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( A #' @ ' @ @ 4#!.5678 *&-.-*. / )*+# , &*+" 01 ) +3 +(B004.- 7-3+ N5-66 +B .-4C )8. +(-3, 7,4 -3 -+3 58043C( 8. 467- 69385 :78+6 :7:+34(5+. 7.4+ 7+6643,4 )8. ,68:+6 48380B> 8048 8) 43,6+3 8(834 .+37- .+-. 7+3 -,+.7 47.+ 3 7B 4.+:+ -/+B5+ + D6 &#2* 3! %1 9$(:1(;(;< 5( D+ ( 4 + down,” he added. the information connected Paul also cited a study He said the decision to with clusters and hotspots.” which that there is no spike in impose the lockdown was Detailing the country’s utilisation of fever and cold timely and asserted that the progress in the past 3.5 months medicines in the country. curve has begun to flatten. in tackling Covid-19, Vardhan “Our routine surveillance “Nationwide lockdown said, “On January 8, we held of pneumonia and fever shows helped take us away from the our first meeting, and today, in that there is no spike. There is exponential growth curve and comparison with many other no crowding of ICUs or lines thereby contain the growth of countries, India has done very outside the hospitals. A study Covid-19 cases,” he said. well... We have fewer cases per was done on whether the util- “Besides containing the million percentage. We have a isation of medicine used for spread, augmenting testing and mortality of 3 per cent, which fever and cold has increased. It improving preparedness, the is less. Recovery rate of patients, has not,” he said. nation has brought about a who contracted viral infec- He pointed out that even massive behavioural change tion, is better than the world. after the testing was increased through a ‘’Jan Andolan’’ (mass In March, the doubling rate of in the country, no proportion- movement),” he said. coronavirus cases was 3 days; al increase in cases was seen. Vardhan too echoed simi- today it is close to 9 days.” “No need to fear hidden spikes lar views saying the Responding to the issue of in cases,” he insisted. Government has saved India faulty testing kits, he said, “We from going into stage 3 or com- will return the testing kits to munity transmission stage. their country of origin, and we " “The positive cases are not ris- have not paid money yet. ing more than 4 per cent...We Strategies were made to use were all worried if we are in these kits in hotspots. stage 3, but we have been able # to save the country largely from going into stage 3,” said ! Vardhan, adding “we have all "" New Delhi: A tigress died in ! Delhi Zoo on Wednesday due to “kidney failure” and author- 345 467- tory or were in touch with control in the country and “Had we not taken the Committee-I said at a Press New Delhi: The coronavirus ities have sent her samples for corona positive patients, are thanks to a robust surveillance decision to impose nationwide briefing here. pandemic has taught the coun- coronavirus testing. The 14- he Government on Friday under observation. network with implementation lockdown, we would have had “As on March 21, our dou- ! try “to be self-reliant and self- year-old big cat named Tsaid the nationwide lock- While maintaining that of the lockdown and other around one lakh Covid-19 bling time of cases was three sufficient” and not look for Kalpana died around on down was a timely step with- India has fared better than containment measures. cases by now. Cases are now days. Results started showing New Delhi: The Centre on solutions abroad, Prime Wednesday evening and the out which the cases would many countries in the fight Nearly ten lakh people, doubling in every 10 days and on March 23, due to travel Friday said the COVID-19sit- Minister Narendra Modi told carcass was cremated on have sky-rocketed to over one against the pandemic on vari- who have either returned from this is a reasonable estimate,” restrictions imposed earlier. uation is especially serious in grassroots leaders on Friday as Thursday following direction lakh by now. Officials also ous parameters, Health abroad or were in touch with Niti Aayog member VK Paul, On April 6, further slowing of major or emerging hotspot he stressed that every village, to minimize human-animal claimed that nearly ten lakh Minister Harsh Vardhan said corona positive patients, are who is also the Chairman of the doubling rate became visible, areasincluding Ahmedabad, district and State should be able interface, an official from the people who have a travel his- the virus outbreak is under under surveillance. Government’s Empowered thanks to the nationwide lock- Surat, Hyderabad and Chennai. to provide for its basic needs. Environment Ministry said. &/+ 0 ! # $%& ' () )$) " % !& *+ that soon financial 345 467- cases, Madhya Pradesh 159 assistance and Tamil Nadu 72. Uttar LM # will be aharashtra and Gujarat, Pradesh added 11 new cases for $ .+37- made Mtwo of the worst affected total count of 1,621 and 25 # available States, saw a decline in the deaths. hief Minister Hemant to all the coronavirus cases on Friday, Incidentally, States like CSoren today started trans- verified but Madhya Pradesh recorded Bihar which were virtually out ' fer of 1,000 through DBT to beneficia- a major spike as India record- of corona radar till now, have stranded Jharkhandi workers, ries. He ed 1,395 cases during the day, started to report significant who had registered in the CM said that taking the total to 24,434 and number of cases. On Friday the Special Assistance App under the death count to 780. State reported 44 cases, the sin- !!# ( launched by the State Internet In the last 24 hours ending gle day high, for total ,count of ) *# Government. During the banking 8 am on Friday, the country 214. launch the CM said that today system, had reported 1,752 new coro- Union Health Ministry 1,11,568 labourers have been $ % & ' ( ) * the process navirus cases and 37 deaths. Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal + , )-. provided assistance of 1,000 & + ( of check- As of 10 pm, on Friday, said that in the last 28 days, 15 4 , 8 9 directly through DBT in their ! ing banks Maharashtra added 390 cases districts have had no new case. , - : ;-:< 9 ( $ bank account. It is the goal of andand 18 deaths as against 728 Till date, there are 80 districts / ( 7 0 6 + $ / ( ( , the government to help them tance of 1000 has been made accounts takes two to three cases on Thursday. in the country that have report- ;7 + < ( ( 3 ( ' financially, he said. available to the migrant labour- days. The State government Maharashtra total count of ed no new cases in last 14 days. 9 ( N > The CM said that due to ers through the Chief Minister's machinery is involved in car- positive cases stood at 6,817 “A total of 4,748 people, which + #O 3 ) - $% $ coronavirus, the labourers of Special Assistance Scheme rying out these tasks with full and a casualty of 300. is 20.57 per cent of the total & Jharkhand are trapped in large mobile App. commitment. As soon as the Gujarat, which recorded number of cases, have been Rajnandgaon from tricts have confirmed cases in !!# + numbers in various states of the He further said that till account verification of the ben- 250 plus cases on Thursday, cured so far,” Agarwal said. Chhattisgarh; and Shivpuri the country. Over the past two country. Right from the initial date, 2,47,0 25 migrant labour- eficiaries is completed, the saw reduction of Friday, adding “As on today, 15 districts in from Madhya Pradesh,” said days, Mumbai, Pune, / 0 phase of lockdown, the State ers of the State have registered amount of financial support just 190 cases for total count of the country which earlier had the official at the routine press Ahmedabad, Surat and Jaipur government had coordinated for financial help through the will be given immediately. 2,815 and death count of 127. cases have not reported any briefing here. districts have seen the biggest $ ) ' with the government officials of Chief Minister's Special The CM said that the gov- Delhi recorded 138 cases and fresh cases since the last 28 He added, “A total of 80 spike in confirmed cases ) various states of the country to Assistance Mobile App. Various ernment has made provision to three deaths. Now the nation- days. Besides districts already districts from 23 States/UTs nationally. provide ration or food grains districts of Jharkhand have so provide ration to those families, al Capital has a total of 2,514 highlighted, three new dis- have not reported any new These five districts account for the migrant labourers. In far approved the registration of who do not have ration cards. cases and 53 casualty. tricts which got added to this cases since the last 14 days.” for 51 per cent of new cases 1 2 $ this episode, today, the assis- 2,10,464 labourers. He said Continued on Page 2 Rajasthan added 44 new list include: Durg & However, so far, 432 dis- over this period. ' ' , #- " ()!+!,!-,!. The said person had come from son three persons have died while two ! Gujarat and was put on quarantine, persons who are above 50 years have (., /,0%.-,1! where patient report was found to be recovered. District wise Ranchi has 35 positive during test. The patient had Covid 19 case with active case figures 345 467- /,0!, no primary symptoms related to as 28. 345 467- corona, while his condition is said to Moreover, in other development he Indian IT sector is star- be stable. Earlier, on April 20, a 17- a 32-year-old RPF jawan deployed at bout 4 crore mobile phone Ting at a revenue growth %'& % year old youth was found positive with Ghatshila in East Singhbhum district Ausers in the country are sliding to a decadal low of up .+37-@/+0(74 .

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