1. As on 5th March 2020, 29 persons with COVID-19 infection have been reported in India. Out of this, 16 persons are of Italian nationality. Three others who were found infected in Kerala have recovered and have been discharged. All the fresh cases of infections are under treatment and are stable.
2. A number of travel advisories have been issued. These are constantly being reviewed as the situation unfolds.
3. Universal screening of all passengers at all airports, seaports and land crossings has been initiated. As on date, nearly 600,000 passengers have been screened at the airports and over 16,000 at seaports. Passengers coming by airlines are being further monitored in community surveillance through Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) network on a daily basis. Till date nearly 29,000 passengers have been brought under community surveillance, out of these 70 have been hospitalized.
4. Call centres have been set up with the number +91 11 23798046 which has been operational 24×7 since 23 January, 2020. So far, more than 70,000 calls have been attended to including 640 international calls. More than, 1,600 mails have been received at [email protected] and have been replied.
5. Coordination Meetings at High-Level are being organized almost on a daily basis to make the risk assessment based on global, national and sub-national situation awareness.
6. For verified, timely and correct update on Coronavirus situation in India, people are advised to refer to the official websites and social media accounts of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Press Information Bureau.