Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba reviewed the actions and preparedness for the management of novel coronavirus with Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories through video conferencing yesterday.<br />'' <br />'' He emphasized upon actions like surveillance at points of entry (PoE), surveillance in the community, laboratory support and hospital preparedness.<br />'' <br />'' Mr Gauba called upon States to scale up logistics, quarantine facilities, capacity building, information management and risk communication.<br />'' <br />'' One more new case has been reported from Punjab. As of now there are 44 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country. As many as 11,913 cases are under Integrated Disease Surveillance program (IDSP) community followup.<br />'' <br />'' 404 Indian contacts of the US citizen tested positive in Bhutan have been identified and put under surveillance in Assam.<br />'' <br />'' A total of 9 lakh 41 thousand 717 international passengers from 8 thousand 827 flights have been screened at airports till now with 54 passengers being referred to IDSP or hospitals.<br />'' <br />'' To meet the increasing demand and convenient screening of passengers, manpower deployed at airports have been substantially increased.<br />''<br />''There are now 286 doctors, 160 nurses and 295 paramedics stationed at airports across the country.<br />
News On AIR | March 10, 2020 1:17 PM
Cabinet Secretary reviews actions, preparedness for management of coronavirus with Chief Secretaries of all States and UTs