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Covid surge: Center rushes teams to affected states

 DTMT NETWORK
The central government has rushed multi-disciplinary teams to Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to check upsurge of Covid cases and help curb further spread.

The three –member multidisciplinary teams headed by joint secretary level officers in the Health Ministry will support states in public health measures for targeted Covid response and management, and effectively tackling the pandemic.

The teams will also coordinate with health authorities of the states and union territories for requisite Covid control measures to break the chain of transmission.

The government has directed affected states for regular critical review of the emerging situation with concerned district officials to ensure that gains made so far in Covid management are not lost.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has directed these states to focus on undertaking aggressive measures to break the chain of transmission and to ensure that RT-PCR testing is amplified to flush out hitherto undetected cases from the population.

He has advised to increase testing in a focused 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 positive persons must be promptly isolated/hospitalised, all their close contacts be traced and also tested without delay.

The Centre has reminded the states  that any laxity in implementing stringent measures to curb the spread, especially in view of new strain of virus observed in certain countries, could compound the situation.


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