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Also, as the sex workers and transgender are mostly in group during the night, a special night drive is conducted for them. Thane: As many as 1.63 lakh citizens will be screened for tuberculosis in a two-week active case finding program which is being conducted by the civic administration as per the guidelines of the state health department An active case finding campaign has been started from Monday in areas like Anand Nagar, Kopri, Naupada, Kajuwadi, Majiwada etc and will continue till November 24. So, if these signs are seen then the suspected person’s sputum is taken and even an x-ray is taken. CB-NAAT test of genexpert test is done which shows the results within two hours. The symptoms of the disease are cough for more than two weeks, loss of appetite, chest pain, blood in the sputum etc..