TRY THE BALCONY MARATHON South African couple Collin Allin, 41, and wife Hilda running a marathon on the balcony of their Dubai apartment on Saturday. They ran over 2,100 laps of their balcony to cover 42.2 km in 5 hrs, 9 mins and 39 secs. They plan to take the project global to help people shake off the coronavirus blues BENGALURU MONDAY MARCH 30, 2020 `6.00 PAGES 32 LATE CITY EDITION NATIONAL COUNT NY CITY WON’T BE LOCKED DOWN KERALA COUNT SOARS TO 202 ZOOMS PAST 1,000 106 NEW CASES 27 DEATHS Coronavirus deaths in the US shot up to 2,010, With 20 more cases being reported on Sunday, Kerala count Union health ministry on Sunday Over the past 24 hours, 106 Fresh deaths were reported from a quarter of them in New York City. Total cases touched 202 though the Union health ministry data put it at 182 1,46,400 said total confirmed Covid-19 new cases and six deaths Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, 1,21,000. However, President Donald Amid all the worry and the lockdown, 96 patients cases in India touched 1,024; of were reported from six states, Maharashtra and Telangana (one Trump decided against imposing a lockdown NO OF PEOPLE RECOVERED FROM 96 were reported to have recovered, which is a big plus them 901 are active cases the ministry said each), taking the total to 27 bowing to pressure from the local leadership RECOVER CORONAVIRUS WORLDWIDE 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 ‘PLEASE, DON’T STIGMATISE A COVID-19 PATIENT’ BY A COVID-19 SURVIVOR vor from Aurangabad in tion ICU of the Seth Nandlal FIRST PERSON world. I returned to Aurangabad 11, I felt exhausted. My stamina Maharashtra. Dhoot Hospital on March 24 after ACCOUNT on March 3. The next day I was was at its lowest. This is when my OBODY else other than I am sharing this as I want peo- 10 days. I finished my last medica- back to work. I had to conduct elder son, who is an intensivist in the one, who has survived ple to have faith in the healthcare tion on March 28 and am supposed the Northern Lights with a group viva for my students. a Mumbai hospital , advised me to the shock and trauma of system. People need to follow the to watch my health up to April 3 of women. We had a fabulous holi- I was fine till March 7, when I get my CBC (complete blood We need to fight the highly infectious nov- instructions from health and civil as per my doctors, who are happy day; in fact, one of the best I have developed a stuffy nose followed count) test done. this war together. N I could not have el coronavirus, would authorities. But please don’t so- with my recovery. had in a long time. We had ob- by shivers the next day. I took Sin- On March 12, I felt shortness of know what it means to be infected cially stigmatize a COVID-19 pa- I am a faculty in a prestigious served all necessary precautions arest and called up my doctor. He breath. The next day I went to the fought my battle alone either. with the unknown virus and how tient. I have seen some educated hotel management institute in Au- because the news on coronavirus advised me to take a course of an- hospital for my chest CTC and it changes your life and of your people fall into the trap. rangabad. My daughter-in-law and the havoc it had created in tibiotics. I took the medicines and swab tests were done for H1N1 and The survivor family’s. I am a COVID-19 survi- I was discharged from the isola- and I had gone to Russia to watch China then was known to the went about my work. On March COVID-19. P5 from Aurangabad AGE NO BAR Coronavirus SEAL BORDERS, STOP EXODUS, STATES TOLD does not Lockdown violators to be under quarantine; two senior Delhi babus suspended; migrants crowd bus stations; states told to ensure wage payments spare the EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ New Delhi to take a month’s rent from the ten- ants. MHA also warned landlords Time to open the purse strings A day after thousands of migrant against forcing migrant workers If you want to make a financial contribution to the fight against young either workers thronged Delhi’s Anand and students to vacate premises. PM: APOLOGIES Vihar inter-state bus terminal in In another advisory, the MHA the virus, here’s how you can go about it EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE the hope of catching a ride to their asked states to ensure timely pay- KERALA FOR IMPOSING Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund @ Bengaluru native places, the Centre on Sun- ment of wages to workers without Relief in Emergency Situations Fund day ordered all district and state any cut. “We have asked States to Name of Account : PM CARES Account Number : 67319948232 THE LOCKDOWN GOING against popular be- borders be sealed effectively and make arrangements for shelters so Account Number : 2121PM20202 State Bank of India, City Branch, lief that young adults are at ordered 14-day quarantine for all that the migrant workers who IFSC code : SBIN0000691 Thiruvananthapuram EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ New Delhi lesser risk of contracting the those who violated the shutdown have violated the lockdown and IFSC : SBIN0070028 SWIFT Code : SBININBB104 SWIFT : SBININBBT08 Novel Coronavirus, eleven which was imposed to contain the travelled could be put in quaran- State Bank of India, New Delhi main branch PRIME Minister Naren- people aged below 40 years spread of Covid-19. tine for 14 days at their destina- UPI ID : pmcares@sbi dra Modi on Sunday have tested positive for COV- The Centre also cracked the tions,” said Joint Secretary in For further info https://www.pmindia.gov.in For further info https://donation.cmdrf.kerala.gov.in apologised to the people ID-19 in the past two days in whip on sloppy Delhi government MHA Punya Salila Srivastava. KARNATAKA ODISHA of the country for the Karnataka. On Sunday, two officers by suspending two and ini- Despite the Centre’s directives, hardships they have to Chief Minister’s Relief Fund COVID-19 Odisha Chief Minister’s more people tested positive, tiating disciplinary action against migrants again attempted to leave Relief Fund - COVID-19 endure due to the 21-day taking the count to 83 in the two others. The officers suspended from the Anand Vihar bus termi- Account Number : 39234923151 lockdown, while ex- IFSC code : SBIN0040277 Account Number : 39235504967 state. They are a 35-year-old were Additional Chief Secretary nus but were blocked by police. “I SWIFT Code : SBININBB171 IFSC : SBIN0010236 plaining that there is no male (Patient 82) who had (Transport) and Principal Secre- came here in the morning and State Bank of India, Vidhana Soudha Branch State Bank of India other option to fight the travelled to Dubai and ar- tary (Finance), while Additional have been waiting for police to let UPI : cmrfcovid19@sbi Secretariate Branch, Bhubaneswar deadly coronavirus. rived in Mangaluru on March Chief Secretary (Home) and SDM us go ahead,” said Joginder Singh, For further info https://cmrf.karnataka.gov.in For further info “Certain decisions had to be taken, result- 17, and a 29-year-old male (Pa- Seelampur were issued notice. The 40, a fruit merchant headed for Mo- https://cmrfodisha.gov.in/donation/onlinedonation.php ing in myriad hardships for you. My poor tient 83) with a history of action was based on finding that radabad. Many others were seen TAMIL NADU brothers and sisters must be wondering ANDHRA PRADESH travel to Thiruvanan- they prima-facie failed to imple- trying to walk on the railway Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund what kind of Prime Minister they have got. Chief Minister Relief Fund, Andhra Pradesh thapuram, Kerala. Both are ment the lockdown orders. tracks at Anand Vihar to reach SB Account No : 117201000000070 My wholehearted apologies, especially to from Udupi and have been According to a Home ministry their villages in Uttar Pradesh. Indian Overseas Bank, Secretariat Branch Account No : 38588079208 them,” he said. State Bank of India, Velagapudi isolated at a designated hos- order, District Magistrates and Su- In a video conference with chief IFS Code : IOBA0001172 He said the fight against the virus is one SWIFT : IOBAINBB001 Secretariat Branch pital in that district. perintendents of Police will be secretaries and DGPs, Cabinet Sec- PAN : AAAGC0038F IFSC Code : IFSC SBIN0018884 between life and death and, hence, the coun- As per official data, 19 people “personally responsible” for im- retary Rajiv Gauba and Union try must win. Acknowledging that many For further info https://ereceipt.tn.gov.in/cmprf/cmprf.html For further info https://apcmrf.ap.gov.in have tested positive between plementation of these directions, Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla asked people are annoyed at being confined to March 27 and March 29. Of issued under the Disaster Manage- them to ensure there is no move- TELANGANA CM Relief Fund, BRKR Bhavan https://ts.meeseva. their homes, he appealed to them to be obey Send cheque favouring ‘CM Telangana Secretariat telangana.gov.in/Covid/ them, 17 are aged below 60 and ment Act. The ministry asked ment of people across cities or on CovidContribution.htm the lockdown rules for a few more days.