New Delhi: The Health and Family Welfare Ministry has said that the difference between active and recovered cases are increasing and the total recoveries has reached 1.8 times of active cases. It said, a total of 5,71,460 people affected with coronavirus have recovered in the country so far. With this, the recovery rate in the country has reached 63.02 per cent.
Meanwhile, the Indian Railways has developed a Post Covid Coach to fight Covid 19. This Post Covid Coach is designed with hands free amenities, copper-coated handrails and latches, plasma air purification and titanium di-oxide coating for Covid-free passenger journey. The Railways Ministry said, the Coach has been designed by Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala to prevent the spread of Covid 19.
Close to 3 lakh tests per day, recovery rate @ 63%
With 853 labs in the government sector and 353 private labs, the total number of testing labs is 1206 as on date. During the last 24 hours 2,86,247 samples have been tested. The cumulative number of samples tested, as of now is 1,20,92,503. The testing per million for India is consistently rising. Today it has touched 8762.7. In the last 24 hours, a total of 17,989 people were cured of COVID, taking the total cumulative number of recovered cases among COVID-19 patients to 5,71,459 and the recovery rate to 63.02% today. There are 3,11,565 active cases and they are all under medical supervision, either in home isolation or in hospital care. There are 2,59,894 more recovered cases than active cases. India’s fatality rate has further dropped to 2.62% owing to effective clinical management of COVID-19 patients.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan discusses COVID-19 with Australian Health Minister
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare had a digital interaction with his Australian counterpart Mr. Gregory Andrew Hunt to discuss bilateral Health co-operation today. Elaborating upon the role of India’s medical community in containment and management of the pandemic, Dr. Harsh Vardhan noted that India’s medical professionals, paramedics and scientists have played a pivotal role in containing COVID-19. He stated that they are helping in drug discovery and in repurposing of existing drugs. They have also isolated the virus in the early onset of diseases and are engaged in studying the virus using Genome sequencing.
“From just one lab to test the virus in January 2020, India now has more than 1200 labs all across the country facilitating the people in widespread testing”, he further added. India’s drug manufacturers have also enabled India to supply Hydroxychloroquin to 140 countries.” The Health Ministers agreed to continue to jointly work in the area of health and other common interests.
Indian Railways creates Post- COVID COACH to ensure safer journey
Indian Railways has taken numerous steps and measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 virus infection. Sustaining the ruthless fight against COVID-19, Indian Railways’ production unit, Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, has developed a Post- Covid Coach to fight Covid-19. This Post-Covid Coach has design improvements in the coach like hands-free amenities, copper-coated handrails & latches, plasma air purification and titanium di-oxide coating for Covid free passenger journey.Post Covid Coach is having hands-free amenities like foot operated water tap & soap dispenser, foot operated lavatory door (outside), foot operated flush valve, foot operated latches in lavatory door, outside washbasin with foot operated water tap and soap dispenser and forearm operated handle on compartment door.
HRD Minister releases PRAGYATA Guidelines on Digital Education
Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ released PRAGYATA Guidelines on Digital Education through online medium in New Delhi today.PRAGYATA guidelines include eight steps of online/ digital learning that is, Plan- Review- Arrange- Guide- Yak(talk)- Assign- Track- Appreciate. These steps guide the planning and implementation of digital education step by step with examples.
Speaking on the occasion , Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said that COVID-19 pandemic has led to closure of schools and has impacted over 240 million children of the country who are enrolled in schools. Extended school closures may cause loss of learning. Pokhriyal said that to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, schools will not only have to remodel and reimagine the way teaching and learning have happened so far, but will also need to introduce a suitable method of delivering quality education through a healthy mix of schooling at home and schooling at school.
FM reviews implementation of Insurance Scheme for Health workers under PMGKP
Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman chaired a meeting to review the implementation of Insurance Scheme for Health workers fighting COVID-19 announced under Pradhan Mantri GaribKalyan Package (PMGKP) yesterday. During the meeting, the Finance Minister highlighted the importance for a speedy settlement and emphasized the need of the benefit reaching out to the nominees at the earliest. Officials from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare provided an overview of the mechanism being followed with State nodal authorities to expedite the claims, also highlighting the issues being faced while reaching out to the family of deceased as well as obtaining the legal heir certificate.
FM reviews Pradhan Mantri Fasal BimaYojana
Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. NirmalaSitharaman chaired a meeting to review the implementation of Pradhan Mantri FasalBimaYojana (PMFBY) yesterday. The Finance highlighted the need of carrying out awareness activities to ensure dissemination of information among all farmers in view of Scheme becoming voluntary for all farmers and the need for States to release Premium Subsidy on time to ensure timely settlement of claims. SmtSitharaman suggested that stringent follow up should be done with States where subsidy is pending specially those which are not implementing the Scheme in Kharif 2020 with a view to ensure payment of all pending claims to farmers at the earliest.
