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New Delhi : Union Health & Family Welfare (HFW) Secretary Preeti Sudan, Secretary (HFW) on February 11, 2020, chaired here a meeting with the senior officials of the Ministry to review the actions and preparedness for prevention and management of Novel Coronavirus (nCoV).
Secretary (HFW) highlighted that while the situation is under control presently, States/UTs shall remain alert and vigilant on a continued basis. The community level awareness activities regarding the updated advisories, guidelines, protocols etc., needs to be enhanced by the States.
At present, the screening of passengers is on at all 21 airports, 12 major Seaports, and border crossings. In all, 2,148 flights and 2,32,613 passengers have been screened so far. As of now, 1,632 samples have been tested of which 3 samples had earlier tested positive (Kerala). All Indian evacuees from Wuhan, China, have tested negative for nCoV while 11,527 persons are presently under community surveillance in 34 States/UTs, according to a PIB release.