A three-member central team arrived here on Thursday to study the coronavirus infection among the Border Security Force (BSF) troopers and their kin, as the positive cases in Tripura climbed to 152.
The central team, led by G.K. Medhi, Professor and Head of the Department of Community Medicine of the Shillong-based North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), will study the source and other aspects of the coronavirus infection among troopers, officials and their family members.
"Soon after arrival, the team held discussions with officials of the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) through video link," a senior Tripura Health Department official told IANS.
On Friday, the central team would visit two BSF battalions headquarters in Ambassa, the district town of Dhalai, 82 km north of Agartala. The NCDC and the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) officials would help the team, he said.