Effective Public Health Measures Assist Ladakh in Containment of COVID-19

Dr. (Prof.) Jugal Kishore; Suneet Kaur; Mahesh Waghmare; SK Jain; Himanshu Chauhan; SK Singh

Dr. (Prof.) Jugal Kishore Director Professor and Head of Community Medicine, VMMC Safdarjung, New Delhi, India.
Suneet Kaur Deputy Director, National Center for Disease Control, DGHS, MoHFW, New Delhi, India.
Mahesh Waghmare Deputy Director, National Center for Disease Control, DGHS, MoHFW, New Delhi, India.
SK Jain Adl. Director and Head Epidemiology, NCDC, DGHS, MoHFW, Delhi, India.
Himanshu Chauhan Joint Director & Officer Incharge (IDSP), NCDC, DGHS, MoHFW, Delhi, India.
SK Singh Director, National Center for Disease Control, DGHS, MoHFW, New Delhi, India.

Keywords: COVID-19, Public Health Measures, Containment, Surveillance

Abstract

India has reported more than 90,000 cases and 3029 deaths of COVID-19 from 33 States/ UTs as on 18.05.2020. Central and State governments are taking various public health measures to contain the spread of disease. Central team was deputed to Ladakh to assist the newly created UT to firm up their response against COVID-19 as pilgrims were set to return from Iran from where more than 3000 cases had been reported by early March. The present article gives insight into how streamlining public health preparedness at the beginning of an outbreak can help contain it efficiently.

How to cite this article:
Kishore J, Kaur S, Waghmare M, Jain SK, Chauhan H, Singh SK. Effective Public Health Measures Assist Ladakh in Containment of COVID-19. Epidem Int 2020; 5(3): 6-9.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2455.7048.202020

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