Open AccessThe successful containment of COVID-19 outbreak in Union Territory of Ladakh, India, 2020
Author(s) -
Kapil Goel,
Anmol Arora,
Tanveer Rehman,
Phuntsog Angchuk,
Rigzin Samphel,
Tanvi Kiran,
Bijaya Kumar Padhi,
Vineeth Rajagopal,
Jarnail Singh Thakur
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1413_20
Subject(s) - medicine , quarantine , social distance , preparedness , hygiene , sanitation , government (linguistics) , isolation (microbiology) , outbreak , contact tracing , socioeconomics , population , environmental health , covid-19 , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , political science , law , linguistics , philosophy , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , virology , sociology , biology
A three-member central Rapid Response Team (RRT) was deputed to Union Territory of Ladakh on 26 th March 2020, to assess the situation and support the preparedness measures including implementation of cluster containment plan and social distancing measures for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).