All-out efforts are being put to control the Corona Virus from spreading in the country. The Telangana Government has decided to set up a special hospital for isolating the patients with Corona here on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
i) Universal screening is being done for travellers from 12 countries for all the flights from China, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Nepal, Indonesia, Iran and Italy at the earmarked aero-bridges
ii) Passengers are being screened at 21 airports, 12 major seaports and 65 minor seaports and land crossings particularly bordering Nepal. A total of 5, 57,431 passengers have been screened at the airports, and 12,431 at the seaports
iii) Passengers are further monitored under community surveillance through IDSP network on a daily basis. Also, 25,738 passengers are under community surveillance of the IDSP network.
iv) 15 labs are functional and 19 more will be made operational soon
v) Total of 3245 samples was sent out for testing, of which 3217 were found negative, 5 samples positive and 23 Samples are under testing.
vi) Indian citizens advised avoiding non-essential travel to Singapore, Republic of Korea, Iran and Italy. Health Ministry is monitoring the evolving global scenario. Restrictions may be further extended to other countries, as per the situation
vii) People coming from Republic of Korea, Iran and Italy or having such travel history since 10th February 2020 may be quarantined for 14 days on arrival to India.
viii) More than 3695 Gram Sabha meetings have been conducted in 21 Bordering Districts in 5 States (Uttarakhand, Bihar, UP, West Bengal and Sikkim). As of now 10, 24,922 persons have been screened at the Nepal border.
ix) Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), N95 masks etc., are available in adequate quantity
x) In case of any symptoms report to a nearest public health facility or call at the Health Ministry 24×7 Control Room 011-23978046 or email at ncov2019@gmail.com
xi) Three meetings of the GoM on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) held in last one month. PM had constituted the GoM under the chairmanship of Health Minister with a mandate to review, monitor and evaluate the preparedness and measures taken regarding the management of Novel Coronavirus
