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Updated March 18, 2020 at 3:24 pm IST
The Indian Council of Medical Research reported on Tuesday that there are no cases of networked coronavirus outbreaks in India.
The Indian Council of Medical Research reported on Tuesday that it has not obtained any evidence of a networked coronavirus outbreak in India, as more than 500 of the thousands of samples tested for network transmission of the coronavirus have tested negative, while more effects are being detected. yet to be obtained.
Professor (Dr) Balram Bhargava, secretary of the Department of Health Research and director general of the ICMR, said: “It is reassuring to see that at the moment this shows no evidence of a network outbreak. “
Explaining the process, ICMR scientist Dr. Nivedita Gupta, said on Tuesday: “Today we collected 20 samples from 51 sites over 15 days, and between March 1 and 15, we collected more than a thousand samples from the 51 sites of other people admitted with severe acute respiratory distress or pneumonia-like symptoms, but who had no history of or contact with a known COVID-19 patient.
“Our effects are coming in and right now we have effects on more than 500 patients and all of them are negative. If we have a positive case at any of the sites, then the cluster containment strategy, in accordance with the rules and testing strategy of the Indian government. “According to this plan, it will be implemented,” he added.
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Dr. Nivedita Gupta, a scientist at the ICMR, also reported that samples will now be taken weekly due to the increasing number of coronavirus cases across the country.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will put into operation two immediate testing laboratories and 49 additional testing centres until the end of this week. An immediate testing laboratory will be provided to test up to 1,400 samples per day.
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Reporting on the expansion of the laboratories, the Director General of the ICMR said: “Currently, the expansion of the ICMR laboratories is underway, we are expanding our number of laboratories and as we speak, we now have 72 laboratories in the ICMR system. “
“We have also involved non-ICMR labs, the Ministry of Health, government labs that add CSIR, DRDO, DBT, and government medical schools. We have 49 of those labs that will start testing until the end of this week. We are also collaborating with high-quality private laboratories, adding NABL-accredited laboratories, to understand how to prepare for testing while ensuring proper safeguards,” he added.
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(With input from ANI)
Published on March 18, 2020 at 3:24 p. m. IST
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