New Delhi imposed export restrictions on 26 pharmaceutical ingredients and medications, including paracetamol and vitamins B1 and B12, amid the outbreak of coronavirus with epicenter in China, revealed the All India Radio station.
Over one million people were examined so far at the border of Nepal in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. In addition, over 500,000 passengers were tested at different airports.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan specified that 15 laboratories are working and another 19 will soon be operational.
Since three new cases of coronavirus appeared in India, all airlines were asked to have all the planes coming from South Korea, Japan and Italy must undergo a disinfection process before the start of boarding for the next flight.
Also, airlines and airports were requested to take specific measures, including the availability of masks and surgical gloves for crew and passengers. Likewise, it was ordered to establish multiple hand disinfection points in terminals.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police noted there are no symptoms of coronavirus among the 112 evacuees from the Chinese city of Wuhan, settled in a quarantine center in New Delhi, who tested negative for the epidemic in a first test on Sunday.
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