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Issue Directions for Banning Use of Disinfectants and Ultra Violet Rays on Humans for COVID-19 Management: SC to Centre

Lawstreet Journal 8 Nov 2020 1:50am

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On Thursday (November 5, 2020), the Supreme Court asked the Centre to issue directions for banning use of disinfectants and ultra violet rays on humans for COVID-19 management.

The court was hearing a PIL filed by Gursimran Singh Narula who sought a ban on spraying or fumigation of organic disinfectants and exposing humans to ultraviolet rays for the purposes of disinfecting them.

The bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan asked the government to do the needful in this regard within a month. The bench passed the verdict on a plea seeking directions to the Centre to forthwith ban the installation, production and advertisement of disinfection tunnels involving spraying or fumigation of chemical disinfectants on humans.

On September 7, 2020 the apex court had asked the Centre why it has not banned the use of tunnels for disinfecting people for COVID-19 despite taking the stand that spraying of chemical disinfectants is physically and psychologically harmful. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had earlier informed the court that the Health Ministry has not issued any advisory or guideline on the use of ultraviolet lights for disinfection of humans for COVID-19 management.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta also said that spraying of any chemical disinfectant is also physically and psychologically harmful for humans.
The Centre, in its affidavit, had submitted that as public health and hospitals are state subject, it is for the states/Union Territories to implement the guidelines issued by the Health Ministry, and the role of Government of India is limited to providing necessary guidance and financial support.

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