India, Sept. 26 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Thursday, September 25, made its Metropolitan Surveillance Unit (MSU) operational at the hands of the head of the unit and assistant health officer, Dr Vaishali Jadhav. Since 2021, the PMC had been working to set up the unit; it finalised a 5,000 square feet space in Jawale Bhavan, Kasba Peth, in May this year. The unit will help monitor, prevent, and control infectious disease outbreaks in the city, officials said.

The MSU staff underwent a three-day training programme between September 23 and 25, jointly conducted by the PMC and National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Delhi. On September 25, a coordination meeting of various stakeholder departments was held under the chairm...