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y k y cm COMPLYING TO NORMS US TO BAN TIKTOK PSG STAMP AUTHORITY Actor Prachi Tehlan says every safety President Trump may ban TikTok as Parisians complete domestic quadruple with measure is being taken at her Microsoft eyes buying the Chinese- Coupe de la Ligue triumph edging past Olympique Lyonnais 6-5 wedding venue in Delhi LEISURE | P2 owned app INTERNATIONAL| P10 SPORTS | P12 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 122 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | SUNDAY, AUGUST 2 | 2020 12 PAGES | `4.00 COVID TRAVELOGUE: FROM GUJ TO ODISHA About 10 lakh people from various states and countries returned to the state between March and July; 4 lakh from Gujarat alone POST NEWS NETWORK in parallel. Majority of the 19A and 19B clades ANALYSING STRAINS were present in cases that migrated from Gujarat Bhubaneswar, August 1: Gujarat— from where state suggesting it to be one of the major initial nearly about 4 lakh people arrived to Odisha n Analysis of samples shows presence of all five points of disease transmission during month of during the lockdown period— is found to be re- reported clades (19A, 19B, 20A, 20B and 20C) March and April. sponsible for major Covid-19 transmission in of Covid-19 genome in patients of Odisha The director added phylogenetic analysis the state. showed that clades 20A and 20B evolved quite rap- n Clade 19B found to be much more prevalent This was revealed from a study conducted by idly in the Indian population and are major n 11 killed as crane Bhubaneswar based Regional Medical Research Majority of the 19A and 19B clades were present source of disease transmission in the country. Centre (RMRC) and Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) in cases that migrated from Gujarat state Whereas, 20C strain is rarely detected and ap- after analysing 225 viral genomes of Covid pos- peared to be less adapted or somehow contracted n Clades 20A and 20B evolve rapidly in Indian itive patients who had migrated from 13 Indian at early stages of infection. population and are major source of transmis- collapses on PSU states including Gujarat. sion in the country The analysis also revealed higher proportion About 10 lakh people from various states and of symptomatic patients with clades 20A, 20B and countries returned to the state in between 20C. The clade 20C was observed in Odisha and March and July. Of them, about 4 lakh were ing collected during March to July, 2020. Analysis However, clade 19B was found to be much not present in any other isolates included in premises in Vizag from Gujarat alone and most of them re- of samples showed the presence of all five reported more prevalent in analysed samples as com- 1000 genome analysis. From these results it is turned to Ganjam district, which has reported clades (19A, 19B, 20A, 20B and 20C) of Covid-19 pared to other genomes reported so far from obvious that Europe and Southeast Asia are highest 10,672 cases so far. genome in the patients of Odisha,” said RMRC India, she said. two major routes of disease transmission in Some workers were believed to be “We have analysed the samples for sequenc- director Sanghamitra Pati. The study showed evolution of 19A and 19B Odisha, she concluded. trapped under the collapsed crane since their phones were heard ringing from below the machine IRREGULAR by MANJUL Very heavy rain during the rescue operations Immunity-boosting Vit C to lash Odisha tabs selling like hot cakes from tomorrow The state has received 17 pc Despite new entrants in the market to cater deficit rainfall this monsoon to the demand, prices up by 3 times POST NEWS NETWORK New policy allows one to pick subjects from Bhubaneswar, August 1: The India Meteorological different streams. I guess it’s time you MANISH KUMAR, OP Department (IMD) Saturday said a fresh low acquire a few more degrees, sir! pressure area is likely to form over north Bay Bhubaneswar, August 1: The out- of Bengal around August 4. Under its impact, very Rescue operations underway at the mishap site in Visakhapatnam break of Covid-19 pandemic in the heavy rainfall will lash several parts of the state state has led to surge in demand for during the next four days. AGENCIES Vitamin C tablets owing to its im- “The southwest monsoon has become weak 3 lads booked in munity boosting qualities. in the state during past 15 days. A low pressure Visakhapatnam, August As the demand grows exponen- area is developing over north Bay of Bengal, which 1: At least 11 persons were During the trials, epic Twitter hack tially, chemist shops are running out will bring heavy rainfall in many places across reported killed and several officials were testing of ‘nutraceutical’ and other products. the state from tomorrow,” said Bhubaneswar Met others injured when a jetty the dead-weight AGENCIES It is found that several alterna- Centre director HR Biswas. crane collapsed Saturday at capacity of the crane tives or substitutes by some phar- So far, the the Hindustan Shipyard when its cabin portion San Francisco, August 1: The US maceutical companies have made Medical Store, Satya Vihar in the city. Nevertheless, doctors and pharma state has re- Limited premises. on the top and its base Department of Justice has charged inroads into the market but inter- Medically speaking, both Vitamin ceived 17 per According to eyewitness representatives claim that prices of portion separated and three young individuals includ- estingly, they have further pushed C and Zinc are considered as mi- life-saving and essential drugs have cent deficit accounts, the mishap oc- the crane collapsed ing one juvenile with hacking the prices up. A few companies cronutrients with immunity boost- not been tinkered with during this rainfall than curred between 11.30 am and Twitter last month that compro- have rebranded their products and ing capabilities. “Both the nutri- hour of crisis. normal rain 12 noon when officials were V VINAY CHAND| mised the accounts of 130 high-pro- upped the prices by three times ents are taken to boost immunity. “There could be some sporadic in this mon- testing the crane. At least COLLECTOR, VISAKHAPATNAM file celebrities, politicians and without even changing the combi- They are even recommended by reports of black-marketing but at soon season. 20 persons were working on were testing the dead- businesses. Accounts of former US nation. There are also some firms the ICMR for treatment of Covid pa- large we have not seen any rise in As many as 13 the spot when the crane weight capacity of the President Barack Obama, Joe which have changed the composi- tients. As they are nutraceutical, prices of drugs for most of the dis- districts have recorded deficit rainfall of 20 to 59 broke and fell on its side, crane when its cabin por- Biden, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Elon tion to cater to the high demanding they are easily bought over the eases. In fact, prices of cancer drugs per cent. The districts are—Puri (52 per cent crushing many workers. tion on the top and its base Musk, Apple and Uber are said to micronutrient. A close survey of counter without any prescription,” have come down due to the regu- deficit), Khurda (48%), Kendrapara (45%), Jajpur Of the 11 casualties re- portion separated and the have been compromised. some of the chemist shops in the said Dr Manoj Sahu, a gastroen- lation of the lifesaving drugs by (45%), Cuttack (42%), Balasore (40%), Sonepur ported so far, four persons crane collapsed.” The 19-year-old Mason Sheppard state capital revealed that some terologist from the city. the National Pharmaceuticals (37%), Jagatsinghpur (33%), Bhadrak (28%), are said to be regular em- While rescue efforts were (aka ‘Chaewon’) of the UK was new brands have also entered the He also said that prolonged and Pricing Authority (NPPA) in the Mayurbhanj (24%), Nayagarh (23%), Keonjhar ployees, while the remain- underway, some workers charged in a criminal complaint pharma market to sell their ver- excessive use of the drug should be past two years,” said Ajay Goenka, (22%) and Bolangir (20%). ing seven are contract staff. were believed to be trapped in the Northern District of sion of the nutraceutical. avoided. Dr Sahu highlighted that Treasurer, Utkal Chemist and Out of 61 days in the past two months, there District authorities under the collapsed crane California with conspiracy to com- “Earlier, there was hardly anyone while many countries do have Druggists Association, Cuttack. were 23 rainy days in June and 25 in July. The rushed to the spot and took since rescuers and by- mit wire fraud, conspiracy to com- buying Vitamin C tablets but now norms to regulate sales of nu- Dr Alakta Das, a gynecologist from state witnessed 48 rainy days. Puri district saw stock of the situation. standers could hear the mit money laundering, and the due to the surge in demand because traceuticals, India is yet to finalise the city also said that the prices of only 35 rainy days while it was 43 in Khurda dis- District Collector V ringing of mobile phones intentional access of a protected of Covid, we are seeing many cus- the norms. “The process had started drugs for hypertension and diabetes trict, 41 days in Jagatsinghpur, 31 in Kendrapara, Vinay Chand said: “The 70- under the collapsed crane. computer. tomers. Several new brands offering for regulation of norms, but Covid and other common co-morbidities 45 in Bhadrak and 46 in Sonepur. tonne capacity jetty crane Saturday’s incident is n the tablet and some with a combi- pandemic delayed it further,” he have not changed drastically.