New Delhi, November 19
The Center has swiftly dispatched high-level teams to Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Manipur, where they will visit districts reporting large numbers of COVID-19 cases and support the state’s efforts to strengthen containment, surveillance, testing and monitoring. efficient clinical management of positive cases. .
With an increase in daily new COVID-19 cases and deaths in Delhi, the spillover effect was being observed in the NCR regions within Haryana and Rajasthan, where the number of COVID-positive patients was on the rise, the ministry said. Union Health on Thursday.
Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS, New Delhi, leads the three-member team to Haryana, and Dr. VK Paul, Member (Health), Niti Aayog, leads the team from Rajasthan.
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The Health Ministry has said that Dr. SK Singh, Director (NCDC), will lead the team to Gujarat, while Dr. L Swasticharan, Additional DDG, DHGS, is heading the Manipur team.
The teams will visit districts reporting large numbers of COVID cases and support the state’s efforts to strengthen containment, surveillance, testing, infection prevention and control measures, and efficient clinical management of positive cases.
The core teams would also guide in the effective management of challenges related to timely diagnosis and monitoring, the ministry said. PTI
