Kolkata/Jalpaiguri (WB), Apr 27 () The inter-ministerial central teams on COVID-19 assessment in WestBengal on Monday toured several areas of East Midnapore andJalpaiguri districts to take stock of the situation athospitals and oversee the implementation of lockdown norms.
The team in Kolkata, led by senior bureaucrat ApurbaChandra, went to Tamluk, Haldia and Paskura in East Midnaporedistrict.
It visited the Baroma Covid Hospital, Paskura,District Hospital in Tamluk and S D Hospital in Haldia.
"At all the three hospitals, the team met seniorofficials and hospital superintendents. They took stock of thesituation, inquired about minute details and data of thepatients," a state government official said.
In Jalpaiguri district, the central team led by seniorofficial Vineet Joshi, visited various hospitals andquarantine centres.
"They visited COVID-19 hospitals at Rajganj and BiswaBangla Sports Centre and a few quarantine centres," anotherofficial said.
Joshi, while speaking to reporters, later, said inseveral areas, people were not adhering to lockdown norms.
There has been a war of words between the West Bengalgovernment and the Centre over the arrival of the two centralteams in the state to assess the coronavirus situation.
The teams have visited several hospitals and hotspotareas in the past couple of days to look into the state'spreparedness for tackling the COVID-19 outbreak. PNTRBT RBT
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