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Govt issues guidelines for management of dead bodies infected with Covid-19

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Govt issues guidelines for management of dead bodies infected with Covid-19 Guidelines include precautionary measures, infection prevention and control measures and environmental disinfection measures Current Affairs   : The Health Ministry on Tuesday gave rules that have been framed for the administration of dead bodies contaminated with novel coronavirus (Covid-19) to characterize a lot of conventions in dealing with such caases. In a press preparation, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry Lav Aggarwal gave insights regarding these. Rules for dead body the board towards safeguards, contamination anticipation and control measures, treatment of body and natural sterilization have been shaped. Lav Aggarwal likewise said that all tests for coronavirus at private labs ought to be offered when recommended by a certified doctor as indicated by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) rules. “Private labs testing is to guarantee constant answering to Integrated Disease S...

Govt, ICMR issue guidelines for private laboratories to test for Covid-19

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Govt, ICMR issue guidelines for private laboratories to test for Covid-19 The Ministry and ICMR have urged the laboratories to conduct Covid-19 tests for free Current Affairs   : The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday opened the testing of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases to private division indicative labs to improve the procedure of warm screening the nation over. The Ministry and ICMR have given rules for private research centers to direct Covid-19 tests and asked these foundations to lead the tests liberated from cost. The private places would work under the space of ICMR. The ICMR has additionally reexamined the criteria for testing coronavirus patients. As per theinstitution, an individual should home isolate himself/herself for 14 days on the off chance that they create indications. The ICMR is going to operationalise two quick testing research facilities, and 49 extra testing habitats before the c...

Coronavirus can be controlled: Over 68,000 have recovered so far globally

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Coronavirus can be controlled: Over 68,000 have recovered so far globally Over 50,000 people have recovered in China’s Hubei province, which is the worst-hit; Iran has seen over 2,900 recoveries Current Affairs :The Coronavirus episode has taken the world by a tempest, with governments all around scrambling to control the flare-up, which has so far contaminated more than 125,000 individuals and slaughtered more than 4,500 across 114 nations. Indeed, even as the infection powers nations to isolate residents, lock down fringes and suspend voyages, the quantity of recuperations over the world so far has been 68,000, as per information grouped by the Johns Hopkins University and Medicine. The information show that more than 50,000 individuals have recouped in China’s Hubei area alone. Hubei has been the most influenced by the flare-up. Iran, additionally influenced severely and confronting challenges attributable to a few US approvals and poor clinical offices, has seen more t...