Health Min activates helpline for COVID-19 queries

at 6:12 pm

New Delhi (NVI): The Health Ministry today activated a 24X7 toll-free helpline number for health-related queries on coronavirus while informing that four new cases have been reported, taking the total number of cases in the country to 114.

“A 24×7 toll-free national helpline number 1075 has been activated for support, guidance, and response to health-related queries on COVID-19”, the Ministry said in a statement.

Four new cases one each in Kerala, Ladakh, Odisha, and Jammu and Kashmir, have been reported. This takes the total positive cases in the country to 114 out of which 13 people been discharged after they recovered and two died, the ministry said.

It has also urged people to wear masks only if they are feeling sick or uncomfortable due to coronavirus like symptoms.

A high-level review meeting of Group of Ministers (GOM) on COVID-19 under the chairmanship of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan was held today at Nirman Bhawan.