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In his letter, Suresh wrote, “Teachers assigned to identify those suffering from ILI, SARI and other illnesses, to prevent them from the risk of contracting COVID-19 should be provided PPE and basic facilities such as transport”
“Areas demarcated to them are far off from their houses. In such a situation, teachers are forced to carry out the census half-hearted and the whole exercise would turn out to be futile,” he added.
The minister also urged Bhaskar to direct district administrations to provide adequate facilities to the teacher volunteers.