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New Delhi : The Union Cabinet on April 22, 2020, recommended promulgating an Ordinance to ensure the safety of the doctors under the Epidemic Disease Act, 1897. The Union Home Minister on April 22 appreciated the role of doctors in general particularly in the fight against Coronavirus and expressed confidence that doctors would continue to work dedicatedly in this fight, as they have been doing till now. He saluted the sacrifices made by doctors to keep the people safe from deadly diseases like COVID-19.
The MHA on April 22 again directed all States/UTs to ensure adequate security to healthcare professionals, medical staff & frontline workers to prevent violence against them. Strict action must be taken against those who obstruct performance of last rites of medical professionals or frontline healthcare workers succumbing to COVID19, while discharging their services, it said, according to a PIB release.
Union Cabinet on April 22, 2020, approved a significant investments to the tune of Rs 15,000 crore for ‘India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package’. The funds sanctioned will be utilised in 3 Phases and for immediate COVID-19 Emergency Response (an amount of Rs 7,774 Crore) has been provisioned and rest for medium-term support (1-4 years) to be provided under mission mode approach.
ICMR has forwarded a protocol for using Rapid Antibody Test to all States. It is reiterated that antibody rapid tests are largely to be used as a tool for surveillance.
The Government of India will be conducting a Telephonic Survey where citizens shall be contacted through their mobile phone from the number 1921, through NIC. This is a genuine survey. All citizens are requested to participate to help get proper feedback on the prevalence and distribution of COVID-19 symptoms.
Although India had reported 19,984 Coronavirus (COVID-19) confirmed cases till 5 pm on April 22, 2020, a total of 3,959 patients have been cured/discharged, a recovery rate of almost 20%. Coronavirus death toll in India has reached 652. In the last 24 hours, 50 new deaths have been reported in the country. The number of active cases in the country is 15,859, according to a PIB release.
Maharashtra: The number of Covid 19 cases in Maharashtra rose to 5,218 with 552 new patients being detected on April 21, 2020. Mumbai reported 355 new cases, with its tally rising to 3,445, the highest for any city in India while 779 people have been cured so far.
In the light of 53 journalists from Mumbai testing positive for Covid 19, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has issued an advisory to print and electronic media calling on journalists to take precautions and asking their managements to take care of the field as well as office staff. The Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) led by Additional Secretary Manoj Joshi on April 22, 2020, visited Dharavi area and inspected the transit camp, quarantine facilities etc.
Haryana: Industry and other establishments can apply for pass from portal – “saralharyana.gov.in” to start their operations in view of relaxations provided under the lockdown in the state. E-pass for inter-state movement of vehicles can be applied at “covidpass.egovernments.org/requester-dashboard”.
Himachal Pradesh: The Chief Minister stated that the ongoing curfew in the state will continue till May 3, 2020. This is being done to ensure that corona virus does not reach those areas in the state which are currently free from it. The CM expressed his gratitude towards the President of India for giving N-95 surgical masks to the state. He said that this gesture will increase the confidence of Corona Warriors working in the state.