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Ministry of Home Affairs has re-iterated to all States/UTs that, as per the consolidated revised guidelines on lockdown measures, no separate passes are required for through traffic of trucks and goods carriers, including empty trucks etc. - @HMOIndia #IndiaFightsCorona

MHA has today allowed movement of stranded persons such as students, migrant workers, tourists, pilgrims, etc. via rail as well. States and Railway Board will make necessary arrangements for the same. - @HMOIndia #IndiaFightsCorona

Our Central Armed Police Forces are playing a pivotal role in the nation's fight against #COVID19, in enforcing lockdown measures, provisions of #COVID19 beds in hospitals under the Forces, distribution of masks and PPE and promoting public awareness -@HMOIndia #IndiaFightsCorona

Total no. of people with #COVID19 - 35,043

No. of people under active medical supervision - 25,007

In last 24 hours – 1,993 new cases, 67 deaths, 564 recoveries

No. of recoveries – 8,888, recovery rate - 25.37%

- @MoHFW_INDIA
#IndiaFightsCoronavirus

State and district administration should ensure through focused efforts that red and orange zone districts, break the chain of transmission through effective and stringent containment measures - @MoHFW_INDIA #IndiaFightsCorona

Containment zones should be delineated, considering below factors:

Mapping of people with #COVID19 & their contacts

Geographical dispersion of patients & contacts

Areas with a well-demarcated perimeter

Enforceability

- @MoHFW_INDIA #IndiaFightsCorona

In urban areas: Residential colony/mohallas/municipal wards or police station area/ municipal zones/towns

In Rural areas: Village/clusters of village or group of police stations/ gram panchayats/block etc.

These boundaries can be declared as Containment zones.

- @MoHFW_INDIA

Stringent perimeter control
Active search for cases through house to house surveillance by special teams
Testing of all cases as per sampling guidelines
Contact tracing
Clinical management of all confirmed cases

- To be done in containment zones, says @MoHFW_INDIA

A buffer zone should be demarcated around the containment zones. Extensive surveillance for cases through monitoring ILI/SARI cases in health facilities should be done in buffer zones. - @MoHFW_INDIA #IndiaFightsCorona

There will be a new normal. We need to be careful, aware and alert. Even outside #COVID19 containment zones, we have to follow all Government guidelines. We need to consciously change our approach. - @MoHFW_INDIA #IndiaFightsCorona

We need to follow:

Proper physical distancing as a behaviour change approach

Concepts like staggered timings

Hand hygiene, like #WashingHands

Regular Disinfection and cleaning of frequently touched surfaces

#WearMasks or Face Covers

- @MoHFW_INDIA #IndiaFightsCorona

A person wearing masks is not to be seen as a sick person but as a person who is considerate to his society. Download the Corona tracker app #AarogyaSetu for your safety. - @MoHFW_INDIA #IndiaFightsCorona

Simple actions such as hand hygiene, respiratory hygiene, environmental hygiene and physical distancing can go a long way in preventing the spread of this disease. Please #HelpUsToHelpYou - @MoHFW_INDIA #IndiaFightsCorona

Chairman, Empowered Group 3, Shri P D Vaghela is giving a presentation on progress in production and procurement of medical supplies, in the nation's fight against #COVID19

#IndiaFightsCorona

India took the challenge posed by #COVID19 as an opportunity to create supply chains and domestic manufacturing capacity for PPEs, by helping capacity expansion, identification of new manufacturers and handholding - Chairman, Empowered Group 3 #IndiaFightsCorona

Against a total demand for 75,000 ventilators, close to 20,000 are available and additional orders have been placed for more than 60,000 - Chairman, Empowered Group 3 #IndiaFightsCorona

Through handholding and facilitation, and assistance via training and installation, demand for ventilators is being met. We are confident of meeting the full requirements of the nation. - Chairman, Empowered Group 3 #IndiaFightsCorona

We have enough oxygen cylinders in India, production of oxygen is adequate - Chairman, Empowered Group 3 #IndiaFightsCorona

More than 4 lakh oxygen cylinders are available which is sufficient for today's requirements, orders for more than 1 lakh oxygen cylinders have been placed, industrial oxygen too is being converted into medical oxygen - Chairman, Empowered Group 3 #IndiaFightsCorona

Against projected demand of ~2 crore PPEs, we have already ordered more than 2.2 crore
From no domestic manufacturers earlier, we now have 111 indigenous manufacturers, from whom orders for more than 1.4 crore PPEs have been placed
- Chairman, Empowered Group 3 #IndiaFightsCorona

9 new labs for PPE testing have been added in 15 days

@DRDO_India has developed 3 types of new PU coated nylon and have transferred the technology to domestic manufacturers

- Chairman, Empowered Group 3 #IndiaFightsCorona

From a production capacity of around 3,300 #COVID19 PPEs per day in March end, in one month, we have increased our capacity to 1.8 lakh PPEs per day, soon it will be above 2 lakh per day

- Chairman, Empowered Group 3, saying our PPE needs will surely be met #IndiaFightsCorona

While projected demand for N-95 and N-99 masks is 2.7 crore, we have ordered 2.5 crore, out of which 1.5 crore is from domestic manufacturers.

Able to produce 2.3 lakh per day within the nation.

There will be no shortage.

- Chairman, Empowered Group 3 #IndiaFightsCorona

In a short span of time, India has increased its capacity for domestic production of N-95 masks to 2.3 lakh per day

- Chairman, Empowered Group 3 #IndiaFightsCorona

Against a demand for 35 lakh combined RT PCR testing kits, @ICMRDELHI has ordered more than 21 lakh, close to 14 lakh kits have already been received. Centre has decided to handhold states in purchasing VTMs and RNA extraction kits
- Chairman, Empowered Group 3 #IndiaFightsCorona

There is no shortage of medical equipment in the nation today

Production of HCQ has been augmented from 12.2 crore tablets to 30 crore per month now, 9 crore tablets have been supplied as against requirement of 2.5 crore

- Chairman, Empowered Group 3 #IndiaFightsCorona

HCQ has been a success story wherein we have been able to meet our demand and also help other nations

- Chairman, Empowered Group 3, informing current manufacturing capacity and supply status of HCQ in the country #IndiaFightsCorona

Chairman, Empowered Group 3 acknowledges contribution of various Ministries and Departments of the Government of India and state governments, due to which the nation has been able to ensure adequate availability of medical supplies to fight #COVID19

#IndiaFightsCorona

Red and orange zones have been defined in such a way so as to ensure that no critical area of intervention at the field level is missed out. Ruthless containment measures to break chain of transmission will be taken in red and orange zones. - @MoHFW_INDIA #IndiaFightsCorona

Density of population, testing ratio & likelihood of an area posing a challenge for us later have also been considered while classifying districts into red & orange zones. What is really important is whether required containment measures are being taken - JS, @MoHFW_INDIA