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5459.
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?
1870
1976
1897
1997
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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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