{"id":319253,"date":"2020-01-24T19:40:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T19:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=319253"},"modified":"2020-01-24T19:40:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T19:40:33","slug":"20844-passengers-from-96-flights-screened-for-coronoavirus-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/20844-passengers-from-96-flights-screened-for-coronoavirus-symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"20,844 passengers from 96 flights screened for Coronoavirus symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-319254 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_20200125-010212__01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_20200125-010212__01.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_20200125-010212__01-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_20200125-010212__01-768x958.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_20200125-010212__01-821x1024.jpg 821w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_20200125-010212__01-696x868.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_20200125-010212__01-1068x1332.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_20200125-010212__01-337x420.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>As on 24th January, 20,844 passengers from 96 flights have been screened for Novel Coronovirus symptoms. Today, 4082 passengers were screened in 19 flights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">No nCoV case has been detected in the country so far. However, three persons have been put under observation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Travel advisory has been extended to 12<a name=\"0.1__GoBack\"><\/a>\u00a0more airports in addition to the current seven.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">National Institute of Virology, Pune is fully geared up to test samples of nCoV. Ten other laboratories under Indian Council of Medical Research\u2019s Viral Research and Diagnostics Laboratories network are also equipped to test such samples, if a need arises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The other measures taken by Ministry of Health &amp; Family Welfare are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">A travel advisory was issued on 17th January and put up on Ministry\u2019s website and also on the Twitter handle for wider circulation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Secretary (HFW) has\u00a0written to the States\/UTs to review their preparedness, identify gaps and strengthen core capacities in the area of surveillance, laboratory support infection prevention &amp; control, logistics, risk communication and in particular, hospital preparedness in terms of isolation and ventilator management of critically ill patients of SARI.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Thermal screening is being done at the International airports of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Cochin.\u00a0MoCA\u00a0has asked airlines to follow International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) guidelines for managing and notifying anybody reporting illness on flights originating from China and disembarking in India.\u00a0MoCA\u00a0has instructed for in-flight announcements for India bound flights.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Port and Airport Health Organizations have been sensitized.\u00a0The Airport Health Organizations at the airports of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and\u00a0Cochinhave\u00a0put up\u00a0signages\u00a0at prominent locations informing the public about self-reporting of illness. Immigration officers manning the counters have been sensitized at these airports.\u00a0MoHFW\u00a0has written to State Governments of Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kerala and Karnataka to review and strengthen preparedness measures at designated airports for provision of isolation and critical care facilities, linkages with VRDL network laboratories and adherence to infection prevention and control guidelines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme has issued advisory to all States\/UTs for SARI surveillance to pick up any travel related case reported in the community and follow up contacts of suspect\/confirmed cases.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Adequate stock of Personal Protection Equipment is being maintained by Medical Stores Organization.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Rapid response teams of the States\/UTs have been trained in management of MERS-CoV\u00a0outbreak (a similarly placed virus, reported from Middle East) in the year 2014. More recently these Rapid Response Teams of all States\/UTs, APHO\/PHOs and Regional Directors of this Ministry have also been trained (in Nov.-Dec., 2019) on management of high risk pathogens in context of Ebola virus disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Ministry of External Affairs disseminating\u00a0travel advisory (in local languages) to Indian Embassies in China and adjoining countries for wider circulation and passenger information. In view of significant population of Indian students in China, MEA\u00a0is providing\u00a0details of such students.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Ministry of Home Affairs\u00a0to\u00a0share details of travelers from China who have been issued e-Visa since 31st December, 2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The situation is being closely monitored by the top officials of the Ministry in close coordination with other concerned Ministries &amp; Departments and States\/UTs.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As on 24th January, 20,844 passengers from 96 flights have been screened for Novel Coronovirus symptoms. Today, 4082 passengers were screened in 19 flights. No nCoV case has been detected in the country so far. However, three persons have been put under observation. 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