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Centre's team rushed to Jammu to help strengthen COVID-19 containment measures

New Delhi
September 18, 2020

Jammu has so far reported 9,428 infections and has 6,115 active cases of Coronavirus infections, the ministry said, adding the total cases one week ago were 6,878.
Jammu has been reporting doubling time of 15.4 days, recovery rate of 33.9 % and case fatality rate of 1.24 %.

The team comprises Dr. S K Singh, Director, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Dr. Vijay Hadda, Professor, Department of Pulmonary Critical Care, AIIMS, New Delhi, the ministry said. A special team had visited the Srinagar valley recently. The two member high level team was led by Dr. V K Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog and Dr. S K Singh, Director, NCDC was its member.

"The current Centre's team shall interact with district collectors and health officers of Jammu. It shall also visit hospitals in Bakshinagar and Gandhinagar," the ministry said. The team will support efforts towards strengthening containment, surveillance, testing and efficient clinical management of positive cases. The Central team shall also guide in effectively managing challenges related to timely diagnosis and follow up, the ministry said.