Coronavirus spread: Govt's U-turn on 'limited community transmission'

Health ministry says it's still local transmission; use of the term on its website on Sunday was to highlight government's 'action on field'

A day after a health ministry document mentioned “limited community transmission” of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, the government asserted on Monday it had reached only a “local transmission” stage.
 

Offering little explanation of why the phrase “limited community transmission” was used in a standard operating procedure (SoP) document to transport a Covid-19 positive patient, health ministry’s Joint Secretary Luv Aggarwal reiterated it was only local transmission. The term used in the website of the ministry was only to highlight the government’s “action on the field”, he said, without elaborating.
 

“We would be the first ones to get back