Hyderabad, Apr 25 () Amid the coronavirus spread,an Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) on Saturday visitedTelangana to assess the COVID-19 situation.
The IMCT was led by Arun Baroka, AddltionalSecretary, Ministry of Jal Shakti.
The Central team appreciated the initiatives takenby the State government to contain COVID-19 in the state, anofficial release said.
Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar made adetailed presentation on the steps taken by the stategovernment to contain the spread of COVID-19.
The Chief Secretary informed the team that all thedepartments are working as a team and prepared overallstrategy for managing the COVID-19, the release said.
Earlier, the team visited the 1,500-bedded COVID-19hospital set up by the state government at Gachibowli and alsothe kitchen of Akshaya Patra Foundation where food, served tothe migrant workers and the poor in the city, is prepared.
A 14-storied sports facility at Gachibowli in thecity has been converted into a COVID-19 hospital by the stategovernment in just 20 days.
State government officials explained about thefacilities arranged at the hospital, another release said.
The team saw the ICU, emergency wards, isolationwards and others at the Gachibowli hospital , it said.
The team members enquired whether different protocolcommittees have been formed as per the guidelines issued bythe Union Health Ministry and whether medical and para medicalpersonnel have been trained on the precautions to be taken andothers, it said.
During its visit to the main kitchen of AkshayaPatra Foundation, the team was told that about 1.50 lakhpeople are provided meals, in the afternoon and evening, everyday.
Food is served through the 'Annapurna' canteens ofthe Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC),representatives of the Foundation told the team.
The Central representatives asked about quality offood, hygiene, transportation and distribution and others, therelease added.
Observing that the COVID-19 situation is "especiallyserious" in major or emerging hotspots like Ahmedabad, Surat,Hyderabad, Chennai and Thane, the Centre on Friday rushedinter-ministerial central teams(IMCT) to monitor the situationin these cities.
The IMCTs would use expertise of the centralgovernment and augment the states' efforts to fight andcontain the spread of COVID-19 effectively, the Centre said.
Other members in the IMCT team are ChandrashekharGedam, Sr Public Health Specialist, Hemlatha, Director,National Institute of Nutrition, Ministry of Health and FamilyWelfare, S S Thakur, Director, Ministry of Consumers Affairsand Shekhar Chaturvedi, Associate Professor, NationalInstitute of Disaster Management. SJR BNWELCOME BNWELCOME
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