Stop signs stand at the end of a railway track at the empty Delhi Junction railway station during a lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus in Delhi, India. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)
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Apr 07, 2020
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A case has been registered against the man at Ramgarh police station. Officials said that despite knowing that the disease can be fatal, the man deliberately left the quarantine centre, increasing the risk of spreading the disease.
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Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ had on Sunday said that a decision would be taken on reopening schools and colleges on April 14 after reviewing the situation.
Recently, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs had directed the state governments to grant licenses to distilleries and sugar companies to manufacture hand sanitisers to meet the demand.
During the past one week, among those who have been infected with the Coronavirus in the MP capital are two Indian Administrative Service officers in the health department, including its principal secretary.
Agarwal also added that there is not sufficient evidence to take it to the community transmission level. “Our actions and efforts are in a way so that we don't reach stage three.” he added.
The ICMR will also collaborate with the World Health Organisation for a public health emergency solidarity trial which is an international randomised trial of additional treatments for Covid-19 in hospitalised patients.
“As part of the contact tracing efforts, the MCGM (Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai) has surveyed 15 lakh population through health teams till date and identified 665 contacts which are referred for testing,” the release said.
It stated that 130 coronavirus positive cases have been identified after five teams had visited houses and collected 1,400 samples.
The total number of Covid-19 positive cases in Andhra Pradesh rose to 303 with the addition of 37 new cases.
State officials told PTI that Kurnool district added 18 new cases, taking the total tally to 74 while Nellore saw eight new cases, with the total rising to 42.