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Early and systematic tracking of high-risk contacts helped Uttar Pradesh step up the fight against COVID-19

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The state of Uttar Pradesh continues to be one of the high-burden states and reported 474 054 cases and 6940 fatalities as of 27 October 2020.

Being the most populous state of India, with a population of more than 199 812 341 (as per 2011 census), its fight against COVID-19 has been particularly challenging.

When the cases surged post lifting of restrictions, as part of its surveillance response activities with support from WHO, the state government put in place a mechanism to evaluate the status and quality of contact tracing to guide policy level decision making for an informed public health response.

The World Health Organization (WHO)- National Public Health Surveillance Project (NPSP) team of medical officers along with 800 field

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