The government has made an action plan for strengthening of surveillance network to monitor the spread of COVID-19 in India. In a daily press briefing, the ministry said that a n action plan has been made prepared on strengthening surveillance with the help of WHO’s national polio surveillance network team.
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An action plan has been prepared by the GOI to strengthen surveillance with the help of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) national polio surveillance network team.
The Ministry discussed the micro-plan for clusters and outbreak containment of COVID-19 at district-level was discussed.
India has received 5 lakh testing kits, including rapid antibody test kits, from two Chinese firms for better monitoring and surveillance.
The Ministry stated that 2 lakh rapid COVID-19 test kits received from China are not for early diagnosis, but for surveillance purposes.
