Delhi's Maharishi Valmiki Hospital suspends biometric attendance due to coronavirus threat

ministration of Maharishi Valmiki Hospital on Monday has suspended biometric attendance in wake of coronavirus threat. All officers are w required to mark ir attendance in a register. hospital has suspended biometric attendance for its employees as a "precautionary measure" after many of m complained of "psychological unease" over coronavirus scare, a senior official said.

"In view of coronavirus threat, biometric attendance is suspended till furr orders. All officers/officials shall continue to mark ir manual attendance in ir respective attendance registers," re an official statement. attendance is w being marked manually till furr orders, official said, ding that measure has been taken to offer "psychological ease" to employees as y are aware of coronavirus and how it spres.

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Delhi government on February 5 h issued a health visory on vel coronavirus (nCov) and prescribed do's and dont's for public to ward off any infection. An around--clock control room has also been set up at Directorate General of Health Services' hequarters and in 11 districts to dress queries related to virus. Seventeen Delhi residents, out of a large number of passengers who h arrived here from China and or coronavirus-affected countries before screening at airport began around mid-January, have been found symptomatic for infection and hospitalised, officials earlier said.

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Health visory by Delhi govt

In its health visory, Delhi government h asked people to exercise caution, like cleaning hands with soap and water or alcohol-based hand rub; covering se and mouth while coughing; sneezing using tissue; avoiding close contact with anyone with cold or flu-like symptoms; avoiding frozen meat, besides isolation of symptomatic patients for at least 14 days.

Among do's prescribed to people, government asked m to frequently wash hands with soap and water; avoid crowded places; stay more than an arm's length distance from persons sick with flu; take equate sleep and rest, and drink plenty of water and consume a liquid diet and eat nutritious food. It also asked people to avoid frozen meat and shake hands while greeting in public inste of hugging, and t touch surfaces usually used by public such as railings, door gates, avoid smoking in public places; and t go for unnecessary testing.

vel coronavirus disease, dubbed COVID-19 by World Health Organization (WHO), was first detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, in late December 2019 and has since spre to more than 20 or countries.

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(with inputs from ncies)