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GoI is to invoke provisions of Section 2 of the Epidemic Diseases Act in order to limit the spread of the outbreak. When was the act passed?

Answer» GoI is to invoke provisions of Section 2 of the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897. The 123-year old Law is to be invoked in order to limit the spread of the outbreak. The announcement comes after WHO declaring COVID-19 as GLOBAL PANDEMIC. The 1897 law was invoked earlier during the bubonic plague in the then Bombay state.


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