1. In order to fight with the COVID situation, the government has designated how many levels of health care facility?
a. Four
b. Three
c. Two
d. Seven
S-b
EXPLANATION-
• In order to manage the accelerating Covid 19 cases,Indian Government has introduced the action plan to classify the health care facilities into three categories.
• These are covid care centres, dedicated covid health centres and dedicated covid hospitals.
• All three types of COVID-19 dedicated facilities will have separate ear marked areas for suspect and confirmed cases.
• The different tiers of healthcare centres will be established to not mix up the suspect and confirmed cases.
• As of Indian Council of Medical Research, one COVID-19 patient can infect 406 people in 30 days if he doesn’t follows the lockdown measures and social distancing.
2. Which of the following has designed the full-body disinfection chamber?
a. Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)
b. National Institute of Virology
c. Vehicle Research and Development Establishment (VRDE)
d. National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB)
S-c
EXPLANATION-
• Vehicle Research and Development Establishment (VRDE), Ahmednagar, a DRDO laboratory, has designed a full-body disinfection chamber called Personnel Sanitization Enclosure.
• This walkthrough enclosure is designed for personnel decontamination, one person at a time.
• This is a portable system equipped with sanitizers and soap dispenser. The decontamination is started using a foot pedal at the entry.
• On entering the chamber, electrically-operated pump creates a disinfectant mist of hypo sodium chloride for disinfecting. The mist spray is calibrated for an operation of 25 seconds and stops automatically indicating completion of operation. As per procedure, personnel undergoing disinfection will need to keep their eyes closed while inside the chamber.
• The system consists of roof mounted and bottom tanks with a total of 700 litres capacity. Approximately 650 personnel can pass through the chamber for disinfection until the refill is required.
• The system has see-through glass panels on side walls for monitoring purpose and is fitted with lights for illumination during night-time operations.
• This system can be used for disinfection of personnel at the areas of controlled ingress and egress such as entry and exit to hospitals, malls, office buildings and critical installations.
3. Which state has doubled the salary of doctors, nurses, paramedical and all other staff working in COVID-19 hospitals?
a. Haryana
b. Punjab
c. Jharkhand
d. Tamil Nadu
S-a
EXPLANATION-
• Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said the salary of doctors, nurses, paramedical and all other staff working in COVID-19 hospitals would be doubled.
• The Chief Minister said all arrangements for providing PPE kits, medicines and ventilators are satisfactory in all the government hospitals and medical colleges.
• All the arrangements for the treatment of corona patients such as masks, PPE kits, medicines, ventilators etc. will be made by the State government for medical colleges whether they are under Central or State government, private or government aided.
4. The ICMR has validated 'TruenatTM beta CoV test on TruelabTM workstation' and has recommended it as a screening test. It is used for which disease except for COVID-19?
a. Pneumonia
b. Tuberculosis
c. Swine Flu
d. Ebloa
S-b
EXPLANATION-
• (ICMR) has approved the use of diagnostic machines used for testing drug-resistant tuberculosis for conducting coronavirus tests.
• The ICMR has validated 'TruenatTM beta CoV test on TruelabTM workstation' and has recommended it as a screening test.
• Issuing a guidance on the use of Truenat beta CoV, the ICMR said throat/nasal swabs will be collected in the viral transport medium (VTM) with virus lysis buffer provided along with the kit.
• ICMR study points to community transmission.
5. Who is the chairperson of the National Executive Committee constituted under the Disaster Management Act?
a. Ajay Bhalla
b. Ajay Sawhney
c. Ajay Dixit
d. Ajay Mitra
S-a
