The representative for the Souq Al-Jumma municipality, Riyad Biram, announced on Monday the onset of a comprehensive survey for the detection of the COVID-19 pandemic in his municipality, in coordination with the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC).

The survey began by targeting 300 people initially, according to the official Facebook page of the NCDC, with teams working throughout the course of the survey in a timely fashion to create an investigative atmosphere, followed by rapid response when necessary.

The objectives of the municipalities, is to complete the task of taking samples, in a controlled and scientific manner and deliver them to the Reference Testing Laboratory of the NCDC within as short a time-frame as possible.