SHEKHAR YADAV CHENNAI THURSDAY APRIL 02, 2020 `7.00 PAGES 16 LATE CITY EDITION LOCKDOWN LIFT IN SIGHT AS IRCTC OPENS ONLINE RESERVATION SYSTEM TRAVEL SITES RESUME FLIGHT BOOKINGS IRCTC had shut down online booking of rail tickets after PM Narendra ■ “The shutdown is only till April 14 night. Booking can’t be stopped RLY, AIRLINES START BOOKINGS Modi announced a nationwide lockdown on March 24. “As we have clear beyond that,” said an Air India official. In the unlikely event of `3,928 indications from the government the lockdown will not be extended, we further lockdown, passengers can reschedule the trip The move comes after clear indication from the Centre that the have resumed sale of online tickets,” an IRCTC official said, adding that ■ Bookings are also open on private airlines and travel portals COST OF A CHENNAI-DELHI NON-STOP 21-day national lockdown will not be extended beyond April 14 this will help passengers plan their travel in advance such as MakeMyTrip and Yatra from April 15 onwards FLIGHT ON APRIL 15 ON YATRA.COM CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOGGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ WARANGAL ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI 110 new cases in TN: J&K 1 NIZAMUDDIN VIRUS LOAD 100+ FOREIGN All Delhi returnees 48 UTTARAKHAND DELHI 53 48 ARUNACHAL PRADESH EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Chennai District-wise break-up of 48 UTTAR PRADESH 1 the 110 cases reported A whopping 110 persons tested RAJASTHAN 11 TABLIGHIS IN 81 BIHAR ASSAM 17 positive for COVID-19 on Wednes- Tirunelveli 6 day, taking the total State tally to Coimbatore 28 234. All of them had attended the JHARKHAND 1 Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi earlier Erode 2 MADHYA PRADESH 1 71 WEST BENGAL this month. 1,500 GUJARAT So far, 190 of the total positive Theni 20 PARTICIPATED U.P. BOOKED 101 CHHATTISGARH cases in the State have a direct or Dindigul 17 FIR filed against them for visa violation; indirect connection with the Del- 50 ODISHA hi event. “Of the 110 confirmed Madurai 9 INFECTED Cabinet secretary tells chief secretaries to cases, there is 1 Burmese and 1 Tirupattur 7 252 MAHARASHTRA 1,030 TELANGANA 21 6 trace all who were at Nizamuddin meet Indonesian person,” said Health DEAD Secretary Beela Rajesh. Chengalpet 7 Revenue Secretary J Rad- Sivaganga 5 EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ New Delhi hakrishnan held a press meet ear- 1085 ANDHRA PRADESH 70 UK extends lier in the day and said that the Tuticorin 2 doc work visa ON a day when the Uttar Pradesh police lodged as many as 23 FIRs government estimates 1,122 peo- Tiruvarur 2 1,500 KARNATAKA 1 In a relief to against over 100 foreigners for violating visa rules and participat- ple from here could have attended foreign doctors, ing in Tablighi Jamaat activities, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba the Delhi event. Of them, only Karur 1 PUDUCHERRY 3 including from on Wednesday ordered all authorities to be firm in tracing and India, whose around 711 have returned home. Kanchipuram 2 395 KERALA 1 taking action against the Jamaat workers. The remaining travelled to other Another fatality visas were set CASH FOR Gauba directed the states and Union Ter- 1,103 TAMIL NADU 190 to expire in States. “We have identified 611 of Chennai 1 One fatality was reported POOR SOON ritories to launch on a “war footing” the con- them and quarantined them. A October, the UK tact tracing of all participants of Tablighi Tiruvannamalai 1 from Telangana, taking the has extended With reports of the hundred others are yet to be toll to 41. On the positive Jamaat’s Nizamuddin congregation. He also tracked. They are untraceable. the deadline by poor and called for intensive tracing of all contacts of Class 10, 12 exams IOC tack on purchases side, the count of those who one year vulnerable sections Police are on the lookout for ples so far. More persons could only for 29 subjects IOC has declared force majeure have recovered rose to 144. the participants. them,” he said. test positive when we finish of the society Given the gravity of the situation, Prime “It has been decided that on crude purchases from Saudi However, India registered 437 Wimbledon facing hardships in Beela Rajesh insisted that the checking all of them,” said the the board conduct exams Arabia, Iraq, UAE and Kuwait, new cases of the virus, the cancelled Minister Narendra Modi may also speak to State is still in stage-2 of trans- Health Secretary. highest in a day. It took the accessing the Chief Ministers on Thursday to take them for only main subjects as refinery run rates have been Wimbledon foodgrains, the mission. “It has not gone to “We devised a multi-dimension- that will be required cut down following lockdown total national count to 1,834 organisers on board for the uphill task. stage-3 yet. The entire govern- al plan to reach out to all attend- Cabinet Secretary According to reports, authorities across for promotion and may and oil market crash. A force scrapped the asked states to ment machinery is working day ees of the event, using police, rev- be crucial for higher majeure is an event outside 7 more in Noida hotspot oldest Grand states have identified over 6,000 people who and night to contain the enue officials, and district education,” the CBSE said. reasonable control, which 7 new coronavirus patients in Slam tennis implement the PM attended the Nizamuddin congregation. spread,” she said. She administration,” she Also, all class 1-8 students prevents IOC from performing Gautam Buddh Nagar in the tournament for Garib Kalyan During a video-conference call with Chief said several persons said. to be promoted contract obligations last 24 hours, total cases 45 the first time Yojana within the Secretaries and DGPs of all States and Union who had attended the Meanwhile in Del- next week. “This Territories, the Cabinet Secretary asked State Delhi event have vol- hi, a 36-year-old man will involve large and UT authorities to make sure no religious untarily come for- from Namakkal, who cash transfer to congregation takes place anywhere in the ward for testing after attended the event, beneficiaries,” country. If found, the organisers must be dealt government made an died there allegedly officials said with, with an iron hand. appeal. “They have of a cardiac arrest. The country’s senior most bureaucrat also been coming through Namakkal Collector K ordered registration of cases against foreign Tablighis for viola- the night. Official and Megraj said the deceased tion of visa norms, according to sources. Gauba shared the road- control room phones have got stuck in Delhi unable to map for the intensive contact tracing of Tablighis. “Tracing all been buzzing. The District Collec- return home due to lockdown. He the participants of the Nizamuddin Markaz is the top most prior- tors have been making all neces- is a native of Ramanathapuram. ity, and the state governments must not lose time,” said a senior sary arrangements, sacrificing The Collector insisted that the government official. P5,7,8,9,10,11,12 even their sleep,” she said. man had not died of COVID-19. “So far 1,103 have come for- Officials are struggling to bring S GURUMURTHY WRITES ON TABLIGHI ward. All of them are in hospital the body back due to the lock- Myanmar nationals settled in Hyderabad, who went to Narketpally for religious prayers flouting lockdown restrictions, JAMAAT - ITS OTHER, EVIL SIDE P7 isolation. We have tested 658 sam- down. P3 being taken to a hospital in Hyderabad for coronavirus tests on Wednesday | VINAY MADAPU Centre drops anti-virals from its recommended list SUMI SUKANYA DUTTA @ New Delhi “no specific antivirals have been in combination with Azithromy- medication came following a proven to be effective as per cur- cin (500 mg once a day for 5 days),” study published in the New Eng- THE Centre has asked doctors rently available data.” said the guideline. “These land Journal, which said the anti- treating severe patients of corona- Earlier it had recom- drugs should be adminis- HIV drug combination did not virus to stop administering anti- mended using the Lopina- tered under close medical work in 199 patients analysed. An- HIV drugs and instead put them vir-Ritonavir combo for supervision, with moni- other study from France said the on a combination of anti-malaria patients with acute res- toring for side effects.” anti-malarial and antibiotic com- drug Hydroxycholoroquine and piratory distress. However, they are not rec- bination helped 78 out of 80 pa- antibiotic Azithromycin. “One of the drug is Hy- ommended for children less tients analysed. There was anoth- In the revised guidelines on the droxychloroquine (Dose 400 than 12 years, pregnant and er independent study from China management of Covid-19 patients, mg twice a day for 1 day followed lactating women. to support Hydroxycholoroquine- the Union health ministry said, by 200 mg twice a day for 4 days) Sources said the revision in Azithromycin combination. Drivers ferrying migrant workers nabbed EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Coimbatore agreed to pay `3,000. lice said. On suspicion, police per- After picking the workers near sonnel on patrol intercepted the COIMBATORE city police on Eachanari, located on the out- lorries at AG Pudur Bypass on Wednesday arrested five north In- skirts of the city, the lorries were Chenngapalli-Walayar stretch of dian lorry drivers who allegedly heading towards Avinashi, during the National Highway and found attempted to transport more than the wee hours of Wednesday, po- more than 200 workers hiding un- 200 migrant workers to their na- der tarpaulins in the carts of the tives states - Rajasthan and Mad- vehicles.