On 31st December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology (unknown cause) detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. On 7th January 2020, Chinese authorities identified a new strain of Coronavirus as the causative age...nt for the disease. The virus has been renamed by WHO as SARS-CoV-2 and the disease caused by it as COVID-19. The disease since its first detection in China has now spread to over 200 countries/territories, with reports of local transmission happening in more than 160 of these countries/territories. As per WHO (as of 1st April, 2020), there has been a total of 823626 confirmed cases and 40598 deaths due to COVID-19 worldwide.
In India, as on 2nd April, 2020, 1965 confirmed cases (including 51 foreign nationals) and 50 deaths reported from 29 States/UTs. Large number of cases has been reported from Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh.
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Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
04.04.2020
जानिए क्या है इन सबके लिए, लॉकडाउन का मतलब। #IndiaFightsCorona
Video on Covid-19 awareness for community level workers
Experts from AIIMS, New Delhi share basic steps on hand washing to fight against #COVID19
जानिए, AIIMS के डॉक्टरों से कि संक्रमण से बचने के लिए घर पर रहना क्यों आवश्यक है।
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
28.03.2020
हाथ धोने के सामान्य नियमों का पालन करके ही हम #COVID19 को समाप्त कर सकते हैं। जानिए कैसे।
27.03.2020
Various health experts on how to manage mental health and well-being during the #COVID19 outbreak.
27.03.2020
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Dr. Shekhar P. Seshadri on 'Connecting with li'l ones during the #COVID19 stay-in'
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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