Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 Published From *Late City Vol. 2 Issue 244 NATION 5 MONEY 6 SPECIAL 7 HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable ANTI-COVID FIGHT, A WAR DR REDDY'S INKS PACT WITH IN REVERSE BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH GILEAD SCIENCES FOR REMDESIVIR GEAR BHUBANESWAR AIMING AT AGAINST INVISIBLE ENEMY: YOGI RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA LARGER, NATIONAL HYDERABAD, SUNDAY JUNE 14, 2020; PAGES 12 `3 ROLE 12 www.dailypioneer.comwww.dailypioneer.com SELF-SWABBING TESTS FOR COVID-19 MAHARASHTRA SLASHES BY 50% 99% ICU BEDS, 94% VENTILATORS IN USE WHATSAPP SOON LET YOU ACCESS ACCURATE AND SAFE: STUDY COVID-19 LAB TEST CHARGES AS COVID-19 CASES SPIKE IN MUMBAI YOUR ACCOUNT FROM UP TO 4 DEVICES est samples collected by people who swabbed their own nasal passages n a significant move, the Maharashtra government had slashed by 50 per ntensive Care Units (ICUs) in Mumbai, the city worst-affected by the hatsApp seems set to soon allow you to use your WhatsApp account on Tyielded results for the Covid-19 virus that were as Icent the charges levied by private laboratories for conducting Covid-19 tests, Inovel coronavirus outbreak, are operating at 99 per cent capacity Was many as four devices simultaneously. A screenshot has been posted accurate as samples collected by a health care worker, said Health Minister Rajesh Tope, here on Saturday. It would make the Covid- and 94 per cent of ventilators in the city are currently in use, the on Twitter to give a glimpse at the new feature that is still under development according to a new study. For the findings, published in 19 test charges in the state uniform and also the lowest in the country, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Saturday. and is yet to be released even for beta testing. Multi-device the Journal of the American Medical Association, the he said. At present, private labs are charging between Rs 4,500 As of June 11, Mumbai had 1,181 beds in ICUs across the support on WhatsApp has been in the rumours for quite research team picked 30 participants who previously and Rs 5,200 (for home tests), making it unaffordable for a large city. Of these, 1,167 have been occupied, leaving only 14 some time. A reference of enabling a single WhatsApp had tested positive for Covid-19. They collected their number of people. "Even several organisations that wanted to beds for new patients. 497 of the 530 ventilators - a account on multiple devices was also recently spotted own samples at a drive-through testing site after conduct tests on their employees found it too expensive and machine that takes over the body's breathing on a beta version.As per the tweet posted on watching a short video animation and reading a hence we decided to study the issue," Tope said. A committee of process when the lungs have failed - are in use, WhatsApp beta tracker WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is one-page document instructing them how to experts, headed by Dr Suhakar Shinde and comprising Dr the BMC said, as are 3,986 (or 76 per cent) of adding the ability to let you use your WhatsApp perform the swab. Sadhna Tayde, Dr Ajay Chandanwale, the 5,260 available oxygen beds. account from four devices at the same time. Netizens angry as Netas TS sees record spike of 253 positive cases on Saturday opt for corporate hospitals n 179 cases in GHMC limits, 24 from Sangareddy TRS MLA, BJP ex-MLA pick corporate hospitals for Corona treatment PNS n HYDERABAD NITI Aayog says Hyd is heading Covid-19 continued to spread PNS n HYDERABAD An MLA of the TRS its tentacles over Telangana at ‘ALL AND an alarming rate, infecting towards flattening the curve Considering that the govern- was tested positive 253 people in the last 24 hours SUNDRY’ ment had all along held out for COVID-19 on and claiming the life of eight HYDERABAD: NITI Aayog, in its analysis, said that Hyderabad is Gandhi as the go-to hospital Friday after he people. possibly heading to flatten the Covid19 curve. A tweet shared by Doctors in for Coronavirus, netizens on This highest-ever single day NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant says: “Hyderabad is possibly Saturday felt indignant when showed symptoms. surge is a huge jump from the flattening the curve”. Amitabh said, “Cases are Telangana want they came to know that the He was admitted to a previous high of 209 cases. rising in Chennai, Delhi, Pune, Mumbai,Thane, safety and respect Janagaon MLA too had been corporate hospital in The total infection count has Aurangabad, Chengalpattu,Jodhpur and Kolkata. Growth trends in Chennai and Delhi rushed to a private hospital. An Hyderabad on Friday now shot up to 4,737, with more than applause MLA of the TRS, he tested pos- 2,203 of these cases being are worrisome. These cities hold the key to itive for COVID-19 on Friday late night for active. As many as 2,352 our success. Containment has to be after showing symptoms. He treatment. patients have made a full strengthened here - need to focus on emerging was admitted to a corporate recovery and have been dis- clusters and hyper localize”. However, the 2 hospital in Hyderabad late on charged while the number flattening can be observed because the state is reporting cases between 150-200 on an average this month. Friday late night for treat- Muthireddy Yadagiri Reddy Chintala Ramachandra Reddy specifically relaxed for BJP ex- of casualties has shot up to ment. MLA Chintala Ramachandra 182. This is highest peak. Even on Friday, the state Netizens are asking, “Why Reddy. He also underwent The number cases witnessed 164 cases. Even the curve on Telangana the TRS MLA, who tested only. But now the scene is ted to a corporate hospital in treatment in a corporate hos- local to the state are official Covid-19 website seems to be in peak. Since 1st positive of Covid-19, is not reversed”. A Vinay said, “Being Hyderabad. Soon TRS follow- pital.” 4,288 while 449 of June, Telangana added 1,790 cases of the 4,484 cases going through the treatment in a TRS MLA, He knows the ers questioned as to why BJP followers defended the patients are reported so far in the state. Gandhi Hospital?” Quality of treatment in Gandhi Chintala was admitted to a cor- it,saying that they always want- either migrants or A netizen Chinna said, “If Hospital. This might be the porate hospital. ed private hospitals and labs to foreign returnees. GHMC Warangal Rural and Urban, TRS MLA joined in corporate reason he admitted to private Jagan Patimeedi, TRS state be put to use. Sagar Goud of So far, 19 districts limits, 24 Karimnagar, Nalgonda, hospital, then how common hospital” (sic). social media co-ordinator said, BJP said, “BJP and its support- in the state have fromMulugu, Sircilla and Macherial. man trust on government hos- While he is the first MLA to “For all those pro-BJP folks ers, including ex-MLA, don't reported infec- Sangareddy, 14 Seven districts, including pital like Gandhi. KCR told test positive, former BJP party who are needlessly outraging have confidence in the facilities tions. from Medchal and 11 from Siddipet, Khammam, Medak, that we don't differentiate poor MLA Chintala Ramachandra about TRS MLA getting treat- at Gandhi Hospital under Of the 253 infec- Rangareddy, while four Nizamabad, Nagarkurnool, or rich and that All are admit- Reddy had tested positive for ed in a corporate hospital, be Eatala Rajender. tions confirmed on cases were recorded in Kamareddy and Jagtial report- ted in Government hospitals Covid-19 and was also admit- informed that this rule was 2 Saturday, 179 were from the Mahbubnagar, two each in ed one case each. Indian, Chinese ‘Use HCQ as early ‘Insanity’; Rahul armies ‘disengag- City TRS MLA Muthireddy’s wife, driver, ing' in a phased course for Corona’ PNS n NEW DELHI manner: Army Chief PNS n NEW DELHI lands in a soup gunman, cook test positive Congress leader Rahul The Health Ministry on Gandhi on Saturday attacked n Saturday recommended the PNS n HYDERABAD the Central government over Henchmen manhandle Dalit RI use of antiviral drug remde- the rise in coronavirus cases 4 sivir in moderate stage of TRS MLA from Janagaon Family says journalist Manoj died of in India during the various PNS n HYDERABAD COVID-19 while backtrack- Muthireddy Yadagiri Reddy’s phases of the lockdown. ing from its earlier stance on wife Padmalatha Reddy, car negligence, Covid was just an excuse Gandhi took a TRS Sherilingampalli MLA hydroxychloroquine, saying driver, gunman and cook swipe at the gov- Arekapudi Gandhi landed in the anti-malarial drug should tested positive. The doctors HYDERABAD: Relatives of the television ernment on the soup on Saturday as videos be used in the early course of advised the four to stay home journalist Manoj Kumar, who became the first Twitter by emerged purportedly showing the disease and not on criti- quarantine as they are scribe from Telangana to succumb to posting the him and his followers man- cally ill patients. healthy. Padmalatha Coronavirus, on Saturday lodged a complaint quote, "'Insanity handling a Dalit woman It also okayed off-label informed the media over the with the Chilkalguda police, alleging that he is doing the same Revenue Inspector and an application of tocilizumab, a phone that she is healthy died due to negligence of the authorities, thing over and over again and MRO, when they, along with drug that modifies the now.