The Central government has rushed two-member expert teams to six states that have been showing increase in Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) case load, to assist in control and containment measures.
“The Centre has today deputed multi-disciplinary teams to Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Manipur in view of the increased number of Covid-19 cases being reported by these states,” confirmed Union ministry of health and family welfare on Friday.
The two-member high level team to these states consists of a clinician and a public health expert. Teams will be supporting the states in their efforts for targeted Covid response and management, and effectively tackling the pandemic.
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The team to Manipur will be led by Dr L Swasticharan, additional DDG and director, emergency medical response EMR; team to Arunachal Pradesh will be led by Dr Sanjay Sadhukhan, professor, All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health (AIIH & PH); for Tripura Dr RN Sinha, director-professor, (AIIH & PH); for Kerala Dr Ruchi Jain, public health specialist; for Odisha Dr A Dan, public health specialist (AIIH & PH); and for Chhattisgarh Dr Dibakar Sahu, assistant professor, AIIMS Raipur, will lead the team.
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. They will monitor the situation and also suggest remedial actions, according to the health ministry.
{{/usCountry}}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. They will monitor the situation and also suggest remedial actions, according to the health ministry.
{{/usCountry}}The Centre has been deputing teams from time to time to visit various states and Union Territories. These teams interact with the state authorities and get a first-hand understanding of the challenges and issues being faced by them so as to strengthen their ongoing activities and remove bottlenecks, if any.