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Health Ministry Rushes High-Level Central Team To Jammu To Help In Covid-19 Management
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan (Pic Via Twitter)
Amid spike in the Covid-19 cases in J&K, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has decided to depute a high level Central team to Jammu.
The team comprises of Dr S K Singh Director, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Dr Vijay Hadda, Associate Professor, Department of Pulmonary Critical Care, AIIMS, New Delhi, a statement by the ministry said on Friday (18 September).
The Central team will interact with the district collectors and health officers of Jammu. It will also visit hospitals in Bakshinagar and Gandhinagar.
The team will support the state efforts towards strengthening containment, surveillance, testing and efficient clinical management of the positive cases.
The central team will also guide in effectively managing the challenges related to timely diagnosis and follow up, the statement said.
It should be noted that a special team had visited the Srinagar valley recently. The two-member high level team was led by Dr V K Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog and Dr S K Singh, Director, NCDC was its member. The team had reviewed the status of preparedness for COVID management with the district collectors of the valley.
Jammu on Thursday (17 September) witnessed a spike in cases with 785 fresh cases and 14 deaths being reported. The Jammu division, especially Jammu, is constantly witnessing surge in cases in the past 10 days, reports Hindustan Times.
Jammu’s case tally is 9,429 of which 6,114 are active cases and 117 patients have died so far.
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