Govt constitutes high level committee of medical experts for prevention & control of COVID-19

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Mar 22, 2020

2:30PM

Govt constitutes high level committee of medical experts for prevention & control of COVID-19

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The government has constituted a high level technical committee of Public Health Experts for COVID-19 to guide the prevention and control activities in the country.

The 21 member committee will be headed by NITI Aayog member Dr V K Paul. Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan and Director General Indian Council of Medical Research are the Co-Chair.

Besides, Director, AIIMS, Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director of National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi Dr Sujeet Singh, Director of Institute of Infectious Diseases, Pune Dr Sanjay Pujari and Additional Chief Secretary of Kerala Dr Rajan Khobragade are among the members of the Task Force.