The states include Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Manipur. The teams aim to remove bottlenecks in strengthening containment measures in these states.
The Centre on Friday sent six high-level multi-disciplinary public health teams to six states reporting a high number of COVID-19 cases. The states include Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Manipur.
Central government rushes teams to 6 States for #COVID19 control and containment measures.
Teams sent to Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Manipur – that are reporting a high number of COVID-19 cases.
— ANI (@ANI) July 2, 2021
These teams will be interacting with the state authorities and get a first-hand understanding of the challenges and issues faced in order to contain the spread in COVID-19 cases. The teams aim to remove bottlenecks in strengthening containment measures, the Union Health Ministry said.
The two-member teams sent to these six states will consist of a clinician and a public health expert.
“The team to Manipur will be led by Dr L Swasticharan, Add. DDG & Director EMR; team to Arunachal Pradesh will be led by Dr Sanjay Sadhukhan, Professor AIIH&PH; for Tripura Dr. RN Sinha Dir Professor, AIIH&PH; for Kerala Dr Ruchi Jain, Public Health Specialist Gr. II, RoHFW; for Odisha Dr A Dan, Public Health Specialist AIIH&PH and for Chhattisgarh Dr Dibakar Sahu, Assistant Professor, AIIMS Raipur,” the ministry said.
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These teams will be supporting the respective states in their efforts for targeted Covid response and management, and effectively tackling the pandemic, it said.
“The teams will visit the states immediately and monitor the overall implementation of COVID-19 management, especially in testing, including surveillance and containment operations; Covid appropriate behaviour and its enforcement; availability of hospital beds, sufficient logistics including ambulances, ventilators, medical oxygen etc., and COVID-19 vaccination progress. The teams will monitor the situation and also suggest remedial actions,” it said.
India reported 46,617 cases and 853 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry. India also crossed the grim milestone of 4 lakh deaths since the start of the pandemic.
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