Question

what efforts are being done by the government of India to prevent the spread of Corona virus

pls I need it now ​

Answer 1

Answer:

On 30 May 2020, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India (GoI) announced the extension of the lockdown in containment zones upto 30 June 2020, and to reopen prohibited activities in a phased manner in areas outside containment zones.

WHO Country Office for India support

WHO Country Office for India has been working closely with MoHFW on preparedness and response measures for COVID-19, including surveillance and contact tracing, laboratory diagnosis, risk communications and community engagement, hospital preparedness, infection prevention and control, and implementation of containment plan.

In a video-conference held on 15 April 2020, MoHFW and WHO deliberated on further strengthening the partnership and additional measures that can be taken to step up the response to COVID-19 in the country. In his address, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare said, “WHO is an important partner in our fight against the COVID-19. I really value guidance and contributions made by the WHO in containing spread of COVID-19 across the country.”

“India is now in a decisive phase of the response. As in the case of polio, in combating COVID-19 too, surveillance is playing a central role. Accordingly, at the request of the government, WHO has further stepped up the support in strengthening ongoing surveillance and response at state, district and block levels; cluster containment activities; strengthening real-time data collection activities; and accelerated implementation of the national Integrated Health Information Platform. Our entire field presence, including the National Public Health Surveillance Project, has been fully re-purposed to support the government to overcome this challenge,” says Dr Henk Bekedam, WHO Representative to India.