Webinar on Legal Framework for Pandemic Management & Response to COVID-19 in India Organized by Sanskriti University
Sanskriti University organized a webinar to address the “Legal Framework for Pandemic Management & Response to COVID-19 in India”. The objective of this webinar was to discuss how Public health legislation plays an important role in the containment of any pandemic and how awareness brings a strength to fight in pandemic.
The webinar focused on two important acts namely The Epidemic disease act of 1897 and The Disaster management act of 2005. The Epidemic Disease Act, consists of four sections, and aims to provide “for the better prevention of the spread of Dangerous Epidemic Diseases.” Section 2 empowers state governments/UTs to take special measures and formulate regulations for containing the outbreak.
