The Centre has deputed high-level multi-disciplinary teams to 10 states for supporting them in public health measures for Covid-19 response and management. The states are Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Jammu and Kashmir.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the health ministry said that the teams will work closely with the states and Union Territories to find out the cause of the recent surge in coronavirus cases. They will also coordinate with health authorities of the state concerned to take measures to break the chain of transmission of the infection, it said. The three-member teams are led by joint secretary-level officers of the health ministry.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan also wrote a letter to Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir – states that have witnessed a surge in cases, along with decreasing proportion of RT-PCR tests and…