Chandigarh admin suspends bio-metric attendance in institutions amid COVID-19 scare

Chandigarh ministrator VP Bre has suspended bio-metric attendance system in government/private institutions till furr tice. anuncement comes after multiple cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in India.

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bio-metric attendance

" Chandigarh ministration has taken all measures with regard to containment measures being taken to avoid spre of said disease by setting up 24X7 helpline, dedicated ambulance and fully equipped isolation wards in all three hospitals namely GMSH-16, GMCH-32& PGIMER," an official release of Chandigarh ministration said.

tification also stated that traffic police will t be using a breath analyser to check for alcohol levels. "Police department was also directed to stop us of breath analyser being used for checking alcohol level as a containment measure in controlling spre of disease till furr orders." 

In India, 32 cases of virus have been confirmed. However, person has died due to virus. On Friday, Health Ministry has also vised citizens from across country to avoid mass garings. In a tification issued on Friday morning, Ministry stated that all mass garings may be "avoided or postponed till disease spre is contained."

  tification furr stated that if mass garings are organised, states will have to take "necessary action to guide organizers on precautions to be taken as per risk communication material alrey sent so as to avoid any Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) cases and Influenza-Like Illness (ILIs) including Covid-19."

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Coronavirus outbreak

Globally, more than 3,200 people have died, with epicentre being in China. virus has infected more than 1,02,000 people globally and has w spre to rth America South America, Europe, New Zealand, and as many as 80 or countries. 

On March 1, UN Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock today released US$15 million from Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to help fund global efforts to contain virus. anuncement came soon after WHO upgred global risk of coronavirus outbreak to "very high" – its top level of risk assessment. WHO has said re is still a chance of containing virus if its chain of transmission is broken.

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(with inputs from ANI)