Health ministry officials are putting their best efforts in preparing hospitals, laboratories, and proper actions that have been taken for the response of the coronavirus attack.
Do you know nearly 100 Indians from Maharashtra and Kerala are under screening for possible exposure to the coronavirus? Considering this, PMO (Prime minister’s office) this Saturday reviewed India’s preparedness to deal with any dangerous situation that can come across.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that we have not found any positive case in India but still, preventive measures need to be taken with proper care. Samples of 7 passengers have been sent to the ICMR-NIV Pune lab. Sample of 4 passengers have tested and it has been confirmed as negative.
People under home surveillance in Kerala
According to health officials, 172 people in Kerala state are under home surveillance as well as 7 has been kept in several hospitals.99 new passengers have come in the state which makes a total of 179 passengers under the surveillance. Out of these passengers, symptoms have been seen in 7 passengers and they have mild symptoms.
As per today's latest national news, the blood and the respiratory specimen samples of those with mild symptoms have been sent to the national institute of Virology, Pune.
People suffering from Coronavirus in Maharashtra
In Maharashtra, three people had been admitted to the hospital with the symptoms of the coronavirus. Their blood samples have been sent and come as negative but still, they are under observation as precautions because doctors have detected the symptoms of the coronavirus.
Coronavirus response measures
An official source has said that health ministry officials at a meeting in Delhi had represented an update on which proactive measures have been taken to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus in India. This meeting has been held on instructions given by PM Narendra Modi. All the top officials were present there in this meeting. In this meeting, health ministry officials tell about the preparedness of the laboratories and hospitals as well as about the measures that have been taken to deal with the possible cause of the coronavirus and to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. In this meeting, the proactive actions and preventive measures that have been taken by the health ministry have also been reviewed.
Multidisciplinary central teams
Multidisciplinary central teams have been sending to the seven states where there are the chances of the spread of the Coronavirus. Thermal screening has been done at the airports of these 7 states. The names of these states are New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi, and Hyderabad. Every central team consists of the team of a microbiologist, a clinician, and a public health expert. The task of these central teams is to detect if coronavirus can be detected or people are completely safe.
Health ministry official Vardhan who has reviewed the preventive measures taken and proactive actions has also talked with the chief minister of the Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh to assure him regarding the screening at the border with Nepal, where a confirmed case with Coronavirus has been detected. So, proper measures need to be taken. Union Health minister Named Harsh Vardhan has asked the passengers to come forward for the screening test who have a history of traveling in China since January 1, 2020, especially when if someone is suffering from symptoms such as fever, cold, cough, respiratory disease and so on. This is the biggest action taken by the health officials to ensure that there will be no case of coronavirus in India and we can prevent it rather than looking for curing options.
Deaths have been caused because of Coronavirus in China
As per the reports till 25 January 2020, around 1,287 cases have been detected in China who are positive with the Coronavirus and not just that, around 41 deaths have been reported because of Coronavirus.
Apart from China, 28 cases have been detected outside of China and these are as follows. Five cases in Hong Kong, four in Thailand, Three in Taiwan, Two in Macau, two in South Korea, Two in united states, Two in Japan, three in Singapore, two in Vietnam, one in Nepal and one in France. Considering this, it becomes even more important to take proactive measures so India can prevent the spread of coronavirus here.
