Новости за 09.04.2020

A day after the city received 12 new Covid-19 positive cases, the district administration on Thursday declared nine containment zones in Gurugram. These include Raipur village in Sohna, Sector-9, Nirvana Country in Sector-54, Palam Vihar, Emar Palm Gardens in Sector-83, Laburnum society in Sushant Lok-1, Sector-39, village Fazilpur, Jharsa and Ward no.11 Pataudi.

A 27-year-old man from Mulla Oni was tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection on Thursday. He was admitted at an isolation ward at KIMS Hospital.

There was panic and then chaos following Wednesday's sealing announcement before people could really come to terms with the fact that they are not supposed to venture out of their homes under any circumstances.

Noida’s teenager golfer Arjun Bhati sold all his 102 trophies that he had won in golf tournaments over the years to raise funds for fighting COVID-19

An 80-year-old woman who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in Gadag on Thursday morning. She is Karnataka’s sixth Covid-19 fatality and Gadag district’s first.

A 55-year-old tourist from Belarus, who was staying in a guest house of Shivala area under the limits of Bhelupur police station since February 28, was found dead in his room on Thursday morning.

A large number of Ambala residents have been booked for violating the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown.Ambala police have registered cases against them.

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced to extend the on-going lockdown scheduled till April 14 to April 30 in Odisha, taking a lead over other states and Centre in taking such a decision. While the Centre seems to be in favour of extending the lockdown too, it has not made its decision public yet.

At a time when e-commerce platforms are reeling under the pressure to supply essential commodities in time, the Northeast Frontier Railway has come in to help them out. NFR has decided to run parcel vans from this weekend to transport essential commodities dispatched by e-commerce websites.

With tea gardens locked down and plucking suspended, Tea Board of India said that the industry in Assam and West Bengal will suffer revenue losses to the tune of around 22%. According to the board's estimates, while West Bengal - where Darjeeling is the main the hub of tea production - will suffer 30% loss of revenue loss and 15% in volume, Assam will witness a 15% loss of revenue and 12% loss of volume.

Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday said everybody has to rise above religious affiliations and desist from making any comments fraught with communal overtone at this crucial juncture to fight against Covid-19.

Gadag district reported its first Covid-19 death after an-80-year-old lady of Ranganwad area, who turned positive to coronavirus infection on Tuesday, died in the wee hours of Thursday.

Jorhat Police on Wednesday arrested three persons for posing as doctors in the Pulibor area of the district.

Digambar Behera, Odisha native and PGIMER Chandigarh professor, has been nominated a member of the clinical research group formulated under the National Task Force for Covid-19 by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

The Kamrup (Metro) district administration on Wednesday sealed a hotel in the city and quarantined its employees after a woman from Tripura, who tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, revealed in her travel history that she had stayed there before returning home last month.

The number of confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Punjab crossed the psychological three-figure mark and reached 114 as 15 new patients were detected in the state on Wednesday.

Life for Mita Modi, a Gota resident and mother of a daughter with cerebral palsy, is challenging. From looking after her special girl to managing the house amidst lockdown, she sometimes is woefully short of time but that does not deter her from squeezing a couple of hours to stitch masks. She has sewn and distributed 300 masks since the lockdown and she is not stopping anytime soon.

Taking strong note of misconduct to healthcare professionals at different places during the lockdown, the state police headquarters on Wednesday asked SPs to ensure safety of doctors, nurses and other health workers during the Covid-19 crisis.