Centre Rushes High-level Teams To 10 States/UT Witnessing Surge In COVID Infections
Mumbai: With coronovirus cases rising again by India, the Center on Wednesday left multi-disciplinary teams in 10 states/union territories including Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir to support in tackling the pandemic.
The Health Ministry said that these parties will work closely with the states and union territories and find out the reasons for the increase in recent COVID-19 cases. They will also coordinate with the health authorities of states and union territories for the COVID-19 control measures required to break the transmission chain.
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The three-member multi-disciplinary teams are headed by Joint Secretary level officers in the Ministry of Health. Central teams have been deputed in Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir.
Meanwhile, the Center has also written to Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir which saw an increase in daily COVID cases along with decreasing ratios of RT-PCR tests and an increase in positivity.
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In the letter, the Union Health Secretary has inspired Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir to focus on aggressive measures to break the chain of transmission and ensure RT-PCR testing. These states and UTs have been advised to increase testing in a focussed manner in the affected districts with the appropriate split of RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests and to also ensure that all symptomatic negatives of antigen tests are compulsorily tested via RT-PCR tests, the ministry said.
The Center has reminded states and union territories that any laxity in implementing stringent measures to prevent the spread, especially given the new strain of viruses seen in some countries, could complicate the situation.
The Union Health Secretary has separately requested the Chief Secretaries of these 10 states and union territories to provide time to these high-level central teams to spoil the concerned Chief Secretaries at the conclusion of their state visit.
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