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"0 has no clue when it will hap- " ! ) ) pen. “A phase three is inevitable, given the higher ) " levels of circulating virus but it ! is not clear on what time scale !'&#)# !*!*'$'!+!*&'! ! ' ! this phase three will occur. We !! among a few other countries should prepare for new waves,” that have imposed the nation- 0# Sukhdeo Singh the restrictions Management Department it Also, those migrant labourers, Principal Scientific Advisor to tually rejected suggestion for a Similarly, hit by the third wide Covid-19 lockdown to under the Health Safety Week has been stated that there is an who test negative, will be kept the Centre K Vijay Raghavan nationwide lockdown to reign wave, France went for a third deal with the third wave. he State Government on will continue till May 13. influx of large number of in seven day institutional quar- said while asserting that “vac- in the Covid-19 pandemic, but national lockdown in early On variants of the coron- TWednesday extended the The Government, though, migrant labourers to antine facilities to be set up at cines are effective against cur- it could learn from the experi- April to check the Covid surge avirus, Vijayraghvan said, Health Safety Week (Lockdown) has made a small amendment Jharkhand. the appropriate level by the rent variants”. ence of those countries effec- that threatened to overwhelm “Variants are transmitted the restrictions in Jharkhand for this time extending the office The notification suggests respective district administra- Talking to reporters at a tively dealing with the third the country’s hospitals. All same as the original strain. It another week till 6 AM on hours of State Government that the influx of migrant tions. They shall be tested again Press conference here, he said wave. schools and non-essential doesn’t have the properties of May 13. The decision was taken offices to normal office hours labourers poses a huge risk of after seven days before their the country has to be prepared For instance, Germany shops were shut till the end of new kinds of transmission. It in the wake of rising cases of and not till 2 pm. The notifi- coronavirus infection in the departure from the facility. for the new variants that will after reopening schools in late April and a curfew imposed infects humans in a manner Covid-19 in a meeting of the cation has been addressed to all rural Jharkhand and it is antic- Those migrant labourers, also arise all over the world but February and allowing hair- from 7 pm to 6 am. that makes it more transmissi- State Disaster Management district administrations for ipated that more and more peo- who test positive in any of the variants that increase the trans- dressers and some shops to Ditto with Italy which, ble as it gains entry, makes Authority headed by Chief compliance. ple will come to State in the two tests, shall be kept man- mission will likely to plateau. resume business in March, according to the World Health more copies, and goes on, Minister Hemant Soren. Meanwhile, the SDMA, coming days. Therefore, it is aged under protocol set by the His comments come amidst extended its partial lockdown Organisation, has recorded same as the original.” According to a notification today took other important necessary to take urgent steps Department of Health and WHO observation in a report which ended on April 18 as the 3,809,193 confirmed cases of However, he did not rule issued by the Disaster decisions for migrant labourers, to prevent spread of Covid-19 Family Welfare, it further stat- that India accounted for 46 per country faced a record surge in Covid-19 with 115,557 deaths out the need to update the Management Division of the who are continuously returning in rural areas of the State. ed. According to the notifica- cent of global cases and a quar- cases with most of those being between January 3, 2020, and Covid-19 vaccine to Home, Prison and Disaster to the State. In a separate noti- The SDMA in its order has tion the containment mea- ter of global deaths reported in infected were in the 15 to 49 April 15, 2021 in course of the deal with the new strain that Management Department of fication issued by the Disaster stated that all migrant workers sures and national directives the past week. age group, much younger than third wave. has spiked the infection in the Government of Jharkhand Management Division of the coming to Jharkhand will be shall remain in force across the The Government has vir- those in the first two waves. Poland and Canada are country. signed by Chief Secretary Home, Prison and Disaster tested (RAT) on their arrival. country till May 31, 2021. ! ! "#$%& &' ! !"#! (' ) *! + $ against 5,804 Covid recoveries, Bokaro reported 427 cases which brought the active case- against 269 recoveries, while he Centre and health 0# load down to 59,532, the bul- Hazaribag reported 693 cases Texperts may have been ask- letin highlighted. against 331 recoveries. As many ing States and Union territories ovid recoveries outnum- Although Ranchi reported as 158 residents were found to increase the number of RT- Cbered fresh cases of infec- the bulk of casualties on the infected in Dhanbad while 208 PCR tests to at least 70 per cent tion after almost a month in day, the number of patients Covid patients recovered there of all Covid-19 tests being Jharkhand on Wednesday, dropped here as at least 1,169 on Wednesday. Dhanbad also conducted, the Indian Council causing a dip in the active case- patients recovered from the reported ten Covid casualties of Medical Research (ICMR), load for the first time since the infection on Wednesday while on the day, the NHM in its new testing guideline first week of April, 958 people were found infect- stated in its bulletin. issued on Tuesday, has talked Government data revealed. ed in the district. After The State tested swab sam- about reducing such tests to However, the State continued to Wednesday’s findings, the ples of 35,486 residents on take the load off the existing report a triple-digit-spike in Covid toll in Ranchi stood at Wednesday and more than 13 2,506 laboratories. Covid casualties on the day. 1,051, while the active caseload per cent of them were found As per the ICMR guidelines, As many as 141 Covid dropped to 19,654. infected by the mysterious no test has to be conducted if an patients, including 41 from East Singhbhum, however, virus. So far, over 2.63 lakh individual has tested positive by Ranchi and 27 from East reported a minor rise in the Jharkhand residents have been rapid antigen test, or by RT-PCR Singhbhum, died on the day, active caseload. As per NHM infected by Coronavirus and tests or has tested positive once taking the Covid toll in the state data, the district reported 897 around 76.10 per cent of them by RT-PCR test or if a person has to 3,346, a bulletin released by cases against 863 recoveries, and have recovered, reveals completed 10 days home isola- the National Health Mission the active caseload there reached Government data. tion period with no fever for the (NHM) stated. 5,767. The Covid toll in the dis- The growth rate of Covid last three days. Also at the time The State on Wednesday trict jumped to 726 on the day. cases also dropped in of hospital discharge, no RT-PCR reported 5,770 fresh cases Among other districts, Jharkhand on Wednesday. test will be required. Jharkhand’s growth rate of 2.10 The revised guidelines per cent was, however, higher came after the ICMR scientists than the national average of found that with a sudden spike 1.39 per cent. in the number of RT-PCR The doubling rate of infec- tests, the laboratories, which tion in the state also improved during normal times at a on Thursday. As per national level, can test close to Government data, it would take 15 lakh tests, were overbur- 33.31 days for the cases to dou- dened. It is taking over 72 ble in Jharkhand against the hours to process one RT-PCR national average of 50.19 days. test now, noted the ICMR. The State was yet to begin The problem has been com- vaccination for people in the age pounded because lab staff are bracket of 18 to 44 years. On also testing positive and going Wednesday, as many as 8,163 off duty. residents above the age of 45 The ICMR said, “At pre- years were administered the first sent, the laboratories are facing dose of vaccine against Covid-19, challenges to meet the expect- +*! + ' + while 15,743 beneficiaries in the ed testing target due to extra- % ! , '! !' !*, ' same age bracket were adminis- ordinary case load and staff get- ! tered the second jab.

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