<span style="color: #222222;">Union Home Secretary and Health Secretary today jointly reviewed the measures for containing the spread of COVID-19 infection in the Union Territories. These UTs are Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.<br />'' <br />'' Both the Secretaries advised the senior officers of all these UTs to ensure that the administrative officers, medical professionals, para-medical staff and other people associated with containing spread of COVID-19 infection and management of COVID-19 situation work in close tandem.<br />'' <br />'' The Union Territories were advised to ramp up COVID testing facilities, maintain effective surveillance for early identification of COVID positive cases, effective contact tracing, augmenting house to house surveillance by medical teams and enforcement of containment measures in the Containment Zones.<br />''<br />''The UTs were also advised to ensure enforcement of precautionary measures like maintaining social distancing, sanitization and wearing of masks.</span>