Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri: Screening of passengers coming from all parts of the world is being carried on at 30 Indian airports and 6.5 lakh passengers have been screened.
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The Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Giriraj Singh, has allayed fears that the coronavirus (COVID-19) can be transmitted from animals to humans or vice versa, by consuming eggs, chicken or fish.
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The Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Harsh Vardhan reviewed the status of preparedness in terms of availability of beds, isolation wards, and laboratory readiness for high test volumes.
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The information generated from whole genome sequencing can help design a genome-wide association array for the Indian population to develop precision healthcare and diagnostics.
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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, via a press communication, stated that one more person has tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Officials of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Bureau of Immigration, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), and Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) were also present during the meeting.
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Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla urged all officials to ensure that round-the-clock deployment of doctors, with requisite testing kits and other medical supplies, be done so that screening is done at full capacity.
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The new travel advisory will be enforced from midnight, 10 March. It is a temporary measure until cases of COVID-19 subside.
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A total of 3,542 samples have been sent for testing, of which, 29 have been found to be positive for COVID-19 till now.
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“We have to work as a unit to combat the threat due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) in India and a coordinated effort is needed,” said the Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Harsh Vardhan.
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Decisions were taken to rapidly implement opening of proper testing, isolation, and quarantine facilities in various parts of the country, down to the district level, in partnership with state govts.
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A Working Group consisting of members from India and Ivory Coast will be set up to further elaborate the details of cooperation and to oversee the implementation of the MoU.
Read moreThese are the ones who have come in contact with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patient from New Delhi, reported yesterday. They have been kept in isolation. Their samples are being sent to NIV, Pune, for confirmation.
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MoS Health & Family Welfare, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, stated in the Rajya Sabha, that condom boxes have been set up in health facilities to enable clients to access them in privacy.
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Coronavirus: Indian citizens are advised to refrain from travel to China, Iran, Republic of Korea, Italy and advised to avoid non-essential travel to other COVID-19 affected countries.
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Prime Minister Modi: Different ministries & states are working together, from screening people arriving in India to providing prompt medical attention.
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To create awareness about the Ayushman Bharat scheme and facilitate easy availing of benefits, paper-based e-cards are being issued to the beneficiaries, after verifying their identity.
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So far 5,57,431 passengers have been screened at the airports, and 12,431 at the seaports. Passengers are further monitored under community surveillance through IDSP network on a daily basis.
Read moreThe person from Delhi has a travel history from Italy, while the one from Telangana has a travel history from Dubai.
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Professor Gagandeep Kang delivered a special talk on ‘Preparedness, Response, and Research when Epidemics and News go Viral’, on National Science Day.
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