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A high-level team despatched by the Centre to Kerala following the diagnosis of monkeypox infection in the state arrived in the capital Thiruvananthapuram on Sa
Updated Mar 16, 2021 | 12:16 IST
Maharashtra is at the beginning of second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. There is very limited active effort to track, test, isolate cases and quarantine contacts, the Central team of Union Health Ministry said. Representational Image
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The Central team noted that the absence of rigorous tracing, testing and containment is leading to sustained community transmission
The team noted that measures such as lockdown and night curfew have very limited impact on suppressing the transmission
Mumbai: Taking a strong exception of the laxity shown by district authorities in Maharashtra, the Central team of the Union Health Ministry has warned that the state is seeing the second wave of COVID-19.
Updated Mar 07, 2021 | 16:53 IST
The three-member team comprising Joint Secretary of Health Ministry Nipun Vinayak, visited the state on March 1 and 2 to review the COVID-19 situation in the state. Representational Image | Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: Pandemic fatigue, lack of fear of the disease among people and super spreaders are among possible factors behind the surge in the cases of coronavirus in Maharashtra, a central team of experts that visited the state has said, urging the state to not let its guard down.
The three-member team comprising Joint Secretary of Health Ministry Nipun Vinayak, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Deputy Director Sanket Kulkarni and National Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases Professor Ashish Ranjan visited the state on March 1 and 2 to review the COVID-19 situation in the state.