Lok Sabha Question No. 929 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-18
Subject: Tribal People Affected by COVID-19
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Pratima Mondal, Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 929 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th SEPTEMBER, 2020

## TRIBAL PEOPLE AFFECT ED BY COVID - 19

## 929. SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL: SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA:

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

- (a) the total number of people affected, recovered and died due to COVID - 19, particularly in tribal dominated regions, State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to provide additional medical relief to regions having limited medical infrastructure; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the other steps taken by the Government to protect the tribal people in these regions?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a): The total number of people affected, recovered and died due to COVID - 19 is placed at Annexure - I .  Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare  does  not  maintain  d ata  on  tribal dominated regions.
- (b)& (c) : For appropriate management of COVID - 19 cases, a three tier arrangement of health  facilities  [(i)  COVID  Care  Center  with  isolation  beds  for  mild  or  pre - symptomatic cases; (ii) Dedicated COVID Health Centre (DCHC) with oxygen supported isolation bed for mod erate  cases  and  (iii)  Dedicated COVID  Hospital (DCH) with  ICU beds for sever cases]  has  been  implemented.  Tertiary  care  hospitals  under  ESIC,  Defence,  Railwa paramilitary  forces,  Steel  Ministry  etc.  have  been  leveraged  for  case  management addition, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has set up large field hospitals with capacities ranging from 1000 to 10,000 isolation beds.

The availability of beds in various districts is monitored by Ministry of Heal Family Welfare. Based o n the growth rate trajectory, States are conveyed the requirement enhance capacity in advance and followed up through letters and video conferences.

Government of India has taken a number of other steps to contain/mitigate the im of  Covid  Pandemic that  applies  to  all  sections  of  society.  India  followed  a  whole Government and whole of society approach. Hon'ble Prime Minister, a High level Group of Ministers  (GoM),  Cabinet  Secretary,  Committee  of  Secretaries  and  senior  officers MoHFW continue tomonitor public health response to 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 of international trav elers, till such time, commercial flights were suspended on 23rd Marc 2020. Till then, a total of 14,154 flights with 15,24,266 passengers have been scre these  airports.  Screening  was  also  done  at  12  major  and  65  minor  ports  and  land  b crossi ngs.  In  the  initial  part  of  the  pandemic,  India  evacuated  a  large  number  of  st passengers  from  then  COVID  affected  countries  (China,  Italy,  Iran,  Japan,  Malaysia) again in the un - lockdown phase, a total of 13,18,891 passengers have been brought b ack (as on 14th September, 2020) and followed up.

Integrated  Disease  Surveillance  Programme  (IDSP)  is  conducting  contact  traci through community surveillance. In the earlier part of the pandemic, this was done for related  cases  and  subsequently  f or  cases  being  reported  from  community  as  a  part  of containment strategy. As on 14th September 2020, a total of about 40 lakh persons have kept under surveillance. There are 726 laboratories conducting COVID - 19 Testing. India is testing is about 1 mil lion samples a day. A total of 5.8 crore samples have been tested so (as on 14th September 2020).

States are being supported in terms of supply of logistics. So far 1.41 Crore Kits,  3.44  crores  N - 95  masks,  10.84  crore  tablets  of  Hydroxychloroqu ine  and  30,663 ventilators  and  1,02,400  oxygen  cylinders  have  been  supplied  to  States/UTs/  Cen Government hospitals so far (as on 14th September, 2020).

Various  cadres  of  personnel  and  volunteers  across  sectors  and  departments COVID related works and maintenance of other essential medical services have been worked out,  trained  through  resources  made  available  on  the  website  of  MoHFW,  iGOT  (onlin 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 b star ted to guide community at large which are being used by the citizens very effective on a regular basis.

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

Further,  financial  assistance  to  States/UTs  has  been  given  based  on  the  numbe cases and trends of COVID - 19 Pandemic. Accordingly, all the States/ UTs are provided with necessa ry financial support under India COVID -19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package. States /UTs were given flexibility to use the resources availabl NHM to prepare the public healthcare system for COVID - 19 management.

During FY 20 20- 21, funds of Rs 4256.79 crore have been released to the States/ UT as on 10.09.2020 and the State wise amount allocated and released to each State/UT is at Annexure II .

## A nnexure- I

State/UT wise details of number of total COVID - 19 cases, active cases, recovered cases and deaths (as on 16 - 09- 2020)

|   S. No. | Name of State / UT                   |   Total Cases |   Active cases |   R ecovered/ Discharged/ Migrated cases |   Deaths |
|----------|--------------------------------------|---------------|----------------|------------------------------------------|----------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            |          3574 |            204 |                                     3318 |       52 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                       |        583925 |          92353 |                                   486531 |     5041 |
|        3 | ArunachalPradesh                     |          6466 |           1795 |                                     4658 |       13 |
|        4 | Assam                                |        146575 |          29180 |                                   116903 |      492 |
|        5 | Bihar                                |        160871 |          13055 |                                   146980 |      836 |
|        6 | Chandigarh                           |          8592 |           2991 |                                     5502 |       99 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                         |         70777 |          35909 |                                    34279 |      589 |
|        8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |          2783 |            229 |                                     2552 |        2 |
|        9 | Delhi                                |        225796 |          29787 |                                   191203 |     4806 |
|       10 | Goa                                  |         25511 |           5102 |                                    20094 |      315 |
|       11 | Gujarat                              |        116183 |          16357 |                                    96582 |     3244 |
|       12 | Haryana                              |         98622 |          20430 |                                    77166 |     1026 |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh                     |         10335 |           3801 |                                     6444 |       90 |
|       14 | Jammu and Kashmir                    |         56654 |          18678 |                                    37062 |      914 |
|       15 | Jharkhand                            |         64439 |          14118 |                                    49750 |      571 |
|       16 | Karnataka                            |        475265 |          98555 |                                   369229 |     7481 |
|       17 | Kerala                               |        114033 |          31226 |                                    82341 |      466 |
|       18 | Ladakh                               |          3499 |            938 |                                     2517 |       44 |
|       19 | Madhya Pradesh                       |         93053 |          21620 |                                    69613 |     1820 |
|       20 | Maharashtra                          |       1097856 |         292174 |                                   775273 |    30409 |
|       21 | Manipur                              |          8210 |           1745 |                                     6418 |       47 |
|       22 | Meghalaya                            |          4036 |           1818 |                                     2190 |       28 |
|       23 | Mizoram                              |          1480 |            558 |                                      922 |        0 |
|       24 | Nagaland                             |          5229 |           1269 |                                     3945 |       15 |
|       25 | Odisha                               |        158650 |          32267 |                                   125738 |      645 |
|       26 | Puducherry                           |         20601 |           4674 |                                    15522 |      405 |
|       27 | Punjab                               |         84482 |          21154 |                                    60814 |     2514 |
|       28 | Rajasthan                            |        105898 |          16761 |                                    87873 |     1264 |
|       29 | Sikkim                               |          2173 |            464 |                                     1690 |       19 |
|       30 | Tamil Nadu                           |        514208 |          46806 |                                   458900 |     8502 |
|       31 | Telengana                            |        162844 |          30401 |                                   131447 |      996 |
|       32 | Tripura                              |         20150 |           7498 |                                    12435 |      217 |
|       33 | Uttarakhand                          |         34407 |          10739 |                                    23230 |      438 |
|       34 | Uttar Pradesh                        |        324036 |          67335 |                                   252097 |     4604 |
|       35 | West Bengal                          |        209146 |          23942 |                                   181142 |     4062 |
|       36 | India (Total)                        |       5020359 |         995933 |                                  3942360 |    82066 |