The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday said it has deputed a high-level multi-disciplinary team to Mumbai to take stock of the upsurge of measles cases in the city.
The team will assist the state health authorities in instituting public health measures and facilitate operationalisation of requisite control and containment measures, it said.
The three-member central team to Mumbai comprises experts drawn from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, and the Regional Office for Health and Family Welfare, Pune, Maharashtra.
The team is headed by Dr Anubhav Srivastava, Deputy Director, Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), NCDC, the ministry.
The team will also undertake field visits to investigate the outbreak and assist the state health departments in terms of public health measures, management guidelines and protocols to manage the increasing cases of measles being reported in Mumbai, it added.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Featured Video Of The Day
Mumbai's Nair Hospital Assistant Professor Suspended Over Sexual Harassment Of Student Mob Beats Biker After Alleged Attack On Woman In Mumbai Road Rage: Cops Gym Owner Charged For Raping Woman On Pretext Of Giving Job In Mumbai 1000s Of Pagers Explode Across Lebanon, Several Hezbollah Members Injured IndiGo Flight Tailstrike Leaves Huge Dent During Take-Off From Delhi Airport Video: Leopard Spotted Crossing Road In Bengaluru's Electronic City Instagram Rolls Out "Teen Accounts" With Parental Control For Underage Users All You Need To Know About Atishi, Set To Be Delhi's Youngest Chief Minister IndiGo Flight Tailstrike Leaves Huge Dent During Take-Off From Delhi Airport Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.