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India pledged $10 million toward a Covid-19 emergency fund

Sumit Arora Published On March 16th, 2020 Leave a comment

Government of India pledged $10 million toward a Covid-19 emergency fund. India also planned to put together a rapid response team of doctors and specialists for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) nations. India suggested Integrated Disease Surveillance Portal (IDSP) that is currently being used to detect infected patients and contact tracing. The leaders proposed that health secretaries and experts from all SAARC member nations should coordinate to monitor and curb the spread of Covid-19.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

SAARC founded: 8 December 1985
Headquarters of SAARC: Kathmandu, Nepal.
Members country of SAARC: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

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