The ten states are Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana At a time when the country's cases have lately been rising constantly, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Satuday decided to deploy Central teams to ten states witnessing high case load.
The teams will assist the states' health departments of respective states to facilitate management of Covid-19 outbreak. The teams are composed of a senior official from the MoHFW, a Joint Secretary level nodal officer and a public health expert.
The team shall support the state health department in implementation of containment measures in the affected areas within the respective states’ districts/cities.