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New Delhi : Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has decided to deploy Central teams to 10 states that have witnessed/are witnessing high case load and high spurt in Coronavirus cases. The teams will assist the State Health departments of respective states to facilitate management of COVID-19 outbreak.
The teams comprise a senior official from the MoHFW, a Joint Secretary level nodal officer, and a public health expert each. The team shall support the State health department in implementation of containment measures in the affected areas within the respective states’ districts/cities.
The teams are being sent to the following States: 1. Gujarat 2. Tamil Nadu 3. Uttar Pradesh 4. Delhi 5. Rajasthan 6. Madhya Pradesh 7. Punjab 8. West Bengal 9. Andhra Pradesh 10.Telangana
This is besides the 20 central teams of public health experts who were earlier sent to the high case load districts. A high level team had recently been deputed to Mumbai to support the State efforts in COVID-19 response and management, according to a PIB release.