The Central Government has rushed high level multidisciplinary public health teams to Maharashtra and Punjab in view of the increase in number of daily new COVID-19 cases being consistently reported by these States. <br />''<br />''hey are being deployed to assist the State Health Departments in COVID-19 surveillance, control and containment measures.<br />''<br />''The high level team to Maharashtra will be led by Dr. P Ravindran . The public health team to Punjab will be led by Dr. S K Singh, Director, National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The teams visit the States immediately and will visit the hotspot areas in the States and ascertain reasons for the surge. They will also brief the Chief Secretary and Home Secretary on their observations and remedial measures to be undertaken by the State Health authorities.</span><br />