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Coronavirus outbreak LAST updates: Refusing to relax some measures taken in Kerala during the national shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Home Office sent a letter to the state government stating the violation of the April 15 order. Meanwhile, India’s toll increased to 543 and the number of confirmed cases was 17,265.
A nine-day-old girl tested positive for the new coronavirus on Sunday in Bhopal, bringing the total count in the city to 214 in the city.
She was born at Sultania Hospital, where two hospital nurses previously tested positive for the infectious disease, the state health department said. The baby’s parents have been tested for the new coronavirus, and reports are awaited.
The number of positive cases of COVID-19 increased to 1,407 in Madhya Pradesh, including 72 deaths, while 131 patients recovered.
The West Bengal Health Department, in a series of tweets on April 19, alleged that faulty test kits supplied by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) are one of the reasons behind the delays in sample testing. of COVID-19.
“The test kits supplied by ICMR-NICED approximately two weeks ago have started to yield a large number of ‘inconclusive’ results, requiring a repeat / confirm test, causing a delay in generating the final report of the test, “The health department said.
Telangana Prime Minister K Chandrashekar Rao announced the extension of the blockade imposed in view of the new coronavirus in the state until May 7. He said the closure will be strictly enforced. Mobile food delivery apps will not be allowed starting Monday.
“The cabinet has decided to extend the blockade in the state until May 7. The cabinet will assess the situation on May 5,” he said.
The Union Health Ministry said Sunday that at least 519 people had died from coronaviruses so far and that the number of positive cases has increased to 16,116 in India, registering an increase of 31 deaths and 1,324 cases since Saturday by the night.
The number of active cases of COVID-19 was 13,295, while 2,301 people were cured and discharged, and one patient migrated, the ministry said.
While Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced that some industries may resume operations in certain areas starting Monday, Telangana Prime Minister K Chandrashekar Rao announced an extension of the closure until May 7.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a LinkedIn post, urged unity and brotherhood in front of COVID-19.
COVID-19 does not see race, religion, color, caste, creed, language, or borders before attacking.
Our response and conduct thereafter must attribute primacy to unity and brotherhood.
We are in this together: PM @Narendra Modi
– PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 19, 2020
State wise data
Of the 519 deaths, Maharashtra reported the highest number of 211, followed by Madhya Pradesh (70), Gujarat (58), Delhi (43), and Telangana (18).
The death toll reached 17 and 16 in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, respectively. Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have reported 15 deaths each.
Karnataka has reported 14 deaths, West Bengal 12, while Rajasthan has recorded 11 deaths.
The disease has claimed five lives in Jammu and Kashmir, while Kerala and Haryana have recorded three deaths from COVID-19 each.
Representative image. AP
Jharkhand and Bihar have reported two deaths each, while Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Assam have reported one death each, according to ministry data.
According to data from the Ministry of Health updated at night, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country is from Maharashtra (3,651), followed by Delhi (1,893), Gujarat (1,604), Madhya Pradesh (1,407) and Tamil Nadu (1,372 ).
The number of COVID-19 cases has increased to 1,351 in Rajasthan and 1,084 in Uttar Pradesh.
Telangana has 844 cases, Andhra Pradesh 603 and Kerala 400.
The number of cases increased to 384 in Karnataka, 341 in Jammu and Kashmir, 310 in West Bengal, 233 in Haryana and 219 in Punjab.
Bihar has reported 86 cases of coronavirus, while Odisha has 61 of these cases.
Forty-two people have been infected with the virus in Uttarakhand, while Himachal Pradesh has 39 cases.
Chhattisgarh has 36 cases, Assam and Jharkhand have registered 35 cases each. Chandigarh has 23 COVID-19 cases, Ladakh 18, while 14 cases have been reported from the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
Meghalaya has reported 11 cases, while Goa and Puducherry have seven patients with COVID-19 each.
Manipur and Tripura each have two cases, while Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have each reported one case.
“Our figures are being reconciled with the ICMR,” the ministry said on its website. The website also mentioned that the Nagaland patient was transferred to Assam.
‘Need to start again the economic wheels’: Uddhav Thackeray
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said at a press conference on Sunday that some activity would be allowed in the least affected parts of the state while strict closure is seen in red zones with the highest number of cases.
“We need to start the economic wheels again. We are giving selective permits starting tomorrow, especially in orange and green areas, “he said, referring to areas with lower levels of infection.
Industries ready to provide housing for their workers during the blockade will receive a supply of food grains and permission to obtain raw materials from the state, he said.
“The state government is allowing green and orange zone industries to start production and processing activities in a restricted way. Industries will have to organize accommodation for their workers. They would not travel long distances to work,” he said.
Green areas are those that have not reported any cases of coronavirus, while orange areas are those where only a few cases have been reported.
The prime minister also said that, except for the essential services movement, all of the district’s borders would remain sealed.
But Delhi Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal said his government decided not to relax the closure restrictions that are in effect until May 3 thereafter, as the coronavirus appears to be spreading at a “faster rate” in the national capital. The government will assess the situation again after a week, he said.
The Telangana government has decided to extend lockdwon in the state until May 7. During this period, food delivery services will not be allowed to function and no religious congregation will be allowed anywhere.
Government prohibits e-commerce companies from selling non-essential products
Four days after e-commerce companies were allowed to sell products such as cell phones, refrigerators, and ready-made garments, Union Secretary of the Interior Ajay Bhalla issued an order excluding non-essential items from his business. The April 15 order had said that e-commerce platforms could sell such items from April 20.
Interior Ministry (MHA) officials previously said televisions and laptops could also be sold online, after which some e-commerce companies began accepting orders.
The Union Secretary of the Interior, Ajay Bhalla, also wrote a letter to the chief secretaries of all States and Territories of the Union for clarification.
“… I would like to clarify that while the operations of e-commerce companies for non-essential goods are prohibited, they will continue to operate for essential goods as previously allowed and continue to be allowed,” he said.
Bhalla also said that the workers, who are stranded in different parts of the country due to confinement, will be allowed to go to their respective work places within a state with certain conditions.
However, he made it clear that there will be no interstate movement of workers during the shutdown.
Since additional activities outside of containment zones have been allowed in the ‘consolidated revised guidelines’ effective April 20, these workers could participate in industrial, manufacturing, construction, agriculture and MNREGA jobs, he said.
Agriculture, construction, information technology (IT), industrial units in EEZs and rural areas, and e-commerce operations were among the selected sectors where coronavirus-induced blocking restrictions will be lifted from April 20 in an attempt to also reduce distress. caused to millions of people.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement on April 14 made the announcement to ease restrictions to allow for some “select necessary activities” in areas that are not hot spots of COVID-19, while declaring the extension of the three-week national blockade by others 19 days until May 3 to combat the pandemic. The following day, the MHA released the guidelines with some conditions.
The relaxations place a strict emphasis on social distancing with a warning from the Center that it will withdraw if there is a violation of the closing rules. The wearing of masks is also mandatory in addition to making spitting punishable by a fine of at least Rs. 1,000.
Activities allowed beginning April 20 aim to ensure that agricultural and related activities remain fully functional, the rural economy operates at peak efficiency, employment opportunities are created for daily wage earners and other members of the workforce, it allows select industrial activities to resume operations, with mandatory standard operating protocols and safeguards and digital economy, the MHA said.
With contributions from agencies
Update Date: April 20, 2020 10:23:17 IST
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