{"id":228677,"date":"2020-04-24T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=228677"},"modified":"2020-04-24T13:14:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T07:44:08","slug":"grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/","title":{"rendered":"Grave concern over large number of journalist contracting with COVID-19 &#8212; PCI urges the Govt., other authorities and media houses to help them mitigate their hardship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Press Council of India is saddened to know that a large number of journalists while on call of duty have contracted the COVID virus.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It appeals to the Government and all other authorities to help the journalists those who have contracted the virus while reporting on the pandemic from the containment Zone, hotspots and other COVID affected areas by providing medical help and required support to mitigate their hardships.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The media persons who are working on ground zero are advised to take due health related precautions while performing their duties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further keeping in view their vulnerability, the management of media\/publication house need to take necessary steps to ensure their care.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Press Council of India<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PR\/11\/2020-PCI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>[Press Release dt. 22-04-2020]<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Press Council of India is saddened to know that a large number of journalists while on call of duty have contracted <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":221725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1188,2],"tags":[40874,39839,39924,40828,8371,40875],"class_list":["post-228677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot_off_the_press","category-news","tag-containment-zone","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-hotspots","tag-journalist","tag-meda-persons"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Grave concern over large number of journalist contracting with COVID-19 -- PCI urges the Govt., other authorities and media houses to help them mitigate their hardship | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grave concern over large number of journalist contracting with COVID-19 -- PCI urges the Govt., other authorities and media houses to help them mitigate their hardship\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Press Council of India is saddened to know that a large number of journalists while on call of duty have contracted\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-24T08:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PCI.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/\",\"name\":\"Grave concern over large number of journalist contracting with COVID-19 -- PCI urges the Govt., other authorities and media houses to help them mitigate their hardship | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PCI.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-24T08:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PCI.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PCI.jpg\",\"width\":1330,\"height\":887},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Grave concern over large number of journalist contracting with COVID-19 &#8212; PCI urges the Govt., other authorities and media houses to help them mitigate their hardship\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\",\"name\":\"Bhumika Indulia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Bhumika Indulia\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Grave concern over large number of journalist contracting with COVID-19 -- PCI urges the Govt., other authorities and media houses to help them mitigate their hardship | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Grave concern over large number of journalist contracting with COVID-19 -- PCI urges the Govt., other authorities and media houses to help them mitigate their hardship","og_description":"The Press Council of India is saddened to know that a large number of journalists while on call of duty have contracted","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2020-04-24T08:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1330,"height":887,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PCI.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bhumika Indulia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bhumika Indulia","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/","name":"Grave concern over large number of journalist contracting with COVID-19 -- PCI urges the Govt., other authorities and media houses to help them mitigate their hardship | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PCI.jpg","datePublished":"2020-04-24T08:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PCI.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PCI.jpg","width":1330,"height":887},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/grave-concern-over-large-number-of-journalist-contracting-with-covid-19-pci-urges-the-govt-other-authorities-and-media-houses-to-help-them-mitigate-their-hardship\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Grave concern over large number of journalist contracting with COVID-19 &#8212; PCI urges the Govt., other authorities and media houses to help them mitigate their hardship"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a","name":"Bhumika Indulia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg","caption":"Bhumika Indulia"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PCI.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":228590,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/22\/advisory-to-print-electronic-media-media-houses-to-take-care-of-their-filed-staff-as-well-as-office-staff\/","url_meta":{"origin":228677,"position":0},"title":"Advisory to Print &#038; Electronic Media | Media Houses to take care of their field staff as well as office staff","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"April 22, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"In light of the recent incidents in various parts of the country, wherein media-persons have contracted COVID-19 in line of work, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has today issued an advisory to all Print and Electronic media. The Ministry has advised that media persons including reporters, cameramen, photographers etc.,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hot Off The Press&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":230339,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/01\/kar-hc-journalists-other-media-personnel-are-on-the-field-to-disseminate-correct-information-just-like-police-doctors-nurses-government-personnel-carrying-out-essential-duties\/","url_meta":{"origin":228677,"position":1},"title":"Kar HC | Journalists &#038; other media personnel are on the field to disseminate correct information just like police, doctors, nurses &#038; government personnel carrying out essential duties","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"June 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Karnataka High Court:\u00a0A Division Bench of B.V. Nagarathna and Suraj Govindaraj, JJ., while addressing petition held that, Role of journalists and media personnel cannot be underestimated nor undermined during this pandemic and just like the police doctors, nurses, and Government personnel and others carrying out essential duties, in the same\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":228366,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/16\/coronavirus-state-wise-list-of-hotspot-districts-reporting-cases-of-covid-19-issued\/","url_meta":{"origin":228677,"position":2},"title":"[UPDATE] Coronavirus | State wise list of hotspot districts reporting cases of COVID 19 issued","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"April 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"UPDATE Cabinet Secy. on 30-04-2020 stated that it is important to ensure that pockets of critical interventions are identified for a focused management of COVID-19 at the field level. Districts were earlier designated as hotspots \/ red-zones, orange zones and green zones primarily based on the cumulative cases reported and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hot Off The Press&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/outbreak-coronavirus-world-1024x506px-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/outbreak-coronavirus-world-1024x506px-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/outbreak-coronavirus-world-1024x506px-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/outbreak-coronavirus-world-1024x506px-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/outbreak-coronavirus-world-1024x506px-1.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":228652,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/24\/mha-clarifies-misplaced-apprehensions-of-industry-associations-regarding-legal-liability-on-company-ceos-if-employees-found-covid-19-positive\/","url_meta":{"origin":228677,"position":3},"title":"MHA clarifies Misplaced Apprehensions of Industry Associations regarding Legal liability on Company CEOs, if employees found COVID-19 positive","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"April 24, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), on 15.04.2020, had issued an\u00a0order\u00a0to exempt certain activities under the consolidated revised guidelines to fight COVID-19, in certain areas not included in hotspots\/containment zones. (https:\/\/www.mha.gov.in\/sites\/default\/files\/MHA%20order%20dt%2015.04.2020%2C%20with%20Revised%20Consolidated%20Guidelines_compressed%20%283%29.pdf) Along with these guidelines, National Directives for COVID-19 Management and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for social distancing and hygiene measures\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hot Off The Press&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":239679,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/11\/26\/covid-19-mha-guidelines-for-surveillance-containment-and-caution\/","url_meta":{"origin":228677,"position":4},"title":"COVID-19 | MHA Guidelines for Surveillance, Containment and Caution","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"November 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an Order today with Guidelines for Surveillance, Containment and Caution, which will be effective from December 1, 2020, and to remain in force up to 31-12-2020. The main focus of the Guidelines is to consolidate the substantial gains that have been achieved against the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hot Off The Press&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":227923,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/04\/04\/novel-coronavirus-disease-2019-containment-plan-for-large-outbreaks-by-mohfw\/","url_meta":{"origin":228677,"position":5},"title":"Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 | Containment Plan for Large Outbreaks by MohFW","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"April 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Background On 7-01- 2020, Chinese authorities identified a new strain of Coronavirus as the causative agent for the disease. The virus has been renamed by WHO as SARS-CoV-2 and the disease caused by it as COVID-19., which has now been spread to over 200 countries\/territories. As per WHO (as of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Legislation Updates&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Legislation Updates","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/legislationupdates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}