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Kerala installs Walk in Sample Kiosks for Covid-19 testing in Ernakulam district
Published on April 7, 2020
Kerala has installed Walk in Sample Kiosks (WISK) for mass collection of samples for Covid-19 testing in Ernakulam district based on South Korean model.
Our correspondent reports, a Walk-in Sample Kiosk or WISK is a mobile cubicle with a sealed glass front, and have extended gloves attached in the front, through which a medical practitioner standing in the cubicle can collect samples. The healthcare professionals in the kiosk can collect throat swabs of people who will stand outside the kiosk.
The swab can be collected without direct exposure and contact. After the swab collection, the gloves can be sanitized from outside.This drastically reduces the need for PPE kits and protects the medical practitioner and the patient and enables mass collection of samples. The Walk-in Sample Kiosks , are being developed by Doctors of Kalamsessry Medical College.Presently two kiosks are being installed at Ernakulam Medical College and will be placed in other hospitals too which isolation wards and testing facility.
According to the Ernakulam district administration, the model installed in Kochi is one of the first of its kind in India.Meanwhile presently 266 patients are under treatment for Covid-19 in Kerala. and over 1, 52000 people are under observation in the State.
Meanwhile, 13 more Covid 19 positive cases were confirmed in Kerala yesterday taking the total number of patients in the State to 266.
As per our correspondent’s report, out of the newly confirmed cases 3 people had attended Nizamuddin religious meeting and 7 had returned from abroad.So far, 327 cases were reported in Kerala, of which 59 recovered and two people succumbed to infection. Presently over 1, 52, 000 people are under observation in the State.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that measures taken by the Govt are found to be extremely useful in the State in containing Covid-19. Presently 1, 25, 000 beds are ready for Covid treatment and the necessary medical equipment are also being made available to face any kind of situation in the State.He said that around 81 % of people had received the free ration in the State so far.
