The regional directors under the ministry of health in ten states will coordinate the deployment of these teams with the state health authorities New Delhi: The Centre has decided to deploy 'central public health teams' to at least 20 districts in different states to assist State Health Departments in COVID-19 management.
These districts are reporting the maximum numbers of COVID-19 cases in the country. The teams will be deployed in 20 districts which include- Mumbai, Thane, Pune in Maharashtra; Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodra in Gujarat; South East and Central District in Delhi; Bhopal, Indore in Madhya Pradesh; Chennai in Tamil Nadu, Hyderabad in Telangana; Jaipur, Jodhpur in Rajasthan; Agra, Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh; Kolkata in West Bengal