New Delhi, Aug 29 (UNI) In the wake of rising number of COVID-19 positive cases in the Union Territories (UTs), the Centre on Saturday advised the Governments of Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to ramp up the COVID-19 testing, maintain effective surveillance for early detection of COVID positive cases and contact tracing, augmenting house-to-house surveillance by medical/para-medical teams; and better monitoring of home isolation cases.
In a meeting held on August 29 through video-conferencing, the Union Home Secretary, the Health Secretary, along with senior officers of the Union Home Ministry, Health Ministry and officials of the UTs, jointly reviewed the measures for containing spread of COVID-19 infection in these Union Territories.
The Union Home Secretary asked the UT officials to step up measures, such as clear demarcation and enforcement of containment measures in the Containment Zones, augment health infrastructure like beds, oxygenated beds, ventilators, ICU beds, ambulances, generate public awareness about preventive steps and personal hygiene.