Coronavirus Cases In India: Movie Theaters Ready To Reopen In New COVID-19 Normal
New Delhi:
Movie theaters in various parts of the country ready to open after seven months in the shadow of COVID-19. While theaters and multiplexes will remain closed in states such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Chhattisgarh, they will open this week in various locations, including Delhi and parts of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, with strict pros and cons according to the new COVID- 19 normal.
Marking the beginning of a new era of movie viewing, the Union government allowed multiplex cinemas, cinemas and theaters to reopen starting Thursday under a set of standard operating procedures (SOPs). The Ministry of the Interior (MHA) left it up to the states to take one last call on the matter.
PVR Cinemas, India’s largest film exhibitor with 845 screens in 176 properties in 71 cities, said on Wednesday that 10 states and four union territories gave their go-ahead for cinemas to reopen.
India’s coronavirus count rose to 72.39 lakh cases on Wednesday after a new peak of 63,509 infections, government data showed. The death toll stood at 1.10.586 after 730 deaths were recorded in one day.
Here are the updates on coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands COVID-19 count rose to 4,046 on Thursday, as 10 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said.
Three new patients have a travel history, while seven recent infections were detected during contact tracing, he said.
Fourteen more people have been cured of the disease, bringing the total number of recoveries in the archipelago to 3,796, the official said.
The Union territory now has 195 active cases of COVID-19, while 55 patients have succumbed to the infection so far, it said.
Mizoram’s COVID-19 count has reached 2,220 with eight new cases, according to the state government on Thursday.
According to the State Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), the number of active cases in the state is 112, while so far 2,108 patients have been cured and discharged. The state has not reported any deaths from the disease.
India passed the nine crore mark for COVID-19 tests on Wednesday after 11,45,015 tests were conducted for the disease, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Germany posted a record daily increase in confirmed coronavirus cases, adding 6,638 cases and bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 341,223, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Thursday.
Germany’s previous record daily gain was 6,294 on March 28, according to RKI data. Thursday’s tally showed that the reported death toll rose 33 to 9,710.
By European standards, Germany has experienced relatively low infection and death rates so far during the pandemic, but daily new cases have risen in recent weeks and Chancellor Angela Merkel warned there could be 19,200 infections per day if current trends continue. .
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday reviewed the COVID situation and its management in the state with senior government officials and collectors.
The Chief Minister said that Odisha has always performed well in managing Covid. All the indicators are better than the national average. New infections are declining in most districts.
The situation has also improved in the districts with the highest infections, such as Cuttack, Khordha and Puri.
Mainland China reported 11 new COVID-19 cases on October 14, up from 20 the day before, the country’s health authority said on Thursday. The National Health Commission said 10 of the cases were imported infections that originated abroad, compared with 14 a day earlier.
A new local infection has been reported in Qingdao, where the city government is trying to test everyone this week due to recent cases related to a hospital treating imported infections.
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned against any complacency in the coronavirus death rate, saying that with the increasing number of cases, mortality would also increase.
New cases reach 100,000 daily in Europe. Nearly 20,000 infections were reported in Britain, while Italy, Switzerland and Russia were among the nations with record numbers of cases.
While deaths globally have dropped to around 5,000 a day since the April peak that topped 7,500, WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said the number of cases was increasing in intensive care units. .
Nagaland’s COVID-19 count rose to 7,416 after 53 more people tested positive for the virus on Wednesday, while 85 patients recovered from the infection, bringing the number of people cured to 5,855, the minister of Cheers, S Pangnyu Phom.
“Today 53 positive cases of COVID-19 were detected. Kohima 25, Mon 14, Dimapur 10, Peren 2 and one in the districts of Tuensang and Zunheboto,” the minister tweeted.
He also said that 80 patients recovered from COVID-19 in Kohima, three in Dimapur and two in Peren.
Nagaland’s recovery rate is 78.95%. The state now has 1,473 active cases, said Additional Director of Family Health and Welfare Dr. Denis Hangsing.
In total 27 patients infected with COVID-19 have died so far and it is confirmed that 17 of them succumbed to the disease.
At least 181 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Tripura on Wednesday, raising the count to 28,859, a health department official said.
The death count rose to 315 and one more person succumbed to the virus, he said.
The West Tripura district, which comprises the state capital, Agartala, has recorded 170 deaths from COVID-19 so far.
Tripura now has 3,503 active cases, while 25,018 people have recovered. Twenty-three patients have migrated to other states, the official said.
The Pune district reported 1,237 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the case count to 3,10,430, a health official said Wednesday night.
The death count reached 7,297 with 47 deaths.
“Of the 1,237 cases, 528 are within the limits of the Pune Municipal Corporation, which has so far registered 1,55,595 patients.
However, 1,413 patients were also discharged from city hospitals during the day, “the official said.
Germany will introduce stricter measures at gatherings and the use of masks to combat a surge in coronavirus infections, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday after speaking with the heads of Germany’s 16 federal states.
Europe’s largest economy will begin to impose limits on people gathering at events, as well as the mandatory use of masks in crowded places when new infections in an area reach 35 per 100,000 in seven days, earlier than the previous criteria used. 50 per 100,000.
“I am convinced that what we do now in these days and weeks will be decisive for the question of how we overcome this pandemic,” Merkel said.
“We can see that … infection rates are increasing and that we have a very high infection rate in some regions,” he added.
“Therefore, we must avoid an uncontrolled or exponential increase.”
The Karnataka government has allowed cinemas and multiplex cinemas to reopen from Thursday, with a 50 percent seating capacity. The state government issued guidelines that include thermal projection, social distancing, seats that are ” Do not occupy ” will be marked as such during reservation, and proper disinfection.
According to the guidelines, the showing of films will not be allowed in the containment areas.
The activities of showing films through cinemas / theaters / multiplexes will be governed by the current guidelines of the Department of Home, the Department of Health and Family Welfare, the Department of information and public relations and other related departments and administrations of the District.
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