Covid-19: Centre rushes High-Level Central teams to Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Manipur

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has deputed high-level Central teams to Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Manipur. With the surge in the daily new cases and the spike in the daily fatalities in UT of Delhi, the spillover effect is being observed in the NCR regions within the states of Haryana and Rajasthan where the number of COVID positive patients is on the rise.

Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS New Delhi is leading the three-member team bound for Harayana and Dr. V K Paul, Member (Health), Niti Aayog is heading the Rajasthan team whereas Dr. S K Singh, Director (NCDC) will be leading the Gujarat team. Dr. L Swasticharan, Addl DDG, DHGS is heading the Manipur team.

The teams will visit the districts reporting a high number of COVID cases and support the States' efforts towards strengthening containment, surveillance, testing, infection prevention and control measures, and efficient clinical management of the positive cases.

The Central teams shall also guide in effectively managing the challenges related to timely diagnosis and follow up.

The Union Government has been leading the fight against the global pandemic with a ‘Whole of Government’ and ‘Whole of Society’ approach under the umbrella strategy of ‘Cooperative Federalism’.