COVID 19 IN GOA (2021)

Important information related to Covid-19

Live Corona tracker – Goa HERE
View important updates on Covid-19 in Goa HERE
Download Important Orders/Circulars/Notifications Related To COVID-19 HERE
MYGOV Corona Helpdesk 9013151515 (source https://bit.ly/33PkYrP )

Donate

Goa Covid-19 Emergency Relief
Donate to Goa State Covid19 Relief Fund HERE

India Care Collective is connecting people who can donate Rs 2500/ month for 3 months to daily wage laborers who need immediate assistance. All the details are here. They want to help people directly to avoid community transmission. You can help by:

Signing up to make a donation
Recommending someone you personally know who needs assistance
Volunteering certain hours per day to help India Care Collective with this effort

If you would like to prepare your own ration kit to donate to needy people in your area, here are the essentials it could contain

If you know of other organizations collecting donations, please write to trella@actforgoa.org and we’ll add them here.

Medical care

State Control Room can arrange COVID-19 medical assistance Call 104 of 9607909559 (source https://bit.ly/2yd0rSu )
State Control Room can arrange essential supply of medicines 7823026971 (source https://bit.ly/2yd0rSu )

Tests – where to test, procedures, contact numbers

1) RT – PCR

This is the gold standard – to be done if you have symptoms or 5 days post close exposure – takes 36 – 48 hours for the result – prescription required.

a) GMC – Free – requirement- prescription from a GMC Doctor, Aadhar card

b) Suburban Diagnostics – Panjim – Rs 4500 – by appointment, Aadhar card required

c) Manipal Hospital – Rs 4500 – you have to go 1 day before, show your aadhar card, fill the forms.

d) Victor Hospital, Margao- Rs 4,500 – Aadhar required – walk in encouraged Mon – Sat 8 am – 5 pm

e) V M Salgaonkar hospital, Vasco – Rs 4,500 – appointment needed – first antigen assay is done and if negative but symptomatic then RT PCR is done.

f) SRL – porvorim – Rs 4500 Aadhar required

g) Metropolis labs – home collection possible – Rs 4500 + Rs 250 – if outside Panjim – Aadhar required

2) Rapid Antigen assay

positives are certain but a negative result – uncertain. 65% of negatives could be false negatives. New ICMR guidelines say that if negative, but symptomatic, get a RTPCR done – prescription required

a) Urban Health centre’s, PHCs – free – just go there

b) Manipal – Rs 1500 – again 1 day prior you have to go with the Aadhar card and fill forms.

c) Apollo hospital – Margao – Rs 1500 just walk in

d) VM Salgaonkar hospital, Vasco – Rs 1500 – appointment needed

3) Antibody tests – these are to check if you have developed antibodies – post infection or through herd immunity

Done at all the above private centres as well as Thyrocare – Rs 750 – Rs 900

Numbers

Manipal Hospital – +918380058221

Suburban Diagnostics – +917721856622

Victor Hospital – +919850600248

V M Salgaonkar hospital – 0832 – 6691919

SRL – +91 83800 98410