COVID-19 surge: Central team deployed at Kumbh Mela site

New Delhi, March

Amid COVID 10 surge a three member high-level central team led by SK Singh, Director, National Centre for Disease Control has been deployed at Haridwar to review medical care and public health arrangements for Kumbh Mela from April 1.

The team will focus on the status of implementation of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the Kumbh Mela issued by Ministry of Health in the context of implementing preventive measures to contain spread of COVID19 during Kumbh Mela. It will also review the implementation of its field level recommendations given to the state during its last visit, a month back.