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Coronavirus outbreak LATEST updates: On Monday, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi called on Muslims to strictly follow the guidelines for social distancing and blockade during the holy month of Ramzan, which begins later this month in the wake of the outbreak. of COVID-19.
He urged them to offer prayers and perform other religious rituals like the “iftar” (break the fast) stay indoors during the month of Ramzan, which will begin from April 24 to April 25.
SpiceJet is preparing for the resumption of operations by making seating arrangements on the coaches. The airline said that no passenger will sit in the seats marked with “X”.
About 82 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Maharashtra in the past 12 hours, bringing the overall count to 2,064 on Monday, the state health department said.
Of the new coronavirus cases, 59 were reported in Mumbai, ANI reported.
In an attempt to improve its preventive actions against COVID-19, the Karnataka State Highway Transportation Corporation (KSRTC) is converting its old discarded buses into ‘sanitizing buses’ to disinfect people in public places. The transport corporation launched one of those buses on Saturday in Bangalore.
KSRTC Managing Director Shivayogi C Kalasad said the disinfectant buses marked “Sarige Sanjeevini” will be operated on the city limits for the benefit of police personnel, health workers, pourakarmikas and others who perform essential services during the closing.
Fearful of the growing cases of COVID-19 in the densely populated slums of Mumbai, the Maharashtra government is considering administering hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets (HCQS) as a “preventive medicine” for slum residents at increased risk of infection.
The suspected patients kept in quarantine facilities in Dharavi would likely be the first to receive the HCQ tablets.
Confirming the move, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said: “HCQS is used to treat malaria and there have been cases of use in the United States as a preventive medicine against Covid-19. We plan to use it in areas like Dharavi where the risk of infection is high. “
Nagaland reported the first case of the new coronavirus on Monday after a man with symptoms similar to COVID, who was admitted to a hospital in Guwahati Assam, tested positive, an official said.
Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also tweeted that a private hospital in Dimapur referred a patient to the Guwahati Medical School Hospital after he was found to have symptoms of COVID-19.
The total number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in Assam rose to 30 on Monday after an individual from Dhubri tested positive for respiratory illness, state health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Sarma further said that the new case was related to the Tablighi Jamaat event at Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi.
With four new cases of the new coronavirus reported in Dharavi, in southern Mumbai, the COVID-19 count in the densely populated slum areas rose to 47 on Monday, AND ME reported.
A death was also reported, bringing the death toll to five in the area.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) declared Ganesh Gall in the Lalbaug area of Mumbai as a ‘buffer zone’ on Monday as the total number of new cases of coronavirus in Maharashtra was 1,982.
According to the Worldometer, the total number of new cases of coronavirus in India increased to 9,205 on Monday, while the death count exceeded 300.
Globally, more than 109,000 people have succumbed to respiratory disease, and confirmed infections have exceeded 1.7 million.
Up to 909 cases of COVID-19 and 34 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 8,356 and the number of deaths to 273 in the country, the Union Ministry of Health said on Sunday. The ministry said the government is “extra prepared” if there is an exponential increase in the number of patients with coronavirus.
Lav Agarwal, joint secretary of the Union health ministry, said: “The good news is that 716 people have recovered and been discharged so far. Seventy-four people have been cured since Saturday. The government is more prepared if the number of cases rises exponentially. “
Maharashtra continued to be the most affected by the disease, as the state reported 134 more cases, bringing the total number of cases to 1,895.
Of these, 113 have been found in Mumbai, four in Pune, seven in Mira Bhayandar, two in Navi Mumbai, Thane, and Vasai Virar, and one in Raigad, Amravati, Bhiwandi, and Pimpri-Chinchwad.
In Patiala, an officer’s hand was cut with a sword and two other Punjab policemen were injured when a group of Nihangs attacked them after they were asked to show curfews at a vegetable market.
Representative image. AP
However, there was some reassuring news from the UK, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson was released from a hospital a week after he entered there after testing positive for COVID-19.
Wise figures
Maharashtra on Saturday detected 221 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the state count to 1,982, the state health department said. There were 22 deaths in the state of Covid-19 patients, he said, adding that there were 16 deaths in Mumbai, three in Pune and two in Navi Mumbai and one in Solapur. 15 of the deceased were in the 40-60 age group, he said, adding that the number of victims in the state was now 149.
Eighty-five new positive cases of COVID19 and five deaths were reported in Delhi, bringing the total number of positive cases in the National Capital to 1,154 and the number of victims to 24, the state health department said. Of the 85 new cases, 26 had a history of traveling abroad or had come into contact with a patient.
The number of positive cases of coronavirus in Gujarat increased to 516 with 48 more people testing positive for COVID-19, an official with the state health department said. In addition, two other coronavirus-positive patients died in Ahmedabad, bringing the total number of deaths in Gujarat to 24, a health department official said.
The deceased included a 60-year-old woman and a 75-year-old man.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary (Planning) Rohit Kansal said 21 new cases were detected in the state on Sunday: 17 from the Kashmir Division and 4 from the Jammu Division. The total number of positive cases has reached 245, he said.
Delhi government launches sanitation unit
The Delhi government will launch a massive disinfection campaign in the city’s COVID-19 containment areas, declared red zones and high-risk zones, identified as orange zones as of Monday, Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal said.
The Prime Minister said that the areas where positive cases of COVID-19 are found will be declared as containment zones. As of Sunday afternoon, 34 critical points in the national capital were identified as COVID-19 containment areas.
In an online briefing, Kejriwal said: “We have declared the COVID-19 containment zones as red zones and the high risk zones as orange zones. We have identified more containment zones in the national capital.”
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– Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 12, 2020
The prime minister said he was concerned about the growing number of coronavirus cases in the city. However, he assured that measures were being taken to contain the spread of the deadly virus.
Speaking about the sanitation boost, Kejriwal said that 10 technologically advanced machines from Japan along with 50 sanitation machines from the Delhi Jal Board will be used as part of ‘Operation SHIELD’.
According to the prime minister, the operation initiated by the Aam Aadmi party government has been successful in the Dilshad garden, which was an access area until now.
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“No new case of COVID-19 has been reported in Dilshad Garden in the last 10 days due to Operation SHIELD,” he said.
Focus on primary medical infrastructure, says Center
In listing the preparatory steps taken by the Union government, Lav Agarwal said the goal is to increase the capacity of the primary medical infrastructure, which includes dedicated hospitals, isolation beds, ICU beds and quarantine facilities.
“As of Sunday, while the bed requirement for 8,356 cases is estimated at 1,671 for 20 percent of confirmed cases with moderate to severe or critical clinical symptoms, current bed availability is 1.05,980 in 601 COVID-19 Dedicated hospitals across the country The number of isolation beds in these hospitals is increasing further.
“Dedicated hospitals for the management of patients with COVID-19 have been increasingly established across the country. Along with government hospitals, various private hospitals, public sector units, military hospitals and the Indian Railways are contributing to these efforts, “he said.
According to ICMR officials, a total of 1.86,906 samples have been analyzed so far across the country, of which 7,953 have been positive for COVID-19.
“Over the past five days, on average, 15,747 samples were analyzed per day and 584 of them were positive per day,” Dr. Manoj Murhekar of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) official said at a press conference.
The ICMR official also said that while there is no vaccine against the virus so far, 40 vaccines are being developed.
Punjab politicians condemn attack on police
Political leaders who crossed party lines condemned the brutal attack on the police by a group of Nihangs in Patiala in Punjab and sought strict measures against the perpetrators of the crime.
Seven people, including five attackers, were arrested hours after an exchange of fire in a gurdwara where the group fled after the 6.15am incident in the city of Sanaur.
In reaction to the incident, Prime Minister Amarinder Singh called on the police to take strict action against lawbreakers.
“The Naka Police Service Party was attacked today in which one ASI hand was severed and 6 were injured. The police cornered the culprits and placed them in custody. I have instructed @PunjabPoliceInd to deal with anyone who violates the law in the strictest possible way, ”CM tweeted.
Akali’s stalwart and former Prime Minister Parkash Singh Badal also condemned the attack.
“There is no place for violence in a civilized society,” Badal said in a statement. He said that police across the country have been selflessly carrying out a difficult task.
The head of the state party unit Aam Aadmi and the Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann demanded “stricter measures” against the accused.
Boris Johnson released from hospital
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been released from the hospital and will continue his recovery from COVID-19 at Checkers, his official residence in the country, his Downing Street office said in a statement on Sunday.
Johnson, 55, was taken to St Thomas Hospital in central London on April 5, with persistent symptoms of the disease caused by the new coronavirus. On April 6, he was transferred to intensive care, where he remained until April 9.
“On the advice of his medical team, the Prime Minister will not immediately return to work. He wishes to thank everyone at St Thomas “for the brilliant attention he has received,” an official statement said.
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Update Date: April 13, 2020 2:28:41 PM IST
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