Lok Sabha Question No. 2287 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-23
Subject: Virology Laboratories for Corona Testing
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Vijay Baghel, Arun Sao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUE STION NO. 2287 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD SEPTEMBER, 2020

## VIROLOGY LABORATORIE S FOR CORONA TESTING

## 2287. SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

## SHRI ARUN SAO:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the Virology Laboratories for the test of Corona virus in the time of COVID - 19 global pandemic, State/UT/location - wise including Chhattisgarh;
- (b)  whether  Viro logy  Laboratories  are  in  operation  in all  Medical  Colleges  of  Chhattisgarh including All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any proposal/correspondence has been done to start virology laboratories i n Bilaspur, Raigarhand Ambikapur medical colleges in Chhattisgarh;
- (d) if so, the details and the current status thereof; and
- (e) the other measure being take by the Government for testing controlling and prevention of Corona pandemic?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) State/UT wise details of total operational COVID - 19 testing laboratories is at Annexure .
- (b)  to (d)  As  per  information  maintained  by  ICMR,  laboratories  in  the  following  medic colleges of Chhattisgarh are conducting COVID - 19 testing by RT - PCR:
- i.All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur
- ii.Late Baliram Kashyap M Govt. Medical College, Jagdalpur
- iii. JNM Medical College, Raipur
- iv.Late Shri Lakhi Ram Agrawal Memorial Govt. Medical College, Raigarh
- v. Government Medical College and Hospital, Ambikapur
- vi.Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur
- vii.Bharat  Ratna  Late  Shri  Atal  Bihari  Vajpayee  Memorial  Medic al  College,  Pendri, Rajnandgaon
- viii. Raipur Institute of Medical Sciences, 4th Floor, College Building, Rims Knowledge Pa Raipur

(e)Government of India has taken a series of actions to prevent, control and mitigate the of COVID - 19 . India followed a whole of Government and whole of society approach. Hon'ble Prime  Minister,  a  High  level  Group  of  Ministers  (GoM),  Cabinet  Secretary,  Committee Secretaries  and  senior  officers  in  MoHFW  continue  to  monitor  public  health  response COVID - 19 in the country .

The public health actions were taken in a pre - emptive, pro - active, graded manner based on  the  evolving  scenario.  A  number  of  travel  advisories  were  issued  restricting  inf international travelers, till such time, commercial flights were suspended o n 23 rd March, 2020. Till then, a total of 14,154 flights with 15,24,266 passengers have been screened at these Screening was also done at 12 major and 65 minor ports and land border crossings. In the part of the pandemic, India evacuated a large number of stranded passengers from then COVID affected countries (China, Italy, Iran, Japan, Malaysia) and again in the un - lockdown phase, a total of 13,76,090 passengers have been brought back (as reported on 20 th September, 2020) and followed up.

Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) is conducting contact tracing thro community surveillance. In the earlier part of the pandemic, this was done for travel rela and subsequently for cases being reported from community as a part o f containment strategy. As on 20 th September 2020, a total of about 40 lakh persons have been kept under surveillance. is testing is about 1 million samples a day. A total of 6.43 crore samples have been tes (as on 20 th September 2020).

As on 21 st September, 2020, a total of 15,373 COVID treatment facilities with 13,18,8 dedicated isolation bed without O 2 support have been created. Also, a total of 2,35,901 oxygen supported isolation beds and 64,868 ICU beds (including 32,792 ventilator be ds).Guidelines on Clinical management of COVID - 19 have been issued and are being updated regularly.

States are being supported in terms of supply of logistics. So far 1.42 Crore of P 3.45  crores  N - 95  masks,  10.84  crore  tablets  of  Hydroxychloroqu ine,  30,841  ventilators  and 1,02,400 oxygen cylinders have been supplied to States/UTs/ Central Government hospitals far (as reported on 20 th September, 2020).

Various cadres of personnel and volunteers across sectors and departments for COV related worksand maintenance of other essential medical services have been worked out, trai throughresources made available on the website of MoHFW ,iGOT (online platform) by DOPT ( https://igot.gov.in/igot/ ).

MoHFW website is being daily to provide general public with information on cur status of COVID - 19 spread in India. Communication material is also being hosted on MoHFW website and through social media. A dedicated call centre / helpline (1075) has been st ted to guide community at large which are being used by the citizens very effectively and on a basis.

More than 30 vaccine candidates have been supported which are in different stage development, 3 candidates are in advanced stage of Phase I/II /III trials and more than 4 are in advanced pre -clinical development stage. A National Expert Group on Vaccine Administratio for COVID-19 has been constituted on 7th August, 2020, under NITI Ayog. Thirteen clini trials of repurposed drugs have been und ertaken to build a portfolio of therapeutic options fo Covid- 19 patients.

Annexure State/UT wise details of t otal operational COVID - 19 testing l aboratories (as on 20 th September,

2020)

| S. No.   | State/UT                    |   No. of laboratories |
|----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                     5 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh              |                    94 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh           |                    15 |
| 4        | Assam                       |                    34 |
| 5        | Bihar                       |                    56 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                  |                     4 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                |                    37 |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |                     1 |
| 9        | Delhi                       |                    69 |
| 10       | Goa                         |                     7 |
| 11       | Gujarat                     |                    63 |
| 12       | Haryana                     |                    36 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh            |                    30 |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir           |                    27 |
| 15       | Jharkhand                   |                    40 |
| 16       | Karnataka                   |                   136 |
| 17       | Kerala                      |                    94 |
| 18       | Ladakh                      |                     3 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                 |                     2 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh              |                    96 |
| 21       | Maharashtra                 |                   166 |
| 22       | Manipur                     |                    11 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                   |                    14 |
| 24       | Mizoram                     |                    11 |
| 25       | Nagaland                    |                    14 |
| 26       | Odisha                      |                    51 |
| 27       | Puducherry                  |                     9 |
| 28       | Punjab                      |                    50 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                   |                    44 |
| 30       | Sikkim                      |                     2 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                  |                   176 |
| 32       | Telangana                   |                    62 |
| 33       | Tripura                     |                     4 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh               |                   192 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                 |                    23 |
| 36       | West Bengal                 |                    99 |
| Total    | Total                       |                  1777 |