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New Delhi : As many as twenty Central Public Health Teams have been formed by Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and being sent to the 20 districts that are reporting the maximum number of COVID-19 cases in the country.
These districts are: 1. Mumbai, Maharashtra 2. Ahmedabad, Gujarat 3. Delhi (South East) 4. Indore, Madhya Pradesh 5. Pune, Maharashtra 6. Jaipur, Rajasthan 7. Thane, Maharashtra 8. Surat, Gujarat 9. Chennai, Tamil Nadu 10. Hyderabad, Telangana 11. Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 12. Jodhpur, Rajasthan 13. Delhi (Central) 14. Agra, Uttar Pradesh 15. Kolkata, West Bengal 16. Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh 17. Vadodara, Gujarat 18. Guntur, Andhra Pradesh 19. Krishna, Andhra Pradesh and 20. Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
These teams will support the States in implementation of containment measures for COVID-19 in the affected areas within these districts/cities. The teams shall assist the State Governments, according to a PIB release.