If there was no lockdown then?

Health Ministry said, if there was no lockdown then there could be so huge number of corona positive patients as the other countries in the country and we all were looking like that scary lady in picture.

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry said on Saturday that a total of 586 hospitals across the country have been identified as specialized hospitals for treatment of Covid-19, with more than one lakh 'isolation beds' and 11,500 'ICU beds'.

In the press conference, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Luv Agarwal said that the government has already taken precautionary steps to identify the area of ​​hotspots in the country. In the absence of other measures like lockdown and sealing of the infected area, by April 15, there would have been more than 8.2 lakh cases of coronavirus infection in the country.

At the same time, in response to a question, a senior Indian Medical Research Council (ICMR) official said, "Five lakh 'antibody testing kits' ordered by ICMR have not yet been received."

According to the Health Ministry, in the last 24 hours, 1035 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported across the country and 40 people have died. In this way, the total number of infected people across the country increased to 7,447 and so far 239 deaths have been recorded.

for the coronavirus infected patients "11,500 ICU accommodations, as well as thousands of separated yard, have been provided over the country. 586 new hospitals dedicated for coronavirus patients have been started at the state and center level and this count is increasing daily " as per Agarwal statement.

Mr. Agarwal also added they have scrutinized all the growth rates of all corona positive cases. they found that public curfew was imposed on 22 March and the lockdown was implemented from 25 March. According to the statistical analysis, in the absence of other measures like lockdown and sealing of areas with coronavirus infection, cases would have increased by 41 percent by April 15 and infection cases would have reached 8.2 lakh. "

He said that other efforts like distance from a social gathering, lockdown and sealing of areas are necessary to deal with the coronavirus epidemic.

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 Mr. Agarwal added that The reaction of the Indian government has been bold as they have taken the early call and was completely combat-ready and they responded to the circumstances arising out of our gradual stance. The Ministry of AYUSH has formed guidelines on growing health and immunity-related to respiration. The districts have been asked to include it in the contingency plan at the district level.

Agarwal also said that there is no shortage of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine in the country. Many experts have described this medicine as an important medicine to prevent coronavirus infection.

The ICMR official announced that 1.7 lakh samples have been examined so far to identify COVID-19 disease in the country, out of which 16,564 units were examined on Friday.