7 PM DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19 as on 27.05.20

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Advisory for Corona virus
Advisory for Corona virus
  • Chandigarh: The UT Administrator has directed all government staff including Municipal, Police and Health officials to use proper protective gears, while performing their duties in Containment Zones. The Administrator has also directed Deputy Commissioner to ensure that adequate ration items are distributed in Containment Zones. Private donors and NGOs should also be associated to contribute to the cause. The Administrator directed Commissioner, Municipal Corporation to ensure regular sanitization in the Containment Zones and also to ensure that the waste, particularly medical waste of Sample Centres, is properly disposed of.Today one pregnant lady with her husband and one child came to the Holding Centre to take Shramik Special Train to UP. After Medical Screening she was sent to Railway Station to board the Train. There she started delivery pains. An ambulance was arranged to take her to GMCH-32. Considering acute pains she was taken to nearest Hospital at Manimajra where she has delivered a baby boy. Both mother and child are doing fine.
    • Punjab: Punjab Government has issued consolidated and comprehensive guidelines for all International as well as Domestic travellers coming by Air, Rail and by Road. As per the state government, aggressive testing, tracing and isolation is the only way to restrict the spread of virus. For general surveillance purpose, the Government may test more domestic inbound persons on random basis, for example at Amritsar and Mohali airports few domestic passengers have been tested on random basis.
    • Haryana: Chief Minister said that the people’s patience and support in following the restrictions during the lock down period and efficient arrangements made by the State Government have helped in dealing with the pandemic
    • Himachal Pradesh: In wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state government had decided to impose curfew in the entire state from 24 March, 2020. State Cabinet in its meeting held on 23 May, 2020 had decided to authorise the District Magistrates to extend curfew under Section 144 up to 30 June, 2020, if the situation so requires.
      • Kerala: State govt is mulling changes in its decision for paid institutional quarantine, following widespread protests from various quarters. State Cabinet concludes that there has been widespread violation of lockdown curbs by people misusing the relaxations. There has been a spike in the number of cases in the state and of the present 415 cases, 231 have been registered in the past four days, including 67 of yesterday, the highest recorded in a day. Of these, 133 have come from abroad and 178 from other states. Only 11,189 of the 1.35 lakh registered from abroad have returned so far.
      • Tamil Nadu:  State govt signs 17 investment MoUs worth Rs 15,128 crore having a potential to generate about 47,150 jobs. SC asks Tamil Nadu government to use top four floors of Chennai-based Billroth Hospitals Ltd for treating Covid19 patients; Madras HC’s order for demolition of top five floors of the eight-storey block of the hospital for alleged violation of the approved building plan, was stayed by top court. Tiruchy Central Prison inmate tests positive for Covid19; 28 other inmates who were in the same block were isolated by the authorities. Total cases till yesterday: 17728, Active cases: 8256, Deaths: 127, Discharged: 9342. Active cases in Chennai are 6056.
      • Karnataka: 122 new Covid cases, 14 discharges & one death till 12pm today; Today new cases are from  Kalburgi 28,   Yadagiri 16, Hassan 15, Bidar 12, Dakshin Kannada 11, Udupi 9, Uttara Kannada 6, Raichur 5,  Belagavi 4,   Chikkamagalur 3, Vijayapura 2 and one each in Mandya, Tumkur and Bellari. Total positive cases in the State rise to 2405. Active cases: 1596, Recovered: 762, Deaths: 45.
      • Andhra Pradesh:HC to investigate petition filed against opposition leader Chandrababu Naidu over violation of lockdown rules. State grants permission to food stalls, textile, jewellery stores to re-open, except in containment zones. 68 new cases, one death reported with 10 discharged in the last 24 hours after testing 9664 samples. Total cases: 2787. Active: 816, Recovered: 1913, Deaths: 58. Cumulative +ve cases from other states 219 of which active cases are 75. Cumulative +ve cases from abroad stands at 111.
      • Telangana:  Border districts of Telangana with Maharashtra put on high alert against locusts attack. Socialising on the sly leads to spurt in Covid cases in Hyderabad and Rangareddy. Total positive cases in Telangana as on 27th May are 1991. Migrants tested positive till yesterday 172. 42 foreign returnees tested positive for Covid19.
      • Maharashtra: 2,091 new cases have been reported, taking the tally of COVID-19 positive cases to 54,758, while 36,004 active cases remain in the state. Hotspot Mumbai reported 1,002 cases, which takes the total number of positive cases in Mumbai alone to 32,791. There are 72 testing laboratories operational in Maharashtra and 27 new will become operational soon. Meanwhile, the Covid 19 doubling rate in the state has increased to 14 days, while the death rate has also come down to 3.27.
      • Gujarat: 361 new cases have been reported from around 19 districts, taking the tally of positive cases to 14, 829, while there are 6,777 active cases in the state now.
      • Rajasthan: 144 new cases have been  reported today, taking the tally of COVID-19 positive cases to 7680, while 4341 patients have recovered in the state till date. A total of 172 deaths have also been reported from the state till date.  Jaipur figures in ICMR’s list of cities where COVID-19 sero-survey will be held.
      •  Madhya Pradesh: 165 new cases have been reported, taking the tally of COVID-19 positive cases to 7,024, out of which 3030 cases remain active. Hotspot Indore has reported maximum number of 3103 positive cases till date. Shops and business establishments in Bhopal opened today as part of staggered lifting of lockdown restrictions. The Government has permitted the shops to be kept open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
      • Chhattisgarh: 50 new Corona positive cases have been reported, taking the number of active cases in the state to 271. The state government has classified thirteen development blocks in the state as the Red zone and 39 as orange zone to contain the spread of corona virus. Apart from this, 95 areas of the state, from where COVID-19 cases were recently detected have already been declared as containment zones.
      • Arunachal Pradesh: NAFED has delivered 313.956 MT of pulses so far for May and June to Arunachal Pradesh.
      • Assam: Sonapur district hopital is functional now with 108 beds for the facilitation of COVID19 patients, State Health Minister said.18 new cases of COVID19 positive in Assam. Total cases 704, active 635, recovered 62, death 4. Tweets State Health Minister.
      • Manipur: Govt funds ex-gratia of Rs. 500 under Pradhan Mantri GaribKalyanYojana for the beneficiaries of Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS), Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS) and Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS) as an assistance to the underprivileged in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
      • Mizoram: Mizoram Board of School Education scheduled the re-commencement of HS School Leaving Certificate exam and HSLC exam (compartmental) 2020 on 16th June at 11 centres.
      • Nagaland: Govt arranged special trains from Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Bengaluru, Rajasthan and special buses from West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Daman & Diu and Lucknow to transport stranded citizens. COVID-19 Horticulture Special Drive Team conducts Agricultural & Horticultural activities during lockdown with the theme “Grow More, Produce More, Earn More”.

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