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Amit BathlaTribune News ServicePanchkula February 26Amid Covid-19 cases witnessing a surge in Mohali Chandigarh and other parts of the country the Panchkula Health Department has stepped up preventive measures to ensure the situation remains under control in the district. Help from RWAs for surveillance The Health Department has requested RWAs to intimate the authorities if any symptomatic person arrives in their locality from Maharashtra and other affected areas so that they can be tested. Present situation With a maximum of 21 cases the district reported 90 cases (about 13 per day) in the past one week. As per a latest directive of the Haryana Education Department schools for Classes 1 and 2 will reopen from March 1. On an average only 627 tests were conducted every day in the past one week – between February 20 and 26..