New Delhi, May 16 -- As per the guidelines issued by the Union Health Ministry, on Friday, May 15, on the measures to be taken up by the healthcare workers deployed in COVID and non-COVID areas of hospitals, the Ministry has asked the health care facilities to activate their Hospital Infection Control Committee (HICC), that holds responsibility for implementing the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) activities and organizing regular training on IPC for its workers.

"All health care workers have undergone training on Infection Prevention and Control and they are aware of common signs and symptoms, need for self-health monitoring and need for prompt reporting of such symptoms," the advisory issued by the Health Ministry read.

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