<span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope has said that they welcome the Centre's move to send a high-level team to the State to support it in COVID-19 management. He said that full support will be given to the team and the State health officials will work in coordination with the Centre.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">       </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had decided to depute two high-level multi-disciplinary teams to Kerala and Maharashtra to collaborate with the State Health Authorities in instituting public health measures for COVID-19 management. At a time when almost all States/Union Territories are showing a declining trend in the number of cases and deaths due to COVID-19, Kerala and Maharashtra continue to report a large number of cases. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">At present, these two States are contributing almost 70 per cent of active COVID-19 cases in the country. The Central team to Maharashtra comprises of experts drawn from National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Dr RML Hospital, New Delhi.</span><br />