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* * Wine shops must remain closed: Sangareddy Congress MLA Jayaprakash Reddy
Sangareddy Congressman MLA Jayaprakash Reddy criticized the TRS government’s decision to reopen wine shops on Friday, saying he has defeated the purpose of the blockade aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus. “People are crowded with wine shops without keeping physical distance. If Covid-19 spreads, KCR should be held responsible, “said Reddy.
* ESI Hospital Gets Approval for Covid Plasma Assays
Sanathnagar ESI Hospital has received permission to conduct plasma therapy trials for patients with Covid-19 in conjunction with Gandhi State Hospital. The ICMR officially granted permission to both hospitals for six months.
According to officials, ESI Hospital does not have Covid-19 patients, but does have isolation rooms with suspected cases. The ESI will first have to get Covid-19 patients to start plasma tests.
* Update at 11.59am The | Patients infected with Covid-19 who develop a serious illness or who have compromised immunity will have to test negative through the RT-PCR test before being discharged by the hospital: PTI quotes the Union Ministry of Health
* Update at 11.51am: Our mortality rate in the country continues at around 3.3% and the recovery rate has risen to 29.9%, these are very good indicators. The doubling rate for the past 3 days has been approximately 11 days, for the past 7 days it has been 9.9 days, says Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.
* Private fund NGOs feel the heat as scores continue to seek help
With an increasing number of people seeking help, largely staples and essential medicines, NGOs in the city are beginning to feel the pressure. Adding to the concern of many is the lack of job security that has left donors tightening their pockets. They fear that poor financial support may make it difficult to meet requirements on the ground in the future.
* Update at 9.28am: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) issues a revised discharge policy for patients with Covid-19.
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* Update at 9.18 a.m. The | The death toll from Covid-19 increases to 1,981; Cases Rise to 59,662 in India: Union Ministry of Health
* *On Friday, the Telangana government began imposing a 1,000-rupee fine on people who roam public places without wearing a mask as the state struggles to contain new cases of Covid-19.
* *In what could be the first experiment of its kind, Telangana police are using artificial intelligence (AI) to track those who leave without wearing a face mask, which the government has made mandatory. The new system alerts the police after analyzing live CCTV images.
* *About 900 students from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are stranded at Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Punjab and many of them Coronavirus in Hyderabad, Coronavirus cases in Hyderabad, Hyderabad Coronavirus, Hyderabad Coronavirus news, Hyderabad Covid 19 in Hyderabad, Coronavirus scare in Hyderabad, Coronavirus update in Hyderabad, Coronavirus news Hyderabada now wants to go home.
* *The Covid-19 pandemic hit the pharmaceutical sector’s ambitions to record double-digit export growth to reach a record $ 22 billion in fiscal year 2019-20, as a result of which exports grew only 7.57% a $ 20.58 billion from $ 19.13 billion in 2018-19, latest data from apex pharma exports promotion agency Pharmexcil show.
* *Seriously considering the government’s decision to run fewer tests on Covid-19, the Telangana high court on Friday wondered how it would get a true picture of the spread of the virus in the state. The court was also upset with the government for ordering doctors not to collect blood samples from dead people and not to test Covid-19 on them.
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