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Indians across the country are coming together to contain the spread of CoronaVirus within Stage-Two situation.

Stage Two of the pandemic situation is when virus transmits from passengers coming from overseas to a local population.

If local spread is contained, then that is a good story and situation is classified as Stage-Two.

If pandemic virus spreads uncontrollably after an international passenger with positive condition goes undetected, then it becomes a dangerous situation. And is thereafter designated as Stage-Three of the pandemic calamity.

Most of Europe is now in Stage-Three category.

However India is trying hard to remain within lower limits of Stage Two and appears to be doing a good job.

On Wednesday, 19th March, the Central Government released new figures on CoronaVirus:

Total number of passengers screened at airport : 13,93,301

Total number of Active COVID 2019 cases across India * : 134

Total number of Discharged/Cured COVID 2019 cases across India * : 14

Total number of Deaths due to COVID 2019 across India * : 3

(*including foreign nationals, as on 18.03.2020 at 05:15 PM) Compared to other affected countries, it is much less and appears to be contained in India.

New travel advisory issued by the Central Government announced curtailment of air travel from South-East Asia.

An earlier travel advisory issued on Monday, 16-March-2020 stated temporary halting air travel from UK.

Also issued was a new “social distancing” advisory by the government suggesting many measures to be adopted both by public as well as private sector.

This happened even as a fresh batch of Indians returning from overseas landed (photo above) at the IGI Airport Delhi on Sunday before they were shifted to ITBP’s Quarantine Facility at Chhawla,

These evacuated Indian who arrived on Sunday included students and tourists trapped in Milan, Italy following coronavirus outage.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared on 14-March-2020 that Europe is the new epicenter of coronavirus pandemic situation.

Chhawla Quarantine facility is maintained by Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) along with Safdarjung Hospital. Its deft handling of preventive measures being taken in these trying times has been acknowledged even by international experts.

Restrictions on movement of international passengers along the land border crossings, that came into effect on 15-March-2020, are along International Border (IB)  with Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh & Myanmar (Burma).

This announcement came-in  as total number of coronavirus cases rose to 107 by afternoon on Sunday, 15-March-2020.

Also Ministry of Health has issued an advisory relating to ‘who and when’ one should get tested for coronavirus.