A family covering their mouths due to the break out of coronavirus, travelling in a metro, in New Delhi. Submit.|Photo Credit:
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Relief to households of victims and expense of hospitalisation removed in new order.
Hours after it released a notice that an ex-gratia of 4 lakh will be paid to the families of those who pass away of COVID-19 infection, the Ministry of House Affairs (MHA) withdrew the order.
In an order issued on Saturday, the MHA said it has decided to treat COVID-19 as a “alerted catastrophe” for the function of providing assistance under the State Catastrophe Response Fund (SDRF).
