PM Hints at Staggered Lifting of Lockdown, Seeks Suggestions
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Rigorous Ddriving public service vehicles will be given Rs 5,000 each to sail Tassess themselves the risk of catching coronavirus infection and alert as the critical medical equipment can save many lives from contact tracing is on after he said he had attended a farewell ceremony through the nationawide lockdown imposed due to coronavirus scare. authorities if they have come in close contact with the deadly coronavirus that has killed over 5,000 people at work. This is the seventh doctor in Delhi to contract the highly Kejriwal said that he had got a lot of requests from the drivers a person infected with the deadly virus. According in America and 40,000 others globally. The United contagious virus. The doctor, who belongs to the of autorickshaws, RTVs and e-rickshaws among other public to a ministry official, the app will detect only fresh States, which as per latest projections is expecting Physiology Department, has been admitted to the new service vehicles that they are on the verge of starvation due cases and will send out alerts to only those who between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths due to the private ward for further evaluation and multiple to the lockdown. "Those driving public service vehicles will have been nearby the infected person. "The App, coronavirus, requires thousands of ventilators in the testing. His family will also be screened, sources be given Rs 5,000 each to tide over the lockdown. This may called ‘AarogyaSetu' joins Digital India for the next few weeks. It has roped in 11 private sector said. Yesterday, three doctors in Delhi had tested take 7-10 days. We are planning this," Kejriwal said. He said health and well-being of every Indian. It will companies, including car manufacturers and plane positive - two of them were from the Safdarjung that as the government does not have bank account details enable people to assess themselves the risk of makers to build ventilators. hospital, which is located just opposite AIIMS. of these drivers, this is taking time. catching the coronavirus infection. ‘Exponential growth’ PM hints at staggered lifting of as world stares at 10 L lockdown, seeks suggestions cases, 50,000 deaths Area-wise, age-wise restrictions may be the norm as country looks to return to normalcy PNS n NEW DELHI With new coronavirus cases NAVEENA KAVI The goal is to ensure set to breach the 1-million n HYDERABAD minimum loss of life; mark, the world is witnessing an "exponential growth" The country-wide lockdown the global situation is far from which is a bad sign as the Death of patient announced by the Centre won’t satisfactory with speculation number of deaths has more fuels fear of be lifted in one go, but will end of a second wave in some than doubled in the past week, COVID-19 spread in phases. countries the World Health This was more or less made NARENDRA MODI Organisation (WHO) warned in Dharavi slum clear by Prime Minister Prime Minister on Thursday. Narendra Modi during his According to latest data n WHO chief Tedros Adhanom videoconference with Chief from Johns Hopkins Ghebreyesus that as we enter the Ministers of various states on ing would be the norm. University's Center for Systems fourth month since the start of the 4 Thursday where he said that was Staggered emergence could We are facing a grave financial crisis, Science and Engineering Covid-19 pandemic, he is deeply important to formulate a com- be based on the kind of work so much so that we could not even pay (CSSE), there were 9.56 lakh concerned about its rapid escalation mon exit strategy to ensure stag- people do or the age bracket. full salaries for the month of March to our cases globally, with over 48,000 and global spread of infection gered re-emergence of the pop- The first thing that was shut — deaths in 180 countries. ulation once the lockdown ends. educational institutions — officers and employees. Our revenues have "As we enter the fourth "It is important to formulate could be the last to open as fallen to negligible levels month since the start of the As per the CSSE data, the a common exit strategy to children and senior citizens — Y S JAGANMOHAN REDDY Chief Minister Covid-19 pandemic I'm highest number of cases in the ensure staggered re-emergence come in the ‘high risk individ- deeply concerned about the world was recorded in the US of the population once the uals’ category. Likewise, move- rapid escalation and global at 216,515, while Italy lockdown ends," PM Modi ment of high-risk category cit- spread of infection," WHO accounted for the largest death emphasised, according to a izens could be restricted. chief Tedros Adhanom toll at 13,155. statement giving details of the An area-wise staggered 38 more in AP test positive for Ghebreyesus said during a The pandemic was showing interaction. He asked states to emergence can also be execut- virtual media conference on no sign of abating in Europe, send their suggestions for such ed. For instance, area-wise Thursday. where the confirmed cases an exit strategy. curfew, which the Old City of COVID-19, tally reaches 149 "Over the past five weeks, were approaching 500,000 and India is under lockdown Hyderabad is familiar with, can we have witnessed a near the death toll swelled to 30,000 with citizens forbidden to leave be implemented. Telangana PNS n VIJAYAWADA people who tested positive for the are awaited. exponential growth in the on Wednesday, reports their homes, and restrictions Chief Minister K highly infectious virus had either In all 1,730 samples were number of new cases, reach- Xinhua. on normal daily life. Even if the Chandrasekhar Rao has been In more distressing news, attended the Tablighi Jamaat tested of which 149 were found to ing almost every country," he Spain became the third lockdown is eased, in the referring to such restrictions as many as 38 more congregation at the group’s be COVID-19 positive, 1,321 were added. country with the highest num- Min identifies absence of vaccine or cure, time and again. people tested positive headquarters in negative and results of 409 "As we enter the fourth ber of cases at 104,118, after 20 existing, every time people venture out, States as a whole can be cate- for the Coronavirus in Nizamuddin of Delhi or samples are awaited. month since the start of the the US and Italy (110,574). 22 potential the country would be back to gorised into high, medium and Andhra Pradesh on were their contacts. Krishna district tops the list COVID-19 pandemic, I am In Italy, a further 727 deaths square one of the pandemic. low risk zones and places where Thursday, taking the Fortunately, there has been with 23 positive cases in the state deeply concerned about the from COVID-19 were report- hotspots Until such time a cure or vac- COVID-19 cases were detected overall tally to 149, no COVID-19 positive case followed by Nellore district with 24 rapid escalation and global ed in the 24 hours from cine is found, which the World in large numbers can be locked according to a bulletin from Srikakulam and and Guntur with 20 COVID-19 spread of infection," he said Tuesday to Wednesday, taking Health Organisation says it is at down for some more time. released by the state government Vizianagaram districts in the state; positive cases. during the virtual news con- the death toll to 13,155. 5 least a year away, social distanc- 3 on Thursday. Most of these 38 however, a few more tests results 3 ference. 3 Jagan urges Centre Naval sailor No major impact of lockdown injured in on GST collections in AP, TS to extend ‘liberal aid’ mishap PNS n VIJAYAWADA crore for this on April 4," the L VENKAT RAM REDDY Chief Minister said. He urged onboard vessel n HYDERABAD TS witnessed just 9 Hinting that the state's revenue the Central government to PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM per cent drop in GST has fallen to an abysmal low of extend liberal financial assis- Contrary to the claims being collections in March Rs 2 crore a day, the Andhra tance to overcome the pathet- A Navy sailor was grievous- made by the governments of Pradesh government on ic situation and bail out the ly injured in an accident of Telangana and Andhra 2020 when Thursday made a desperate state.