The Epidemic Diseases Act 1897and much needed Amendment Ordinance, 2020 for Corona containment

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Research Article | Volume 8 Issue :3 (, 2018) | Pages 26 - 33

The Epidemic Diseases Act 1897and much needed Amendment Ordinance, 2020 for Corona containment

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DOI : 10.5083/ejcm

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Sept. 25, 2018

Abstract

Covid-19 with more than 2 crore cases and 7.5 lakh deaths brought world to standstill. India had about a century old Epidemic act with IPC and Cr PC as legal weapons to deal with such an aggressive pandemic which are far than minimal to deal with a situation like this in present time. So, looking at the gravity of current pandemic; Govt. of India passed a much clear and needed law as an Epidemic Disease ordinance 2020 on 22nd April 2020 for better containment and control of Covid-19 pandemic. Amendment has covered the fields which were either unclear or not at all covered or defined in the earlier Act.

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Covid-19

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7.5Lakh deaths

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