In a media briefing on the novel coronavirus situation in India, Lav Agarwal, joint secretary of Department of Health and Family Welfare, emphasized the need to not panic, and also for a combined effort by the people and the media to work in collaboration with the health ministry and states to follow the required protocol- which includes maintaining hand and respiratory hygiene as well as ‘social distancing’.
The panel also assured the audience that the cases in India have been responding well to symptomatic treatment, which implies that they are mild cases and need not be a cause of worry. Treating symptoms such as fever, cough or respiratory problems have been successful in the reported patients until now.