Coronavirus latest updates: COVID19 cases top 600,000 worldwide; India count crosses 900-mark
Coronavirus Latest Updates: The total number of Coronavirus positive (Covid-19) cases in India has gone up to 873 even as the country is witnessing a 21-day 'complete lockdown'.
With an aim to help mitigate the needs of poor people, the central government has already announced Rs 1.70 lakh crore financial package. The Reserve Bank of India has also announced a slew of measures to ease the burden of people in the country.
Total number of Coronavirus positive cases has now reached 918, including foreign nationals, 80 people cured/discharged/migrated, 19 deaths, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a regular update.The number of confirmed Coronavirus cases crossed six lakhs on Saturday worldwide. Over 28,000 people have been killed due to the infection which has engulfed almost every country across the globe.
Experts have asked people to stay at home, to not venture out on roads unless it’s absolutely necessary and to not believe in rumours, and don’t panic.
Surgilife Medical Devices Pvt Ltd manufactures PPKs
Delhi: Surgilife Medical Devices Pvt Ltd is manufacturing Personal Protection Kits(PPKs)for doctors&medical healthcare workers. It includes coveralls,gloves,face masks, goggles&shoe covers."Demand is up by 200% but production is low due to lockdown," says Sandeep Sareen, Director
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Total 165 COVID-19 cases are under treatment; Rapid tests to be conducted to understand whether there is any community spread
- Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Uttar Pradesh cases rise to 55, affecting 13 out of 75 districts. Out of 55, 14 are cured and released. 41 patients being treated are stable : UP Health secretary Amit Mohan Prasad
Britain's Secretary of State for Scotland Alister Jack has developed mild symptoms consistent with coronavirus and is self-isolating, a spokeswoman for his ministry said on Saturday.
85-year-old doctor who died in Mumbai on Friday confirmed as coronavirus patient; death toll in Maharashtra now six
UP to release 11,000 prisoners to decongest prisons on the directive of the Supreme Court. Out of these 8,500 under trials with offences requiring jail term of 7 years to get interim bail for 8 weeks and 2,500 convicts to get 8 weeks parole
The coaches are being sanitized properly before and after the execution of work, as per details.
To make the isolation cabin, the middle berth has been removed from one side, while all the three berths have been removed in front of the patient berth
Train coaches converted into isolation units:
Railways Minister releases pictures of train coaches converted into isolation ward
Stepping up efforts to fight Coronavirus, Railways has converted a train coach into an isolation ward.
Take a look at a prototype of an isolation ward, ready with medical facilities, in Kamakhya in Assam, with each coach having a capacity of serving 9 patients. #CoronaUpdate
Theme park opens drive-through coronavirus testing unit as UK ramps up response
- A drive-through coronavirus testing facility for health workers has begun operating in the car park of a popular resort near London, part of a British government drive to ramp up testing for those on the frontline of the epidemic.
- The Chessington World of Adventures theme park, which usually hosts families seeking a fun day out, has turned one of its main car parks into a testing unit for National Health Service (NHS) staff, a spokeswoman said on Saturday.
- The government, which had been criticised by some doctors and nurses for not providing them with enough protective gear and testing kits, announced on Friday it was introducing a much bigger testing regime for the NHS.
Govt committed to provide all support to migrant workers during lockdown period: Home Minister Amit Shah
No positive case has been reported in Punjab today. ICUs to be set up in all District Hospitals of the state. 50 new ventilators acquired to meet the demand: Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu
No house rent from migrant labourers, workers for one month: Noida administration
Delhi Hunger Relief Centres' locations:
On the directions of CM Shri @ArvindKejriwal the government has operationalised 568 Hunger Relief Centres in schools, apart from 238 night shelters. We have capacity to feed lunch & dinner to approximately 4 lakh persons daily. No one will have to go hungry during the lockdown.
Hunger Relief Centres have been mapped by the Chief Minister's Office and can be found in the link below.
Please direct those in need of lunch or dinner to the closest centre on the map below. google.com/maps/d/viewer?…
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Lunch distribution centres set up by Delhi Govt
On the directions of CM Shri @ArvindKejriwal the government has operationalised 568 Hunger Relief Centres in schools, apart from 238 night shelters. We have capacity to feed lunch & dinner to approximately 4 lakh persons daily. No one will have to go hungry during the lockdown.
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Migrant workers line up at Uttam Nagar Bus Terminal
Delhi: Huge number of migrant workers queue up at Uttam Nagar Bus Terminal waiting for buses going to Anand Vihar Bus Terminal. From Anand Vihar Bus Terminal, they will be boarding buses for their respective home towns and villages. #CoronvirusLockdown
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All 16 samples tested today in Kangra are negative, including 13 of close contacts of COVID19 positive patients: Deputy Commissioner Kangra Rakesh Prajapati, Himachal Pradesh
2 Arunachal girls who sat beside Mizoram COVID-19 patient on flight test negative
J&K govt spokesperson to interact with media through WhatsApp today
- Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary, Planning, Jammu and Kashmir is slated to interact with media persons through WhatsApp at 6 pm on Saturday, Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) said.
- Kansal is also the spokesperson of the Jammu and Kashmir government.
- This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier today held a telephonic conversation with a student evacuated from China's Wuhan city and a nurse at the Naidu Hospital in Pune to motivate them to combat COVID-19 outbreak.
- "To keep social distancing in view of coronavirus pandemic, the respected media persons are requested not to come physically. They can interact with Rohit Kansal for their questions/suggestions on WhatsApp Numbers -- 9149667744/9419258856/9419007064," an official statement said.
Trump invokes Defense Production Act to force auto giant GM to produce ventilators
- US President Donald Trump on Friday invoked a wartime law to force "time-wasting" auto giant General Motors to make ventilators to save lives, amid a shortage of the critical medical equipment to deal with the mounting coronavirus cases in America, now the global epicentre.
- Trump invoked the Korean War-era Defense Production Act, which allows a president to force companies to make products for national defence.
- He said on Friday that "GM was wasting time" on price negotiations and action was needed to save American lives.
Akshay Kumar pledges Rs 25 cr to PM-CARES Fund
This is that time when all that matters is the lives of our people. And we need to do anything and everything it takes. I pledge to contribute Rs 25 crores from my savings to @narendramodi ji’s PM-CARES Fund. Let’s save lives, Jaan hai toh jahaan hai.twitter.com/narendramodi/s
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