Delhi reported its first coronavirus fatality on Friday increasing the death toll to two in India. The government has shut all schools, colleges and cinema halls and suspended all IPL matches in the city and until 31 March. From social distancing to rigorous airport checks to exhaustively disinfecting all public transport facilities, here’s how the capital is bracing. The 68-year-old who died was said to have contracted the virus from her son who tested positive and had travelled to Japan, Geneva and Italy earlier. The total number of cases in the city is currently 7. The most recent confirmed case is a Delhi resident working in a private firm in Noida who has a travel history to France and China.
New Delhi’s safety measures against coronavirus (COVID-19)
- All schools, colleges and cinema halls will remain shut in the city until 31 March
- At Indira Gandhi International Airport, the airport health organisation is performing mandatory thermal screenings for passengers from affected countries. Additionally, infrared temperature guns have been provided to each airport health organization to deal with a large influx of flyers. Hand sanitisers and posters of dos and don’t have been placed across the airport
- Buses coming into Delhi from other states are being disinfected at all inter-state bus terminals
- Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is deep cleaning all its trains , especially hand railings, doors and other surfaces that come in direct contact with people during their travels. It is also disinfecting elevators, escalators and hand railings.
- The Delhi government also launched a drive to disinfect all DTC and cluster buses on a regular basis.
- The government announced that it has started displaying advisories and dos and don’ts at bus depots, DTC and cluster buses and on digital screens at stations such as Rajiv Gandhi Chowk, Kashmere Gate, Central Secretariat, Chandni Chowk and New Delhi.
- An isolation ward has now been set up at Delhi’s Tihar jail to prevent the spread of the virus.
- Hotels, too, are taking precautionary measures since one of the affected people dined at a star hotel in the city. The hotel is conducting daily temperature checks of its employees and carrying out deep-cleaning measures.
Events cancelled in New Delhi: All IPL matches scheduled to be held in Delhi have now been suspended. FDCI’s India Fashion Week, which was to be held from 11 March to 15 March, has been shelved. Delhi Literature Festival (DLF), which was slated for last week, has been postponed. India Habitat Centre has cancelled all cultural events for the month of March. The Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum Complex and the Change of Guard ceremony has been closed off for the public.
Helpline numbers for Delhi residents
Central Helpline Number: +91-11-23978043
Delhi Helpline Number: 011-22307145, 22300012, 22300036
Email: ncov2019@gmail.com
Laboratories and testing centres for coronavirus in New Delhi
The two testing centres in Delhi are the All India Institute Medical Sciences and the National Centre for Disease Control. The sample collection lab in the city is Lady Hardinge Medical College. (Check the full list of coronavirus testing centres across India.)
List of coronavirus test centres in India
One does not simply walk into a coronavirus testing centre. There is protocol and there is only a limited set of labs that have been authorised for the job. The Indian Council for Medical has says only patients with a certain travel history or those in contact with infected persons need to be tested. When? Where? How? Here’s the breakdown.
Who needs to be tested for coronavirus?
According to the Department of Health Research, the disease COVID-19 is primarily reported in individuals with a travel history to affected countries or those who are in close contact with infected individuals. In India, there is no community transmission yet. Hence, not everyone needs to be tested.
How to get tested for coronavirus (COVID-19)
As per the government’s health protocol, if you have had direct or close physical contact with a laboratory confirmed case or if you have a history of travel within the last 14 days to high risk COVID-19 infected countries, you will have to be home quarantined for 14 days. Only if you show symptoms during this time will a laboratory test be conducted. If these samples test positive, you will be administered further tests and be hospitalised. If they don’t, you’re fine.
Every state has a small number of sample collection labs. This is where your throat swab + nasal swab will be taken. These will be sent up to testing labs, who will then send it to the National Institute of Virology in Pune for final tests.
Here’s a list of state-wise list of Coronavirus testing centres and laboratories across India:
ANDHRA PRADESH
Testing centres
- Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati
- Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
- GMC, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
Sample collection labs
- Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada
- Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Kadapa
- Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada
- Guntur Medical College, Guntur
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR
Testing centres
- Regional Medical Research Centre, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar
ASSAM
Testing centres
- Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati
- Regional Medical Research Center, Dibrugarh
Sample collection labs
- Silchar Medical College, Silchar
- Jorhat Medical College, Jorhat
- Tezpur Medical College, Tezpur
- Fakhruddin Medical College, Barpeta
BIHAR
Testing centres
- Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna
Sample collection labs
- Patna Medical College, Patna
- Darbhanga Medical College, Darbhanga
- S K Medical College, Muzaffarpur
CHANDIGARH
Testing centres
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh
Sample collection labs
- Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh
CHHATTISGARH
Testing centres
- All India Institute Medical Sciences, Raipur
Sample collection labs
- Late Sri BaliramKashyap Memorial Govt. Medical College, Jagdalpur
DELHI – NCR
Testing centres
- All India Institute Medical Sciences, Delhi
- National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi
Sample collection labs
- Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi
GUJARAT
Testing centres
- BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad
- M.P.Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar
Sample collection labs
- Government Medical College, Surat 1
- GMC, Bhavnagar
- PDU GMC, Rajkot
- Government Medical College & SSG Hospital, Vadodara
HARYANA
Testing centres
- Pt. B.D. Sharma Post Graduate Inst. of Med. Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana
- BPS Govt Medical College, Sonipat
HIMACHAL PRADESH
Testing centres
- Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
- Dr.Rajendra Prasad Govt. Med. College, Kangra, Tanda, Himachal Pradesh
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
Testing centres
- Sher‐e‐ Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar
- Government Medical College, Jammu
Sample collection labs
- Government Medical College, Srinagar
JHARKHAND
Testing centres
- MGM Medical College, Jamshedpur
Sample collection labs
- Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi
KARNATAKA
Testing centres
- Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, Bangalore
- National Institute of Virology Field Unit Bangalore
- Mysore Medical College & Research Institute, Mysore
- Hassan Inst. of Med. Sciences, Hassan, Karnataka
- Shimoga Inst. of Med. Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka
Sample collection labs
- Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Science, Bellary
- Gulbarga Institute Of Medical Sciences, Gulbarga
KERALA
Testing centres
- National Institute of Virology Field Unit, Kerala
- Govt. Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
- Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala
Sample collection labs
- Government Medical College, Thrissur
LADAKH
Sample collection labs
- Sonam Namgyal Memorial Hospital, Leh
MADHYA PRADESH
Testing centres
- All India Institute Medical Sciences, Bhopal
- National Institute of Research in Tribal Health (NIRTH), Jabalpur
Sample collection labs
- Bundelkhand Medical College, Sagar
- MGM Medical College, Indore
- Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior
- S.S Medical College, Rewa
MEGHALAYA
Testing centres
- NEIGRI of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya
MAHARASHTRA
Testing centres
- Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur
- Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai
Sample collection labs
- Government Medical College, Miraj, Sangli
- Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital , Mumbai
- Government Medical college, Nagpur
- Government Medical College, Aurangabad
- V. M. Government Medical College, Solapur
- Shri Bhausaheb Hire Government Medical College, Dhule
- Government Medical College and Hospital & Superspeciality Hospital, Akola
MANIPUR
Testing centres
- J N Inst. of Med. Sciences Hospital, Imphal‐East, Manipur
Sample collection labs
- Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal
ODISHA
Testing centres
- Regional Medical Research Center, Bhubaneswar
Sample collection labs
- SCB Medical College, Cuttack
PUDUCHERRY
Testing centres
- Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry
Sample collection labs
- Indira Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Puducherry
PUNJAB
Testing centres
- Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab
- Government Medical College, Amritsar
RAJASTHAN
Testing centres
- Sawai Man Singh, Jaipur
- Dr. S.N Medical College, Jodhpur
- Jhalawar Medical College, Jhalawar, Rajasthan
- SP Med. College, Bikaner, Rajasthan
Sample collection labs
- RNT Medical College, Udaipur
- AIIMS, Jodhpur
TAMIL NADU
Testing centres
- King’s Institute of Preventive Medicine & Research, Chennai
- Government Medical College, Theni
Sample collection labs
- Madurai Medical College, Madurai
- Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem
- Government Medical College, Thiruvarur
- Government Medical College, Villupuram
- Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli
- Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore
- Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
TRIPURA
Testing centres
- Government Medical College, Agartala
TELANGANA
Testing centres
- Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad
Sample collection labs
- Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad
- Kakatiya Medical College, Nizampura, Warangal
UTTAR PRADESH
Testing centres
- King’s George Medical University, Lucknow
- Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
- Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh
UTTARAKHAND
Testing centres
- Government Medical College, Haldwani
Sample collection labs
- AIIMS, Rishikesh
- Doon Government Medical College, Dehradun
WEST BENGAL
Testing centres
- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata
- IPGMER, Kolkata
Sample collection labs
- Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, Murshidabad, Berhampur, West Bengal
- Midnapore Medical College & Hospital, Midnapore
- North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling
- Malda Medical College, Malda
- RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata
