Bhubaneswar, May 18 -- Bhubaneswar: As the chain of covid transmission is fast spreading to rural areas, the government has shifted attention to the villages in a bid to arrest the rising trend of infection.

State Director of Health services Dr Bijay Mohapatra said on Tuesday that the government has set focus on rural pockets like it was done in the previous year. "Institute of Life Science (ILS) had conducted a survey last year in rural areas. In addition to it, an integrated survey was also carried out for viral diseases like dengue, malaria, and diarrhoea in rural pockets for three months." he added.

The government has issued strict instructions for door to door survey in villages.

"Earlier, those who had symptoms like fever, cold a...