India
Central teams rushed to 6 states reporting increased Covid-19 cases
The Health Ministry on Friday said that the central government has sent six high-level multi-disciplinary public health teams to six states reporting a high number of COVID-19 cases.
The teams will assist the states of Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Manipur in COVID-19 control and containment measures.
The Ministry added that the teams will gather a first-hand understanding of the challenges and issues being faced by the respective states and strengthen their ongoing activities by removing bottlenecks.
“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.