Union Health Minister visits Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi

Union Health
Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Thursday night inspected the management &
preparedness for coronavirus at Indira Gandhi international airport in the
national Capital.

The
health  minister said screening of
passengers are underway in a proper way and all other works are going on
smoothly.

The Health
Minister has been holding regular meetings with a specially constituted group
of ministers and Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary P K Mishra to tackle the
outbreak.

He also held
a meeting on Thursday to take stock of the situation.The Health Minister also
delivered statements in both houses of Parliament on the current status of
coronavirus in the country and the measures being taken to contain it from
spreading further.

He informed
that medical screening is being carried out of all passengers coming to India
from abroad.

He said that
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is himself monitoring India’s preparedness and the
government has taken extensive steps to stop the disease from coming into the
country.

By evening
the number of confirmed cases rose to 31.The health Minister informed that the
govt has expanded screening facilities at all airports, seaports & border
crossings.

Additional
arrangements have also been made for the treatment of infected cases in all
states.  6 lakh 11 thousands 167
passengers on board 6,241 flights have been screened till now

  Specialized teams of doctors have been
stationed at every airport.   Screening
is also being carried out at 12 large & 65 small seaports. 16,076
passengers have been screened at different seaports till the 4th of march

 11 lakh 20 thousand 529 people have also been
screened at border check posts. The Indian govt is also in touch with the
Iranian govt to bring back Indians stuck in the coronavirus hit West Asian
country