Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Sarda on Saturday held a high-level review meeting with senior officers of the Health Ministry, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), and National Cooperative Development Corporation (India) in Delhi to review preparedness and take required steps for prevention and management of Novel Coronavirus in India. The health minister has also written to the chief ministers of all states to review the state preparedness for control and management of nCoV. Providing an update on the effect of the virus in the county, he said that no nCoV case has been detected, however, eleven persons have been put under observation. Earlier as precautionary measures, the Ministry of Health had instructed screening of international travellers from China at seven airports. Ministry of Health apprised the Ministry of External Affairs about the issue, and immigration officers at the airports have been sensitized about the outbreak.

Source: dna January 25, 2020 11:37 UTC