Centre to Deploy Multi-Disciplinary Teams and Central Nodal Officers in 10 States Amid Omicron Fear
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 25th Dec. Amid the Omicron fear and surge in corona cases across the country, the Union Health Ministry on Saturday said that multi-disciplinary Central teams would be deployed in ten identified states.
“A decision has been taken to deploy multi-disciplinary Central teams to 10 identified States some of which are either reporting an increasing number of Omicron and COVID-19 cases or slow vaccination pace,” said the Union Health Ministry in an official statement.
Multi-disciplinary Central teams will be deployed in Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Mizoram, Karnataka, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Punjab.
“These teams shall be stationed in States allotted for 3 to 5 days & will work along with State Health Authorities,” reads the Union Health Ministry’s letter.
The teams will specifically look at areas of contact tracing, including surveillance, containment operations, and COVID-19 testing including sending of adequate samples from clusters to the INSACOG network for genome sequencing.
These teams will also be responsible for the enforcement of COVID Appropriate Behaviors, availability of hospital beds, sufficient logistics including ambulances, ventilators, medical oxygen etc, and COVID-19 vaccination progress in the states.
“The State level central teams will assess the situation, suggest remedial actions and submit a report every evening by 7 PM on the public health activities being undertaken to both the Central and state government,” the statement further stated.
Meanwhile, as per the Union Health Ministry, India has reported 7,189 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The number of cases of the Omicron variant in the country has risen to 415.
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