'Dhanwantari' Scheme

• 10 Jun 2020

• Assam government has launched a new scheme Dhanwantari under which locally unavailable medicines are provided to patients at home.
• Medicines below 200 rupees will be provided free of cost to patients.

‘Operation SHIELD’

• Delhi Government has launched the ‘Operation SHIELD’ to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the national capital.
• The Operation SHIELD is being implemented in containment zones as a necessary action to protect the people of Delhi from COVID-19.
• In the Operation SHIELD: S stands for: Sealing of area; H stands for: Home quarantine; I stands for: Isolation of infected patients; E stands for: Essential services ensured; L stands for: Local sanitisation; D stands for: Door to door survey.