Isolation wards to be set up 13 hospitals in Meghalaya: CM







Health Minister, A L Hek said that not a single case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in the state till date.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Friday said isolation wards would be set up in 13 hospitals across the state as a precautionary  measure for coronavirus.
Health Minister, A L Hek said that not a single case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in the state till date.
Sixty-one students who returned from China were kept under observation for 28 days in the state as a precautionary measure.
"After 28 days, 54 of them have come out without any symptoms. The remaining seven students are being monitored and the 28 days of observing them will also complete soon," the CM said.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

6 Facts About International Women's Day

Image
F or more than 100 years, March 8th has marked what has come to be known as International Women's Day in countries around the world. While it's purpose differs from place to place-in some countries it's day of protest, in others it's a way to celebrate the accomplishments of women and promote Gender equality-the holiday is more than a just simple hashtag.Ahead of this year's celebration, let's take a moment to explore the day's origin's and traditions. 1.INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY ORIGINATED MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO. German Communist leader Clara Zetkin with a companion. GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHIC AGENCY, GETTY IMAGES On February 28, 1909, the now-dissolved Socialist Party of America  organized  the first National Woman's Day, which took place on the last Sunday in February. In 1910, Clara Zetkin—the leader of Germany’s 'Women's Office' for the Social Democratic Party—proposed the idea of a global International Women's D...
Read more

India in the Age of Coronavirus: a Global Time Bomb?

Recently, the  Washington Post   wondered whether South Asia and its two billion people, more than one fourth of the world population, would be the next hot spot of the coronavirus outbreak. Over the last few days, this concern has gained pace as India – on which we will focus – is recording the first deaths from the virus. Modi, instead of coordinating the central government and the state governments’ responses to the pandemic [...] has simply not deemed it useful to consult the state governments’ heads. What does the current health situation reveal ? The epidemic hit India late, with only very few cases officially reported till mid-March – although the first cases had already been revealed in January.  This delay was partly due to the lack of a large-scale screening campaign: only people arriving from at-risk countries were tested. This decision was explained in a surprisingly candid manner by officials from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)....
Read more

Why government thinks India has done better than other countries on Covid 19

Image
  NEW DELHI: India is doing far better than other countries on tackling Covid-19, government officials say citing data that shows the doubling rate of cases between 6000 and 12000 cases has slowed down to six days and both the infected rate and the death rate in India remains far less than compared globally. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is said to have pointed out the same to his Cabinet colleagues at a meeting last evening and said that the lockdown so far had worked on the ground and a close vigil in the coming days could see India overcome the Covid crisis. Sharing data that the government has analysed in comparison with foreign countries, officials said that India had tested more people when the figure of infected people reached 10,000 than the US or the UK at the same levels. While India has tested about 2.17 lakh people when India hit 10,000 cases, the US and UK had only conducted 1.39 lakh and 1.13 lakh tests respectively. Italy conducted only 73000-odd ...
Read more