The govt said there was no evidence yet of any community transmission of Covid-19 in India (PTI, file photo for representation)
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday once again reiterated that it has found no evidence yet of any community transmission in India and that the rate of infection remains low with just 2% of 16,002 samples tested on Thursday testing positive.
It also, once again, gave an assurance that the public would be informed if the coronavirus outbreak reached Stage 3 spread.
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Responding to media reports that a study by the government-controlled ICMR based on random sampling tests conducted on patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Illnesses (SARI) indicated community transmission, Lav Agarwal, joint secretary in the health ministry, said that the report dealt with studies conducted in areas where prevalence of the disease was detected and not in new areas and that the positive rate revealed by the report was 1.8%.
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