Covid-19 India: Aviation Ministry Releases Updated SOPs for International Travellers
The updated SOP will come in effect from 11:59 pm on February 22. The SOP has been prepared by the Ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW).
| 18 Feb 2021 11:15 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation on Wednesday released updated guidelines for the international passengers coming to India in view of the rising cases of the South Africa and Brazil mutant strain of Covid-19 in India. The updated Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) will come into effect at 11: 59 PM on February 22.
The SOP has been prepared by the Ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW).
Covid-19: Maharashtra reports rise in fresh cases
February 17, 2021
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The Covid-19 numbers are rising in Maharashtra and on Wednesday the State Public Health Department reported 4,787 new cases. Two weeks ago the numbers were 2,992. As on today, there are 38,013 active cases in the state.
A press statement issued under the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme of Public Health Department said that 3,853 patients were discharged today and 19.85 lakh Covid-19 patients have been discharged after full recovery till date.
Recovery rate is 95.62 per cent, case fatality rate is 2.49 per cent. Currently 1.95 lakh people are in home quarantine and 1,664 people are in institutional quarantine, the statement said.
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A year on, mind the gaps in the pandemic response
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India needs to revisit its disease control strategy to ensure a more robust and humane response in similar crises
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India needs to revisit its disease control strategy to ensure a more robust and humane response in similar crises
January 30, 2021 marked one year since India detected its first case of COVID-19 a student in Kerala who had returned from Wuhan, China.
Analysing the country’s response to the novel coronavirus pandemic so far reveals a mixed bag of successes and failures along with a host of unknowns looming ahead, that urgently need to be addressed to both limit damage due to the pandemic and get back to the path of economic and social recovery.