Form response teams to stop transmission
India yesterday said that in addition to coronavirus cases related to travel, some cases of community transmission have also been observed in the country.
"Since, in addition to COVID 19 cases related to travel, some cases of community transmission have also been observed, it has been decided to involve district collectors and States have been asked to form rapid response teams as the district, block and village levels," the Indian Health Ministry said in a statement.
Separately, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan told the Rajya Sabha in a suo motu statement that the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus has gone up to 29 as of Wednesday. Of these, three from Kerala have recovered and have been discharged, he added.
Universal screening of air passengers coming from abroad has been mandated since Wednesday and started in most airports from last evening, he said.
According to Vardhan, a total of 3,542 samples have been sent for testing, of which 29 have been found to be positive for coronavirus till now. Testing of 92 samples is in process and 23 samples are being reconfirmed.
In the last three days, new travel-related cases have tested positive. These include one in Delhi and Telangana. Both the persons are clinically stable.
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