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Coronavirus outbreak LATEST updates: The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Maharashtra increased to 2,455 after 121 new cases were reported today. Meanwhile, the airlines announce the suspension of rail services until May 3, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the extension of the national blockade.
Indian Railways has extended the suspension of its passenger services until May 3, senior officials said Tuesday. They said the decision was made after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the nationwide blockade will run until May 3 to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the blockade has been extended until May 3, and that the coronavirus must be reduced at all levels. The government will present detailed guidelines, the prime minister said. Narendra Modi ensures that there are sufficient rations and stocks of essential products in the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 10 a.m. today, the last day of the 21-day national blockade imposed with the aim of containing the spread of the deadly COVID-19.
A total of 10,363 coronavirus cases have been reported in India. So far, 339 people have succumbed to the infection in the country, while 1,035 patients have been cured. There are 8,988 active cases in the country, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The ministry also said 1,211 new cases and 31 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours.
Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech to the nation, the head of Congress, Sonia Gandhi, in a video message on Tuesday morning, praised the leaders in the fight against the coronavirus (doctors, health workers, police) and said they were fighting the pandemic despite the lack. of resources.
The Meghalaya government imposed the 48-hour curfew in Shillong with the first case of coronavirus detected in the state capital on April 12, according to chief minister Conrad Sangma.
The Union Health Ministry said Monday that 905 new cases of COVID-19 and 51 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 9,352 and deaths to 324.
In what comes as a positive development on the penultimate day of a national shutdown, 25 districts in 15 states that had previously detected COVID-19 infections have contained the spread and did not report new cases in 14 days, the ministry said.
The districts are Gondia (Maharashtra), Raj Nand Gaon (Chhattisgarh), Davangiri (Karnataka), South Goa, Wayanad and Kottayam (Kerala), West Imphal (Manipur), Rajouri (J&K), Aizwal West (Mizoram), Mahe en Puducherry , SBS Nagar in Punjab, Patna, Nalanda and Munger in Bihar, Pratapgarh in Rajasthan, Panipat, Rohtak and Sirsa in Haryana, Pauri Garhwal in Uttrakhand and Bhadradari Kothagudem in Telangana.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 10 a.m. on Tuesday and is likely to discuss the additional course of action to deal with the crisis posed by the virus.
Cases in Maharashtra cross 2,000, count in Delhi up to 1,154
As many as 25 staff at Mumbai Bhatia Hospital tested positive for coronavirus, and the number of cases in the city reached 1549. The number of people who died reached 100 in the city.
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Maharashtra with 2,064 cases continues to be the most affected, followed by Delhi with 1,154 cases and Tamil Nadu with 1075 cases. The number of containment areas in Delhi has increased to 47.
New cases have been reported from various states, including Kerala, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh.
Nagaland reported his first COVID-19 case, after which several towns and a hospital in Dimapur were sealed.
The Uttarakhand Health Department said that no new positive case of COVID-19 emerged in the state for the fifth consecutive day.
The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) said that 2,06,212 COVID-19 tests were performed as of Sunday. “Of these 14,855 tests were conducted in 156 government laboratories and 1,913 tests were performed in 69 private laboratories on Sunday,” ICMR chief scientist Dr. Raman R Gangakhedkar said at the daily press conference on the COVID situation- 19.
“At the rate we are testing today, we have a stock with which we can easily test for the next six weeks,” said the ICMR official.
He said a shipment of COVID-19 kits is expected to arrive from China on April 15.
Administrative measures
The Union Ministry of Health reported that 78,000 members of the 27-state self-help group have produced 1.96 crore masks under the State Rural Livelihood Missions.
“Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna package, more than 30,000 poor people have received financial support of Rs 28,256 crore during the closure until April 10. This includes support of Rs 19.86 crore for female account holders. from Jan Dhan Yojna that Rs 9,930 million were transferred.
“Under Prime Minister Kisan Yojna, 6.93 million crore received support of 13,855 rupees. Under social assistance programs, 2.82 million widows, elderly and disabled people received support of 1,405 million rupees,” he said. Lav Agarwal, Joint Union Secretary for Health. ministry said.
Agarwal also said that the Central Strategy Group on COVID-19 was working on fast and inexpensive diagnostics, as well as new drugs.
“The group was formed, based on a detailed review of the COVID-19 investigation, conducted by the Harshvardhan Union Minister of Health in conjunction with CSIR and its 38 laboratories. The group is working on digital and molecular surveillance, rapid diagnosis and economic, new drugs, drug reuse and associated production processes, “he said.
In Delhi, Azadpur Mandi merchants from Delhi have been told to follow the odd and even rule according to their shed numbers to maintain social distance. There will be staggered time for the sale of vegetables and fruits in the mandis.
The Chandigarh government said that all government schools and government-assisted schools will have summer vacations from April 15 to May 15. Private schools will be advised to synchronize the same.
Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state government has started a helpline through which we want to connect non-resident Assamese.
“You can call 9615471547, we will register them. Once registered, we will transfer an amount that will help them survive in another state until the blockade is completely lifted. We have also started an initiative to help people who are trapped in different countries. To those Assam residents, we have transferred $ 1,000. “
He added: “Another initiative was to help critical patients, such as those with cancer, kidney and liver disease. We have transferred Rs 25,000 each to all those patients so that they can continue to receive treatment wherever they are today.”
Global picture
The global number of the new coronavirus pandemic increased to 1.14,539 on Monday, according to the AFP bill.
“There have been more than 1,853,300 reported cases in 193 countries and territories since the epidemic in China emerged in December. Of these cases, at least 395,000 are now considered recovered.” India today reported.
Spain, one of the countries most affected by the global coronavirus epidemic, began on Monday to ease blockade restrictions that have kept people confined to their homes for more than a month and curb economic activity, Reuters reported.
The number of deaths accumulated in Spain from the coronavirus increased to 17,489 on Monday, 517 more than the 16,972 on Sunday, the Spanish Ministry of Health said. Confirmed cases totaled 169,496, compared to 166,019 the previous day.
However, this was the smallest proportional daily increase in the number of deaths and new infections.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is recovering from his Covid-19 hospitalization at his ladies’ retreat in the country, where he was joined by his pregnant fiancé Carrie Symonds.
Downing Street has said the prime minister will not return to work immediately and will build on the sprawling 1,000-acre estate in Buckinghamshire, southeast England, for a recovery period on medical advice.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab continues to replace Johnson as the UK entered a fourth week of lockdown on Monday and the country’s total death toll from coronavirus reached 10,612. UK ministers are required by law to review strict social distancing measures before Thursday.
In a video message broadcast Sunday after his discharge from St Thomas Hospital in London, Johnson, 55, urged the public to continue to follow advice on staying home in the ongoing fight against the coronavirus.
With contributions from agencies
Update date: April 14, 2020 12:59:46 IST
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