UP forms district-level panels to curb Covid-19 infection from hospitals

Against the backdrop of reports suggesting that the coronavirus (Covid-19) infection is also spreading from hospitals, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to form district-level panels comprising representatives from different agencies, including the World Health Organisation (WHO), to ensure that the virus does not spread from healthcare facilities.

These panels would be tasked with inspecting the district government and private hospitals offering emergency medical services and ensuring they follow the standard infection protection protocol, UP medical, health and family welfare principal secretary Amit Mohan Prasad said here on Saturday.

Each of the district panels would be headed by an additional chief medical