panaji indian medical association ima goa has extended full support to the governments initiative to conduct the house to house survey in a bid to detect the community spread of covid19 scheduled to begin mondaywe are committed to fighting the covid19 menace as a strong united force we support chief minister pramod sawants endeavour in this fight to win against covid 19 said imagoa president dr s samuel arawattigi in a statementapart from detecting flu symptoms the survey will help make available data on the prevalence of diabetes hypertension kidney disease and respiratory diseases which will be like a cohort study of the entire population the statement saidthe data will be a great asset to the health department for future reference it will also be useful to frame policies to control noncommunicable diseases in the state the association said ima goa said the government should ensure that proper protective gear like masks and gloves are provided to all the field staff involved in the doortodoor survey we hope staff will take care and follow social distancing norms while conducting the survey it said