An SOP for District COVID-19 Response Cell can be obtained from SOP For State / District Control Room. 

This SOP describes the need to setup the following sub-teams:

The latest updates can be obtained from the Indian Council of Medical Research Website at https://icmr.nic.in

Check if a diagnostic testing kit has been approved by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). 

ICMR has approved all US-FDA and European-CE approved kits as well.

To check the list of approved antibody-based kits. (Antibody based kits are not approved for diagnosis on the data of release of this report, however, this may be useful if they are needed for pre-screening).

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has issued guidelines for transporting a suspect or confirmed case.

This document includes the following :

The National Center for Disease Control provides guidelines for setting up Quarantine Facilities. Click to access the NCDC Guidelines for Isolation Facility/Ward.

The National Center for Disease Control provides guidelines for setting up Quarantine Facilities. Click to access the NCDC Guidelines for Quarantine Facilities.

PPE to be used under various hospital conditions (taken from guidance of MoHFW on Rational Use of PPE).

Frontline health workers have the responsibility, the reach and the influence within the community to be effective agents in efforts to prevent and contain the spread of the pandemic and dealing with its impact. COVID-19 Facilitator Guide Response and Containment Measures Training toolkit for ANM, ASHA, AWW, published by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is a training module for designated COVID-19 trainers with the Health frontline functionary viz the ANM and the ASHA.

Collaboration will be one of the most critical strategies for the proper execution of the plan. We should have collaboration at all levels - at the govt level among different departments and institutions and amongst different civil society organisations.

Collaboration will serve these important purposes:

As mentioned above, the crux of this response will be scale and skill. Thus we require a large number of volunteers to handle/ deliver such a response. Thus we need to plan ahead and mobilize a pool of local volunteers in each area. Understanding and knowledge of local language and culture will be very critical for these volunteers.

Also a proper orientation on emergency response, process of ensuring their own safety and how to handle mental stress while working on such a health and humanitarian crisis will be needed.