KINS Desk
Srinagar, Apr 17 (KINS): The government said that 325 districts in the country have not reported any coronavirus case so far because of actions initiated at the field level. According to the health Ministry statement available with news agency KINS, there are 27 other districts also where no positive case has been reported since last 14 days.
“So far as many as 1515 patients have recovered and discharged from the hospitals while 420 patients have died so far” it said.
An official from Health Ministry said the implementation of containment strategies in some districts which had earlier reported COVID-19 cases, have yielded positive results. One of them is, Mahe district of Puducherry which has reported no case since last 28 days.Union Health Minister held a video conference with health functionaries and field officers of World Health Organisation, in which a micro-plan for clusters and outbreak containment of COVID-19 at district-level was discussed”.
The statement said that action plan has been prepared on strengthening the country’s ongoing surveillance by utilizing the services of WHO’s national polio surveillance network team.Health Minister has held an interaction with industry leaders and assured that their concerns will be addressed”.
It said that an advisory for safe drinking water practices during lockdown has been issued and the Public health department has been advised to augment water supplies with special focus on relief camps and for vulnerable sections of the society”.
The statement further reads that the Home Ministry Representative said, “The states have strengthened their efforts in implementing lockdown measures and the situation regarding essential commodities is satisfactory. Air, rail, road travel as well as services by the cab aggregators will be suspended till the 3rd of next month”.(KINS)
