In a press conference on Friday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that 678 new cases of Corona virus have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours. The Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Health said that 33 people have died during this period.
The Joint Secretary said that 1,6002 investigations of Corona were conducted yesterday and only two percent of them were found positive. Based on the samples collected, the infection rate is not high. He informed that the government has also approved Rapid Diagnostics Kit. He said that there is no community broadcasting in the country yet, so there is no need to panic. But still we have to be aware and alert.

Misbehavior with health workers is harmful for us
On the misbehavior with the health workers, the Joint Secretary said that the health workers are fighting the fight against Kovid-19 and any misconduct with them is harmful for us. She said incidents of misbehavior with her negatively affect her morale.

3.28 crore tablets of hydroxychloroquine available
Giving information about hydroxychloroquine tablets, the Health Secretary said that we have a domestic requirement of 10 million hydroxychloroquine tablets, while we currently have 3.28 crore hydroxychloroquine tablets.

20473 Foreign nationals sent back to their country
At the press conference, ASM and Coordinator Dammu Ravi, on behalf of the Ministry of External Affairs, told that till yesterday, 20473 foreign nationals have been sent back to their country. This is an ongoing process. We are getting excellent support. This is all government effort.

Export of hydroxychloroquine keeping in view the domestic requirement
Ravi said that there were already many requests regarding hydroxychloroquine. Hydroxychloroquine has been requested by many countries, so it was decided by a group of ministers to export the remaining medicine, keeping in mind the domestic requirements.

Lockdown must be strictly followed for festivals
In the press conference, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Punya Salila Srivastava said that in view of the festivals coming in the month of April, the Ministry of Home Affairs has directed all the States and Union Territories to strictly follow the lockdown measures to fight Covid-19.

Home Minister ordered to tighten security at the border
Srivastava said that the Home Minister held a review meeting with border security officials on security along the India-Pakistan and India-Bangladesh borders. He ordered to tighten security especially in areas where there is no fencing and also no cross-border movement should be allowed. .