New Delhi, March 23: Asked whether community transmission of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has begun in India, the슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) maintained that it cannot confirm. Speaking to Times of India, ICMR슬롯 머신 사이트 추천epidemiologist Dr RR Gangakhedkar said that certain tests were being conducted to understand the spread of coronavirus and Tuesday will be crucial when they would get some results.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Coronavirus Outbreak Live News Updates.

"We are not in a position till now to say if community transmission is happening. Mathematical modelling is being done and we will get some impressions by Tuesday," Dr슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Gangakhedkar was quoted as saying.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Community transmission will occur when a person with no travel history to a coronavirus-hit country or known contact with a confirmed case tests positive for the disease. India has reported cases where the infected person has no history of foreign travel.

On Sunday, Gujarat reported its death due to coronavirus. The 69-year-old deceased슬롯 머신 사이트 추천had no foreign travel history but had visited virus-hit Delhi and Jaipur. Similarly, in Mumbai, a 63-year-old man,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천who had no immediate history of international travel, succumbed to the disease. Earlier, a 20-year-old man from Delhi contracted coronavirus in Chennai. He did not travel to any foreign country but had come in contact with슬롯 머신 사이트 추천a person with foreign travel history.

"This virus is very strong and its transmission rate is very high,"슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry, said.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Speaking of a vaccine, ICMR director general Dr Balram Bhargava indicated no success. "Some combinations of drugs have been tried but there is no magical pill for its cure. Deaths are still taking place in Italy, the US and UK where the health infrastructure is much better," Dr슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Bhargava was quoted as saying.

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