Follow us on: RNI No. APENG/2018/764698 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 Published From ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 SPORTS 11 VIJAYAWADA DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL A TICKING COVID-19: CO-WORKING LONG BREAKS POSE BIG RAIPUR CHANDIGARH BHUBANESWAR COVID BOMB SEGMENT HIT BY LOCKDOWN CHALLENGE FOR PACERS RANCHI DEHRADUN HYDERABAD *Late City Vol. 2 Issue 154 VIJAYAWADA, MONDAY APRIL 6, 2020; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable NAGA SHAURYA TO SPORT A WELL-TONED AND CHISELED LOOK FOR HIS NEXT { Page 12 } www.dailypioneer.com 26K QUARANTINED AFTER 10 FEAST MULTIPLEX ASSOCIATION APPEALS HAPTIK-POWERED CORONA DECISION ON REOPENING SCHOOLS, ATTENDEES CONTRACT COVID-19 TO LANDLORDS TO WAIVE OFF RENT CHATBOT SEES OVER 2 CR USERS COLLEGES TO BE TAKEN ON APRIL 14 ays after 10 people tested positive for coronavirus after attending a he Multiplex Association of India (MAI) has appealed to landlords he government's dedicated WhatsApp chatbot MyGov Corona he HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank' on Sunday said that Dfuneral feast organised by a man on his return here in Madhya Tacross the country to waive off rent and common area maintenance THelpdesk, which aims to provide timely updates and help citizens Tthe government will decide whether to reopen schools, colleges on Pradesh from Dubai, over 26,000 of their contacts and family members (CAM) for all the multiplex operators during the period of the current clear their queries on Covid-19, has been used by over 2 crore users. April 14 after reviewing the coronavirus situation. "It is difficult to take a have been placed under home quarantine, officials said on Sunday. The nation-wide lockdown. India is currently under the lockdown with around Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot company Haptik decision at the moment. We will review the situation on April 14 and man, who worked as a waiter at a hotel in Dubai, 1.3 billion people asked to stay home in view of the Infotech Pvt Ltd, which is 87 per cent owned by depending upon the circumstances, a decision will be returned to Morena from Dubai on March 17 after coronavirus outbreak. Formed under the aegis of Reliance Jio, developed the MyGov Corona Helpdesk taken on whether schools and colleges can be getting information about his mother's death, Sub- FICCI in 2000, the national multiplex trade body chatbot. "Misinformation & rumours are the primary reopened now or have to be closed for more time," Divisional Magistrate (SDM) R S Bakna said. "He represents more than 18 regional and national outlets of panic. The @reliancejio & @haptik powered the minister said in an interview. "We are prepared to organised a customary feast on March 20 to multiplex chains, including PVR, INOX, Carnival and official @mygovindia coronavirus chatbot has helped ensure there is no academic loss to students if mark the 13th day of mourning after his Cinepolis, and operates more than 2900 screens eliminate these outlets for millions. Whatsapp schools, colleges remain shut beyond April 14. mothers death," he said. across the country. +919013151515 for your queries," Haptik tweeted. Classes are already being conducted online.” 49 test positive for Sealing off HOT ZONES for one COVID in Kurnool month proposed, Hyd in the list alone, total at 252 PNS n NEW DELHI Some of the steps the govern- if no COVID-19 cases are report- PNS n VIJAYAWADA untouched by the virus that is ment seeks to take include seal- ed from the quarantine zone for extremely contagious and The Health Ministry has released ing containment areas and stop- at least four weeks after the last Sunday brought in more dis- stealthy. an aggressive containment plan ping movement of people in and confirmed test. mal news for the state, with According to the health for large outbreaks of COVID- out of these areas. The Health Ministry docu- another 60 people testing pos- bulletin released by the state 19, which includes buffer zones All suspect and confirmed ment says the geographic distri- itive for COVID-19 in Andhra government the details of No crowding on and sealing off areas for nearly a COVID-19 cases will be hospi- bution of COVID-19 mimics the Pradesh. The overall number patients from 131 to 190 streets after month. The government made talised and kept in isolation in distribution of H1N1 pandemic of people infected thus far in reveal that most of them had the containment plan after clus- hospitals dedicated to fighting influenza, which suggests that the state stood at 252 at 5 pm. either attended the Delhi reli- shutdown, ters posing high risk of further the coronavirus, says the docu- while the spread of COVID-19 Kurnool was under- gious convention or are people warned spread of COVID-19 emerged in ment available on the Health in the population could be high, standably tense, with their contacts. Those several states. Ministry's website. it's unlikely that it will be uni- 49 of the 52 cases infected include men, The strategy is meant to con- Patients will be discharged formly affect all parts of the being recorded on women of all age tain the highly contagious disease only if two samples test negative country. Sunday alone. Each groups 4 caused by a novel coronavirus, for coronavirus. Those with mild "This calls for differential of these cases from 12 first detected in China in symptoms will be quarantined in approach to different regions of had some years to December, within a defined geo- stadiums, those having moder- the country, while mounting a connec- 70 years graphical area by early detection ate symptoms will be admitted to strong containment effort in tion with besides of cases, breaking the chain of hospitals meant for COVID-19 hotspots," the document the three per- transmission and thus prevent- care, and those with severe symp- says.Large-scale measures to Tablighi sons from ing its spread to new areas. A toms will be sent to tertiary or contain COVID-19 over large Jamaat Mumbai, novel virus is one that has not advanced hospitals. Another step territories have been tried in convention two from been previously identified in mentioned in the strategy is clo- China. Mathematical modelling in Delhi; Ajmer and humans. sure of schools, colleges and studies have suggested that con- those infected had either one who The 20-page document says offices in containment and buffer tainment might be possible espe- attended the ijtema or had travelled by the aggressive containment strat- zones. There will be no public cially when other public health come in direct contact with Duronto Express and one egy will be scaled down only if and private transport in these interventions are combined with those who did. who travelled by Sampark no new cases of COVID-19 are areas. Only essential services an effective social distancing LIGHTING UP HUMANITY’S DARKEST HOUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who The two North Andhra dis- Kranti express. successfully rallied the nation in expressing their collective will to tackle Covid-19 by reported for at least four weeks will be allowed to move. The strategy. tricts — Srikakulam and 3 after the last confirmed test. containment plan will be eased 3 his call for “9 minutes of diya from 9:00 pm on Sunday”, lighting a lamp in New Delhi. Vizianagaram — remain Jamaat incident TTD decides to worsened CM lights candle to express Set up COVID-19 testing labs Covid-19 spread, offer Rs 19 says Govt solidarity in fight against virus in each district, orders Jagan crore to AP for PNS n VIJAYAWADA (Health) KS Jawahar Reddy Covid-19 relief PNS n VIJAYAWADA Steps are being informed the Chief Minister As the number of Coronavirus taken to increase the that seven labs were working in PNS n TIRUPATI 5 Chief Minister YS cases has been escalating at a testing capacity of the state with a capacity to test Jaganmohan Reddy on rapid pace across the state due over 900 blood samples per day. Tirumala Sunday joined the nation in to transmission from Tablighi the labs in He said steps were being taken Tirupati heeding the call given by Jamaat attendees, Chief Visakhapatnam and to increase the testing capacity Devas Prime Minister Narendra Minister YS Jaganmohan Vijayawada of the labs in Visakhapatnam thanams Modi to show unity and Reddy on Sunday directed the and Vijayawada. (TTD) determination of the nation in authorities to open testing labs Jawahar Reddy explained that gov- fighting COVID-19 by light- in each district and also create ately complete testing of all about the special approach erns the ing lamps for nine minutes at isolation wards in all hospitals. those who returned from the undertaken on an experimen- Lord Venkateswara temple 9 pm. The Chief Minister held Of the total 220 active Tablighi Jamaat convention and tal basis in Visakhapatnam city, at Tirumala near here, has a lit candle at his residence on Coronavirus cases in the state their primary contacts. where the identified red zones decided to offer Rs 19 crore Sunday at 9 pm to extend sol- as on Sunday, close to 90 per In the next step, the sec- (having Corona positive to the Andhra Pradesh's idarity with the nation in cent relate to the Tablighi ondary contacts of the Tablighi patients) were divided into government relief coron- fighting against the Jamaat participants and their Jamaat attendees should be eight clusters and 20 samples avirus fund, a top TTD offi- pandemic. close contacts. tested, he said at a high-level were tested on a random basis cial said on Sunday. Governor Biswabhushan The Chief Minister asked the review meeting on COVID-19.