (FSWs) as COVID-19 cases are reducing in many zones of the city. The FSWs are responsible for conducting door-to-door surveys to collect information on residents having fever, flu or any other illness. If the people start to show symptoms of COVID-19 infection, the volunteers will also help them take tests.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to a report in IANS, the workers were paid Rs 391 per day. However, the Corporation has decided to reduce the number of workers from 60 per cent to 30 per cent since the COVID-19 cases have declined in several wards of North Chennai. The number of workers in North Chennai including the Tiruvottiyur zone were reduced as per the requirement. However, the contract of the workers has been extended till September in Adyar where the COVID-19 cases continue on an upward curve.</span></p> <p><strong>Also Read | <span style="color: #e03e2d;"><a style="color: #e03e2d;" title="Tamil Nadu: A Shopkeeper Held For Sexually Assaulting Five Minor Girls In Chennai" href="https://ift.tt/3sWYIZE" target="">Tamil Nadu: A Shopkeeper Held For Sexually Assaulting Five Minor Girls In Chennai</a></span></strong><strong><br /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to the data released by Greater Chennai Corporation, five zones out of the 16 zones of Chennai Corporation have started recording less than 100 active cases a day. The five wards include Tiruvottiyur with 38 cases, Manali with 32 cases, Madhavaram with 90 cases, Royapuram with 69 cases and Sholinganallur with 63 active novel coronavirus cases. The other wards with 100 or more than 100 cases are Tondiarpet (100), Thiru Vi Ka Nagar (104), Ambattur (114), Anna Nagar (178), Teynampet (160), Kodambakkam (183), Valarasavakkam (156), Alandur (192), Adyar (164) and Perungudi (122).</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Even during the second wave of the pandemic, the FSWs who worked with the Corporation in 2020 for the first wave joined the civic body to tackle the high number of coronavirus infections in the city.</span></p>

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