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LIVE at 4:00 PM: Media briefing on current #COVID19 situation in the country

📍: National Media Centre

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#INSMagar has left from Maldives with around 200 Indians yesterday; #INSJalashwa has reached Kochi with 698 passengers - @HMOIndia #IndiaFightsCorona
Til 10 May, ~ 4,000 Indians stranded abroad have reached India via 23 #VandeBharatMission flights - @HMOIndia #IndiaFightsCorona
Till now, more than 5 lakh passengers have been taken home, via #ShramikSpecialTrains

468 trains have been run so far

- @HMOIndia #IndiaFightsCorona
Centre has asked states to ensure that migrant labourers do not cross railway tracks and to make arrangements for food and shelter till trains/buses can be arranged for them - @HMOIndia #IndiaFightsCorona
MHA and @RailMinIndia today conducted Video Conference with State Nodal Officers to review operation of ‘Shramik Special’ Trains, to facilitate faster movement of stranded Workers to their Native places. More than 100 trains to run daily for next few weeks - @HMOIndia
MHA has issued Standard Operating Protocol o facilitate Movement of Persons by Train, only passengers with confirmed e-tickets can enter railway station, screening to be done, only asymptomatic passengers can travel, face masks compulsory, physical distancing to be followed - MHA
States have been told to ensure smooth movement of medical professionals and para-medical staff, and opening of all private clinics, nursing homes and labs - @HMOIndia #IndiaFightsCorona
We have to try together that whoever develops symptoms of #COVID19 should not hide, rather step out and get timely treatment. If we do not do this, we will not only be ill but put our families' health at risk - JS, @MoHFW_INDIA, highlighting importance of health seeking behavior
Total no. of recoveries - 20,917

44,029 people under active medical supervision

In last 24 hours, 4,213 new cases, 1,559 recoveries

Recovery rate is now 31.15%

Total no. of cases - 67,152

- @MoHFW_INDIA #IndiaFightsCorona
Health Ministry has issued a revised discharge policy for confirmed #COIVD19 patients - JS, @MoHFW_INDIA
As per new discharge policy, very mild/mild & moderate patients can be discharged without #COVID_19 test, subject to clinical conditions - @MoHFW_INDIA
The #COVID19 discharge policy was changed because several countries have changed their discharge criteria from ‘test-based strategy to ‘symptom-based strategy or ‘ time-based strategy’ - @MoHFW_INDIA #IndiaFightsCorona
As per ICMR review from lab surveillance data, in initial cases for RT-PCR +ve results, patients turned -ve after 10 days. Recent studies have also shown that viral load peaks in pre-symptomatic period (2 days before symptoms) and goes down over the next 7 days. - @MoHFW_INDIA
It also important to note that the discharge policy is not meant for home or facility quarantine patients - @MoHFW_INDIA
Health Ministry has issued revised guidelines for home isolation of very mild/pre-symptomatic COVID-19 cases.
According to this, for very mild/pre-symptomatic COVID cases there is no need for testing after end of the home isolation period. - @MoHFW_INDIA
Chairman, Empowered Group 9, which deals with Technology and Data Management is giving a presentation today

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Chairman, #COVID19 Empowered Group 9 explains the basic principles based on which how technology and data deployment for citizens and other stakeholders has been done

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Special surveillance system was developed in order to make proper health data on testing, #AarogyaSetu app data and contact tracing available to health professionals and administrators - Chairman, Empowered Group 9

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#AarogyaSetu App has been playing and will continue to play a crucial role in India's fight against #COVID19. The app has been developed in order to alert people before they come in contact with infected patients, it also enables self-assessment - Chairman, Empowered Group 9
#AarogyaSetu App will soon reach a user base of 10 crore; it has created a world record in being the fastest app to reach 5 crore users.

Privacy first - this has been the principle on which the app has been developed

- Chairman, Empowered Group 9

Around 1.4 lakh #AarogyaSetu App users have been alerted via blue-tooth contact tracing about possible risk of infection due to proximity to infected patients. This will enable you to protect yourself and your family.

- Chairman, Empowered Group 9
When we receive data of bluetooth contacts and self-assessment, we call them, find out their condition and direct needy patients to health and district administration

- Chairman, Empowered Group 9 #IndiaFightsCorona
We combine the movement history of positive patients with the self-assessment data submitted by others, this enables us to identify potential hot spot areas and take preventive action; info on 697 such spots have been sent to states/districts - Chairman, Empowered Group 9
An app has been developed which enables field level officers to mark hot spots and containment zones on map, so that required guidelines can be enforced in that area

- Chairman, Empowered Group 9 #IndiaFightsCorona

It is reiterated that privacy is a very important feature of #AarogyaSetu App. A unique anonymous randomized ID is generated for the device of a new user, only this ID is used, name of user is not used by the app.

- Chairman, Empowered Group 9 #IndiaFightsCorona
When two #AarogyaSetu app users come in contact, information of the contact is stored in the other person's device in encrypted form. This is stored in the server only when the user becomes #COVID19 positive.

- Chairman, Empowered Group 9 #IndiaFightsCorona
Govt. uses information on users in #AarogyaSetu app, only for health interventions, not for any other purpose

- Chairman, Empowered Group 9 #IndiaFightsCorona
Personal identity of #AarogyaSetu app users is not revealed to anyone, it is being used only for protecting the user and others from #COVID19

- Chairman, Empowered Group 9 #IndiaFightsCorona
Data for only 30 days is stored on the #AarogyaSetu app; data of positive patients too is deleted from the server, 60 days after the date of cure

- Chairman, Empowered Group 9 #IndiaFightsCorona
Location data is used in order to facilitate containment actions and to protect the community

- Chairman, Empowered Group 9 #IndiaFightsCorona
#AarogyaSetu IVRS platform has been enabled for feature phones and landlines, on giving a missed call on the number 1921, a return call will be given and further assistance will be given

- Chairman, Empowered Group 9 #IndiaFightsCorona
#COVID19 Saavdhaan enables giving alerts to people in a small area

Quarantine Alert System helps quarantine monitoring

Migration system helps people who migrate from one place to another

- Chairman, Empowered Group 9 #IndiaFightsCorona
#AYUSHSanjivani App has been launched to assess impact of AYUSH interventions

- Chairman, Empowered Group 9 #IndiaFightsCorona
Chairman, Empowered Group 9 giving a glimpse of activities performed to popularize the use of #AarogyaSetu app

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