Coronavirus death toll touches 62 in India

04/04/2020

“Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has appealed to patients and their families not to create any obstacle and allow the medical staff to discharge their duties. He is concerned about the violence against medical staff being reported from various part of the country,” Mr. Agarwal said.

Dr. Vardhan visited Dr. RML and Safdarjung Hospitals, on Friday, to review preparations to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak. At RML Hospital, the Minister visited the flu corner, emergency care center, trauma centre and corona screening centre while at Safdarjung he took reviewed facilities available at the super speciality block which has been converted into a COVID-19 isolation management centre, with 400 isolation and 100 ICU beds.

Meanwhile, the Home Ministry launched two more COVID-19 related helpline numbers —1930 (all India toll free number) and 1944 (dedicated to Northeast) in addition to the existing seven.