Central team in Chandigarh for 10 days

Naina Mishra

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 6

A Central team sent by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to address the challenges in dealing with the Covid pandemic and strengthening public health measures in the UT, which has been witnessing a high number of cases, will hold a meeting with the stakeholders in the Administration tomorrow.

TESTS PER MILLION

Chandigarh 33,434
National avg 40,327

Prof PVN Laxmi of Community Medicine, PGI, and Sahil Goel, Deputy Director, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), are the members of the Central team.

Prof Laxmi said, “We will be looking into measures taken by the Chandigarh Administration and identify gaps, if any. We will make some recommendations to address the problems. We will hold a meeting with the stakeholders on Monday to review the situation.”

The team will be in the city for 10 days. It will provide extended guidance in managing the Covid pandemic. The team members will visit areas reporting a high number of cases, including containment zones, to checking containment and surveillance, infection prevention and control practices besides reviewing testing and the status of health facilities for Covid-19 patients.

The team will submit a daily report of the activities undertaken by it to the District Magistrate with a copy marked to the Joint Secretary (Public Health), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Chandigarh has 2,250 active cases whereas its cumulative cases stand at 5,763. The number of tests per million and cumulative positivity stand at 33,434 and 16 per cent, respectively.