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Nagpur: District-level Task Force formed to fight COVID-19
With an intention to tackle the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Nagpur, a district-level task force comprising multi-disciplinary medical experts has been formed. The task force, which became operational from Monday, is spearheaded by is Dr Ajay Keolia, Dean, IGGMCH and will be co-chaired by Dr Sajal Mitra, Dean, GMCH.
This task force has been formed following a resolution passed by Maharashtra’s Medical Education and Drugs Department. As per the resolution, a task force to fight COVID-19 will be formed in every district of Maharashtra.
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Apart from specialist from various disciplines working in different government facilities, well-known private doctors have also been roped in for involvement in the task force.
These doctors include: Dr Prakash Deo (Community Medicine), Major (Dr) Milind Bhrushundi (HIV and viral diseases), Dr Ravindra Sarnaik (Chest and TB), Dr Vinay Kulkarni (Anesthesiologist), Dr Nirmal Jaiswal (Internal Medicine), among others. The district-level task force will report the state-level task force based in Mumbai.
Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.
Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.
Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.
Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.
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