NEW DELHI: The isolation, observation and treatment of Indians arriving from Wuhan has become an armed forces operation. The army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) have created n-coronavirus quarantine facilities for these people.
The army, based on the government’s directions, has created a n-coronavirus quarantine facility at Manesar for monitoring these students for two weeks.
“Responding to an emergency requirement to create and manage a facility for quarantine of approximately 300 Indian students arriving from Wuhan, China, the Indian Army has acted swiftly and created a facility near Manesar. At Manesar, the students can be monitored for a duration of two weeks by a qualified team of doctors and staff members to watch for any signs of infection,” the army said.
The army will follow a two-step process for screening and quarantine. The Indian citizens will be first screened at the airport, followed by quarantine at the Manesar facility. If any person is suspected to be infected, that individual will be shifted to the isolation ward at the Base Hospital in Delhi Cantt.
The screening at the airport will be done by a joint team of Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) and Airport Health Authority (APHO). During the screening the persons will be classified into three groups. The first group is the ‘suspect case’, comprising individuals with any signs of fever, cough and respiratory distress, who will be transferred to the Base Hospital.
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