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P If coronavirus continue to &'* of all Covid-19 tests being &&!#' 1/ ''!'!! % evolve further, India will not be conducted, the Indian Council '!'!'!& **,-.% ;,' spared from a third wave of the ,' ''-!%, of Medical Research (ICMR), '*+,''&!' 2!,!'! !&! pandemic which has presently in its new testing guideline '%,' swept nations like Canada, !'& issued on Tuesday, has talked *+!'!' '' ,',!!' France and Italy, the .'' !&!% about reducing such tests to ,!,DL"!!' Government on Wednesday ' '- take the load off the existing '''!,%''!%!&% !%,!,D !! said, flagging a frightening ''/ 2,506 laboratories. ,'!' ,', future at a time when India is ,'*-&'! As per the ICMR guide- 1 ) '!!! ',!! M! % already reeling under the sec- !& lines, no test has to be con- ) '-!'1''' ," /D ond wave of Covid-19. !'!!'0!' ducted if an individual has 1 &./ However, the Government .&' %! tested positive by rapid antigen has no clue when it will hap- '!%!&,!%, test, or by RT-PCR tests or has country in cities, towns, pen. “A phase three is !!%,!' tested positive once by RT-PCR sent, the laboratories are facing schools, colleges, and commu- inevitable, given the higher %!!&! test or if a person has com- challenges to meet the expect- nity centres. The ICMR also levels of circulating virus but it pleted 10 days home isolation ed testing target due to extra- suggested creating drive- is not clear on what time scale 1 "#$ 4'& 5 ' period with no fever for the last ordinary case load and staff get- through RAT facilities. this phase three will occur. We 2 & among a few other countries three days. ting infected with Covid-19. In Individuals with symptoms should prepare for new waves,” that have imposed the nation- Also at the time of hospi- view of this situation, it is identified negative by rapid Principal Scientific Advisor to tually rejected suggestion for a Similarly, hit by the third wide Covid-19 lockdown to tal discharge, no RT-PCR test imperative to optimise the RT- antigen testing should be linked the Centre K Vijay Raghavan nationwide lockdown to reign wave, France went for a third deal with the third wave. will be required. PCR testing and simultane- with RT-PCR test facility, said while asserting that “vac- in the Covid-19 pandemic, but national lockdown in early On variants of the coron- The revised guidelines ously increase the access and should go for the test, said the cines are effective against cur- it could learn from the experi- April to check the Covid surge avirus, Vijayraghvan said, came after the ICMR scientists availability of testing to all cit- ICMR while making it manda- rent variants”. ence of those countries effec- that threatened to overwhelm “Variants are transmitted the found that with a sudden spike izens of the country.” tory to enter the information of Talking to reporters at a tively dealing with the third the country’s hospitals. All same as the original strain. It in the number of RT-PCR To help the exhausted labs, vaccination status in the testing Press conference here, he said wave. schools and non-essential doesn’t have the properties of tests, the laboratories, which the ICMR is now suggesting form for RAT or RT-PCR. the country has to be prepared For instance, Germany shops were shut till the end of new kinds of transmission. It during normal times at a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) for “This information is of for the new variants that will after reopening schools in late April and a curfew imposed infects humans in a manner national level, can test close to mass detection. It said the RAT critical importance,” the ICMR also arise all over the world but February and allowing hair- from 7 pm to 6 am. that makes it more transmissi- 15 lakh tests, were overbur- should be allowed in said. This comes in the wake of variants that increase the trans- dressers and some shops to Ditto with Italy which, ble as it gains entry, makes dened. Government and private people testing positive after one mission will likely to plateau. resume business in March, according to the World Health more copies, and goes on, It is taking over 72 hours to healthcare facilities across the or both doses of the vaccines. His comments come amidst extended its partial lockdown Organisation, has recorded same as the original.” process one RT-PCR test now, WHO observation in a report which ended on April 18 as the 3,809,193 confirmed cases of However, he did not rule noted the ICMR. The problem that India accounted for 46 per country faced a record surge in Covid-19 with 115,557 deaths out the need to update the has been compounded because cent of global cases and a quar- cases with most of those being between January 3, 2020, and Covid-19 vaccine to deal with lab staff are also testing positive ter of global deaths reported in infected were in the 15 to 49 April 15, 2021 in course of the the new strain that has and going off duty. the past week. age group, much younger than third wave. spiked the infection in the The ICMR said, “At pre- The Government has vir- those in the first two waves. Poland and Canada are country. ! " #" $ An order issued by chief he Covid curfew which secretary Om Prakash states Twas to end today has been that considering the fresh surge extended till May 10 in the of Covid, the district magis- epal’s embattled Prime " % & " entire area of Dehradun, trates of Dehradun, Haridwar NMinister KP Sharma Oli- Haridwar and Udham Singh and Udham Singh Nagar are led Government on the patients to die a slow and ing several lives in the past two- Nagar districts. This decision directed to enforce the Covid Wednesday lost majority sup- 51 painful death. three months, the Ministry of was taken after chief minister curfew throughout the district port in the House of On Wednesday, seven peo- Home Affairs on Wednesday Tirath Singh Rawat held an from May 6 to 10 (5 am). Representatives after the CPN ple reportedly died in issued directions to the State informal meeting with minis- Other district magistrates (Maoist Centre) led by Kalaburagi and Government to ters here on Wednesday. are directed to assess the situ- Pushpakamal Dahal Belagavi in pioneer put in place a plan ation of Covid infection in “Prachanda” officially with- Karnataka and of action, to -. their districts and based on drew support to it. five in Roorkee ensure that no fire their assessment of the situa- The party submitted a let- in Uttarakhand Special incident occurs in //' tion, may impose Covid curfew ter to this effect to the xygen shortage and fire in due to shortage any of the health till May 10. There shall be no Parliament Secretariat, inform- Ohospital have killed hun- of oxygen. facilities (particularly Covid-19 % &(##' restriction on inter-state and ing about its decision to with- dreds of hapless Covid-19 Similarly, three died in an dedicated facilities) both in intra-state movement of per- draw support to the govern- patients, who may have sur- explosion at an oxygen plant in the Government and private !'(&&$ sons and goods. ment, according to a senior vived otherwise. Over five Chinhat on the outskirts of sector. %("# !'$ All industries, goods vehi- leader of the party, Ganesh dozen people died in fire inci- Lucknow. Among the dead, In Uttarakhand’s Roorkee cles, construction work and Shah. Chief Whip of the Maoist dents in several parts of the two were employees and one district, five Covid-19 patients, % &"(( other essential services will be Centre Dev Gurung handed country, while the number of was a customer who had come including a woman, died at a allowed to operate. over the letter to officials at the those who perished due to to get the refill. In another case private hospital allegedly due to !'&$ The ration shops (on alter- Parliament Secretariat, he said. shortage of oxygen would be in Delhi, 26 Covid patients disruption in oxygen supply to %''# nate days), milk booths and After handing over the let- many times more. were rescued after a fire broke the facility for around 30 min- vegetable shops will be allowed ter Gurung told the media that In some cases, when the out in the nursing home. utes. A !"#$ to operate till 12 pm. It is per- the party decided to withdraw hospital ran out of oxygen, the Alarmed over the increas- The incident occurred in tinent to mention here that support to the Oli Government doctors fled to safety, leaving ing cases of fire incidents claim- the early hours of Wednesday %&"'('' !&('$ some ministers were in favour as the Govern-ment had when oxygen supply to the hos- of imposing a complete lock- breached the Constitution and pital remained disrupted ! P %&"&# !&&$ down in the State to check the the Govern-ment’s activities .! !'!'!' between 1.30 and 2 am. "#$ & Covid surge. have posed threat to democra- !'!'!/#O One of the deceased was on ' %&'((( !'&&&&$ However, for now the State tic procedures and national ,!'','' O ") P! ) 3! !1*4'!' ventilator support while four Government has decided to sovereignty.

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