Summary:
KOLKATA State Health Department has asked all the district administrations to strengthen contact tracing so that any further spread of Covid infection can be checked. The district officials have also been directed to crack down harder on those who are flouting Covid norms. Sources said contact tracing has been given utmost importance and the district health officials were advised to isolate those people who have come in contact with the infected ones. It may be mentioned here the process of contact tracing might have been affected to some extent following the notification of Assembly poll in Bengal. A section of health officials have viewed that the prolonged election process has also contributed to the rise of fresh cases in Bengal..