India’s COVID Tally Crosses 3-Lakh; PM Reviews COVID Situation
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Prime Minister Modi held a meeting with senior ministers and officials on Saturday, 13 June, to review India’s response to COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting was attended by the home minister, health minister, principal secretary to PM, Cabinet Secretary, health secretary, DG ICMR and other members of the empowered groups.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan are also scheduled to hold a meeting with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal over the national capital’s COVID-19 preparedness on Sunday, 14 June at 11 am.
India on Friday, 13 June, crossed the 3-lakh mark as it reported the highest single-day spike of 11,458 new COVID-19 cases.
- The pandemic has killed 425,282 people so far, with US having the most recorded deaths in US at 114,643, ahead of Brazil with 41,828 deaths, and Britain at 41,481 deaths, according to AFP
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be interacting with chief ministers of all states and Union territories on 16 and 17 June
- India has now taken the fourth spot in the list of nations worst-hit by coronavirus, surpassing the UK in terms of the number of cases
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India crosseed the 3-lakh mark as it reported the highest single-day spike of 11,458 new COVID-19 cases.
The total cases rose to 3,08,993 including 1,45,779 active cases, 1,54,330 cured/discharged/migrated and 8,884 deaths according to the figures released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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“Inter-district movement can continue without pass on weekdays but on weekends and gazetted holidays e-pass is needed. In case of medical emergency or any other emergency, they can move without pass. There's no restriction on movement of goods,” he added.
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If you want the number of tests conducted for #COVID19 to increase, then ask ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) to change its guidelines. We cannot flout ICMR guidelines that state certain conditions which are prerequisite for tests: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain
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“Need of the hour is to increase the number of testings. ICMR guideline for testing should be changed for that. I've written to Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan for the same, anyone who suspects they're infected should be allowed to go to pathology labs and get tested,” he said.
“More and more pathology labs across the country should be given license and more & more testing kits should be made available to states. It should be known that who is infected and who isn't. Otherwise we would be sitting on a ball of fire, waiting for an explosion,” he added.
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“We have now been authorised to use RT-PCR App. With this, the Hospital can start doing testing or COVID-19 patients as per government guidelines,” the hospital’s chairperson said in a statement.
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