Coronavirus: ICMR holds key meet on preventive measures, discusses community transmission

In a significant development, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), which has been medically heing India's fight against coronavirus, is holding a crucial meeting on measures that have been taken so far. Earlier in day, ICMR  h confirmed that re is community transmission of Covid-19 virus yet. development comes after ICMR tested 826 cases to check if re is any community transmission of virus and found results to be negative. 

ICMR is said to have shared details of same with Central government on Thursday. H results turned positive, it would have been a serious concern nationwide as or nations such as Italy, France, Iran are bearing brunt of community transmission of virus leing to lockdown in ir respective countries.

high-level meeting is being attended by ICMR Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava and  All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director Randeep Guleria. It is also reported that discussions about community transmission are being held.

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Government measures

government has anunced numerous measures to combat dely virus. rmal screening is being carried out at airports across country. Ministry has deployed around 30,000 - 35,000 personnel on community surveillance keeping a close watch.

government has also allowed private testing facilities to test patients for Coronavirus, besides alrey functional government testing facilities. Schools and or educational institutions, malls, cinema halls, pubs, gyms and swimming pools have been shut down in order to prevent spre of virus. Also, religious and spiritual places of pilgrim and worship such as Vaishdevi, Shirdi's Saibaba temple and Mumbai's Siddhivinayak temple among ors have been shut down.

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Coronavirus crisis

First detected in Wuhan in December 2019, COVID-19- vel Coronavirus has affected nearly 173 countries in world and one international conveyance-- Diamond Princess cruise ship harboured in Yokohama, Japan. Presently, re are around 219,087 confirmed cases of COVID-19 which has led to death of around 8,961 people. As re is vaccine or specific antiviral medicine to treat COVID-19 yet, countries have been grappling with all possible mechanisms to contain its scope. So far, China, South Korea, Italy, and Iran have witnessed most number of confirmed cases of vel coronavirus.

On March 19, total number of positive cases in India has reached 182. maximum cases of virus have been reported in Maharashtra and Kerala. third death was reported in India on Tuesday in Mumbai's Kasturba Hospital. Earlier, two deaths were reported in Kalaburgi and West Delhi.

Centre has “strongly vised” Indians to avoid all n-essential travel abro. government is also monitoring all suspected cases and has issued preventive visories. Earlier on Saturday, Central government decided to treat dely virus as a "tified disaster", and has since issued even more visories and travel restrictions.

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