The central government has sent six high-level multi-disciplinary public health teams to six states reporting a high number of COVID-19 cases.
The teams will assist these six states - Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Manipur - in COVID-19 control and containment measures, the Health Ministry said on Friday.
The two-member high-level team to these states consists of a clinician and a public health expert.
These teams will gather a first-hand understanding of the challenges and issues being faced by the respective state governments and help them strengthen their ongoing activities, the government said.
"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. The teams will monitor the situation and also suggest remedial actions," it said.
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