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Karti Chidambaram sprang a three deaths, latest in Tuesday Highlighting the role of the surprise in the Lok Sabha by in Maharashtra, the medical fraternity, Harsh complimenting the Union Government has decided to )" ! ! " " ! Vardhan said, “As one metre Government for its efforts to rope in accredited private labs " ! * "#%! " ) social distancing is required to tackle coronavirus and said to conduct tests for the infec- be taken while dealing with ! " " #%! one should not “play politics” tion and recommended anti- for laboratory testing and pro- head of the Epidemiology and those affected with the virus, I " &'% over the issue. HIV drug combination vide positive controls for estab- Communicable Diseases at laud doctors and paramedics Rahul has all along been Lopinavir-Ritonavir on case-to- lishing the test as soon as the ICMR, said the testing capac- who are working honestly with ties in their areas and suggest are rare complaints,” he said. Government’s immediate pri- targeting the Modi case basis for treatment of the private laboratory concerned ity is not an issue as per the dedication while taking risks in ways to help improve facilities. The Minister also said the ority is to ensure safety of Government’s response in tack- viral infection. has procured the primers, capacity of 52 labs, India can treating these patients.” He noted that the response has Indian Council of Medical people and it will later evalu- ling coronavirus and accusing At present only probes and reagents as per conduct up to 10,000 tests per “I laud all doctors and been positive in appreciating Research (ICMR) scientists are ate losses incurred by the cul- it of being in stupor. Karti, Government labs are permitted SOPs. Adoption of commercial day at present. paramedics, be it in villages or the high quality treatment at in touch with scientists all over ture and tourism industry due however, pointed to complaints to do the test and the Centre is kits for testing should be based “Around 600 samples are cities or in private or quarantine facilities. the world regarding the use of to restrictions on visitors. that people, being quarantined making arrangements to near- on validations conducted by being tested per day,” he said, Government in controlling On reports about poor retroviral drugs in treating Responding to series of over coronavirus suspicion, ly double its testing capacity. A lCMR-National Institute of adding 60,000 testing kits are coronavirus at all levels,” he told facilities at such centres, Harsh coronavirus patients and in queries during the Question have been kept in “substan- Union Health Ministry officials Virology (NIV), Pune. available now and additional the House while replying to Vardhan said these reports are the research underway across Hour, he said the Government dard” facilities under “unhy- said that around 60 accredited It also states that appropri- 200,000 kits have been ordered. supplementaries during exceptions. “I can agree with the world in finding treatment has banned tourist visit and gienic” conditions. He said private laboratories are likely to ate biosafety and biosecurity According to the current Question Hour. His remarks you that the facilities may not of the virus. even Archaeological Survey of many of these people, most of be given permission to conduct precautions should be ensured testing protocols, only those were lauded by all members, be good. It is quite possible that Fielding questions on India (ASI) monuments and whom were quarantined fol- the tests soon. Confirmatory while collecting samples from with history of travel to high- including those from the at some places bathrooms may impact of the pandemic on temples are shutdown. lowing their return from tests for COVID-19 are cur- a suspect patient. Alternatively, risk countries affected by the Opposition. not be 5-star type. We are acti- tourism sector, Tourism Taking a view contrary to abroad, have the wherewithal rently being done free-of cost a disease specific separate col- respiratory virus and those The Minister also urged ing in strongest possible man- Minister Prahlad Singh Patel his former party president for self-isolation and should be at Government set-ups. lection site may be created. who came in contact with pos- MPs to visit quarantine facili- ner on such complaints. These said in the Upper House the Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP allowed to do so. As per the guidelines All the private testing lab- itive patients have been asked issued by the Government for oratories have been asked to to be quarantined for 14 days. private labs, test should be ensure immediate/real-time Others with symptoms of the only offered when prescribed reporting to the State officials infection are being tested. by a qualified physician as per of IDSP (Integrated Disease The official said the deci- ICMR guidance for testing. Surveillance Program of sion to allow anti-HIV drug Since the guidance evolves Government of India) and combination on case-to-case periodically, the latest revised ICMR HQ for timely initiation basis follows the success in the version should be followed. of contact tracing and research treatment of an Italian elderly The guidelines state that activities. couple at Jaipur’s SMS hospital. &' $ $ illegal the action of the Centre, the Karnataka the ICMR will share the SOPs Raman R Gangakhedkar, Continued on Page 4 Government and the BJP’s State unit of con- R &()"! fining its MLAs in Bengaluru. It also sought a direction for rebel MLAs to participate in *' #! " 23+2&4 the Budget session. The trust vote should be )!- ** 23+2&4 held only in the presence of MLAs, said the % fter the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked plea by Govind Singh, party chief whip in MP. Lucknow: To contain the coro- elhi Police, health depart- Athe Kamal Nath-led Congress Earlier, a bench comprising Justices DY navirus spread, the Uttar New Delhi: Union Minister V ! Dment officials and members Government in Madhya Pradesh to respond Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta issued Pradesh Government on Muraleedharan, who visited a of Resident Welfare Associations’ by Wednesday 10.30 am to a plea by senior notices to the MP CM, the Speaker and Tuesday extended the closure Kerala-based medical institute New Delhi: In a bid to dis- (RWAs) urge to the Shaheen more hazardous to them the BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan seeking Assembly Principal Secretary and said it will of all educational institutions, whose hospital later reported a courage gathering of large Bagh anti-CAA protesters to call coroanvirus epidemic, and they immediate floor test in the Assembly, the MP hear the plea of the BJP at 10.30 am on cinemas, mulitplexes and coronavirus case, has placed crowds in view of the coron- off their sit-in after the Delhi will continue to protest till the Congress moved the SC seeking direction to Wednesday. “In view of the urgency of the sit- tourists places in the State till himself under home quarantine avirus, some zonal railways Government invoked the CAA is revoked. the Centre and the Karnataka Government to uation, the notice is made returnable at April 2 and implemented work- as a precaution even as he have hiked the platform ticket Epidemic Diseases Act to restrict However a protester said, grant it the access to its rebel MLAs. 10:30 am on March 18,” the SC said. from-home protocol to the tested negative for the charges from 10 to 50, offi- any gathering of over 50 people “Women are regularly cleaning The Congress urged the SC to declare as Continued on Page 4 extent possible. See P4 infection. cials said on Tuesday. See P4 in the wake of coronavirus out- their hijabs. No need to be scared break has fallen on deaf ears. of coronavirus.” Tuesday was the second con- Seema, another protester, secutive day when authorities said, “Instead of asking the pro- abortively tried to persuade the testers to end their sit-in, the protesters to vacate the place. Governments in Delhi and at the Refusing to listen to the request, Centre should have sent them the protesters said the CAA is face masks and hand santisers.” R!" # P $ ! 23+2&4 acing all-round criticism for Faccepting Rajya Sabha seat as Presidential nominee, former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Tuesday said he would speak in !! " ! detail about accepting the offer after #$%$#&#' he takes the oath. ! Talking to reporters who went " #$ %"& to meet him at his residence in ' ! Guwahati, Gogoi said, “I will go to Delhi probably tomorrow ()% (Wednesday)... Let me first take ! oath, then I will speak in detail to the media why I accepted this and why I am going to the Rajya Sabha.” ( ) Ironically, last year itself, as CJI Gogoi had observed: “There is a % strong viewpoint that post-retire- * ment appointment is a scar on ! independence of judiciary”.