Новости за 01.05.2020

Seventeen people tested positive for coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar on Friday, the highest number of Covid-19 detections in a single day that has taken the district's tally to 155, officials said.

The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) has sought a financial package of Rs 10,000 for the families of the labourers who have been left workless during the lockdown prompted by the spread of the coronavirus in the state.

Indian-origin and other ethnic minority healthcare workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic within the UK's state-funded National Health Service (NHS) should be risk-assessed for greater susceptibility to the deadly virus, according to new guidance issued to employers on Thursday.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has refused to entertain a plea filed by Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS), headed by rape and murder convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim, to unfreeze its accounts so that it can donate Rs 4 crore to the relief fund to battle Covid-19 pandemic. The accounts of the dera were frozen on the directions of the high court after the incidents of violence erupted at Panchkula following the conviction of Gurmeet in rape cases in August 2017.

The stranded people travelling back to Odisha by road will be allowed to enter the state only through 11 specified border check points after marking them with indelible on their right hands.

COVID-19 sample test at BHU microbiology laboratory stopped for three days after a lab scientist was tested positive.

Four more persons tested positive for Covid-19 raising the total number of people infected by the virus in Odisha to 147.

Ten persons, who were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday in connection with the murder of a daily wage labourer at Safala village under Nilambazar police station in Karimganj district, were produced before a court on Thursday and sent to judicial custody.

A group of rural women entrepreneurs from Dibrugarh district have come together to support the fight against Covid-19 by producing masks on a large-scale.

The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) is roping in the services of community radio to spread awareness about the novel coronavirus through jingles. After repeated announcements by the government to caution people about adopting safety measures to arrest the spread of Covid-19 failed, the ASDMA sought the help of community radio. The jingles will be prepared in all local languages and dialects.

Four youths from Sankolige near Talapady have been preparing more than 100 plates of chicken biryani every day to feed street dogs during Covid-19 lockdown.

Researchers from IIT Ropar and doctors of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), Ludhiana have developed an aerosol containment box that can help protect healthcare workers, including doctors from being infected while treating Covid-19 positive patients.

In the biggest rise in Covid-19 cases on a single day in Punjab, the state on Thursday recorded as many as 162 new cases. This spike raised the total cases by a whopping 30%, taking the overall tally to 539. Of total new positive cases reported till 10:30pm on Thursday, 142 were pilgrims returning from Nanded.

One fallout – of several unfortunate ones – of the pandemic and the consequent lockdown has been on the production of the national flag. Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangh (KKGSS) in Bengeri, Hubballi, which makes the national flag as per standards set by the government of India and Bureau of Indian Standards, has had to halt production due to a lack of raw material.

Services provided to about 10,000 families staying in six housing societies spread across sectors 119, 120 and 122 are likely to get hit now that Parthala village in Sector 122 has been cordoned off.

The Covid-19 crisis may ruin the dreams of many young students of Assam aspiring to pursue higher studies in Delhi and Bengaluru — two most preferred destinations — after 10+2.

The administration went into a tizzy when 112 labourers, who were brought back to the district from Rajasthan in buses on Wednesday ran away when they were about to be taken to a quarantine centre after their medical screening at the local bus stand. The labourers, who were stranded in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan following the imposition of the Covid-19 lockdown, were brought back to Fazilka in three buses on Wednesday night.

Some life has returned to the industrial hubs in Bengaluru and the state. The government estimates that 6,615 units, with 1.2 lakh employees, have started functioning. It’s a tiny proportion of the 5 lakh industrial units, with 43 lakh employees, the state has.

Once announced Covid-19 free by the Haryana government, Jhajjar district seems to be turning into a new red zone with in the state, with 24 active cases. On Thursday, the district received as many as 18 positive cases in a single day. With this, Jhajjar has the highest number of active Covid-19 cases in the state, followed by Sonipat with 21active cases.