Chennai: Covid-19 infections are on a steady rise in Coimbatore. On Monday evening, the second biggest city in Tamilnadu reported 648 new cases, posing a tough challenge to healthcare managers.
In a bid to increase testing in the city and to bring more people under Covid-19 testing network, 20 mobile testing vehicles have been flagged off in Coimbatore.
Speaking to the media, Minister SP Velumani said, the vehicles were necessary considering the increasing number of coronavirus cases in Coimbatore district of late, and would help identify those affected so that treatment can be given at the earliest.
The mobile units would have medical kits, qualified nurses and health workers, he added. According to the Minister, a total of about 7,000 people were being tested daily through special medical camps and more than 11.63 lakh had undergone tests in 10,710 special camps so far.