Rock Garden, Chandigarh
New Delhi: Following surge in COVID-19 cases, Centre today rushed two high level multidisciplinary teams to Chhattisgarh and Chandigarh to work with the respective Governments there to ascertain the reasons for surge, assist in undertaking gap analysis and recommend requisite COVID-19 control and containment measures.
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated that the team to Chhattisgarh was headed by Dr. S K Singh, Director, National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) and had experts from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur and All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health. The team to Chandigarh was led by Vijoy Kumar Singh, Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Textiles with experts drawn from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi.
Chhattisgarh has recently witnessed a significant spurt in fresh COVID cases as well as new deaths every day. Chandigarh has also seen a significant surge in new cases. The deployed teams would visit the most affected districts/hotspots to take a stock of on-ground implementation of public health interventions. They will share the key findings, recommendations and remedial measures to be taken up with the Chief Secretary/Chief Administrator, the Ministry stated.
– global bihari bureau
