The 31st of December is usually reserved for a quiet celebration in many government offices in Delhi. It was going as per plan at the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), an often easy-to-miss office of the ministry of health, located at Sham Nath Marg in North Delhi.
It gets overlooked since it is not a hospital though it takes the leading role in investigating disease outbreaks all over the country. “We got an update from the WHO China Country Office about 41 deaths from a new disease. Normally, such a small number from a country like China would not set alarm bells ...
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First Published: Wed, April 29 2020. 14:19 IST
