Current Context: Bengaluru city corporation has launched Pranavayu programme with an aim to create awareness on the need to self examine the respiratory health for the city people.
- The awareness will be created throughadvertisements in mediaabout the need to carry out self-examination for early detection of any ailment that could aggravate the situation if contracted with the viral infection.
- The programme is launched because the city is facing many positive patients of COVID-19 and Severe Acute Respiratory illness (SARI).
- Therefore the initiative will allow patients to monitor blood oxygen levels and heart rates of patients showinginfluenza-like illnesses (ILI)in fever clinics.
