EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 4 NORTH & EAST SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE COVID­19 toll Virus halts J&K’s ‘Durbar move’ rises to 11 Rajasthan announces financial in Punjab for the first time in 144 years SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT assistance for ‘corona warriors’ CHANDIGARH 23 new cases reported in the Union Territory on Friday One more COVID­19 pa­ The Centre had announced a ₹50 lakh insurance cover for front­line health workers tient died in Punjab on Fri­ Peerzada Ashiq narch Maharaja Gulab Singh cision to halt the ‘Durbar day, taking the tally to 11, Special Correspondent notification of Medical & Srinagar in 1872, the ‘Durbar move’ Move’ comes as COVID­19 according to a State go­ JAIPUR Health Department stated For the first time in 144 years, would see shifting of the Civil cases shows an upward trend vernment statement. In a major decision to help that this act would invite pe­ the J&K administration has Secretariat in summers from in the Union Territory. Jam­ The health department out “corona warriors”, the nal action under Section 188 decided to halt the annual Jammu to Srinagar and in mu & Kashmir on Friday said one patient, hailing Congress government in Ra­ (disobedience to order duly shifting of the capital, called winters from Srinagar to Jam­ crossed the 200 mark, with from Jalandhar, who tested jasthan on Friday an­ promulgated by public ser­ ‘Durbar move’, from Jammu mu. In January 1987, the then 23 more samples testing positive, died on April 10. nounced a financial assis­ vant) of Indian Penal Code. to Srinagar in J&K due to the Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi positive. As many as 21 new cases tance of ₹50 lakh to the next Additional Chief Secretary ongoing COVID­19 crisis, as had asked then Chief Minister “The total positive cases in were reported from the of kin on the death of an em­ (Medical & Health) Rohit Ku­ 23 fresh positive cases Farooq Abdullah to stop the J&K is 207, as 23 more cases State, taking the total of ployee performing the du­ mar Singh said police offic­ pushed the total in the Union practice. However, the ‘Dur­ were reported. Jammu has 39 COVID­19 positive cases to ties for controlling the CO­ ers performing duty in the Territory to 207. bar move’ was continued to and Kashmir 168 such cases,” 151, it added. VID­19 pandemic. The curfew­bound areas, where “In view of the extraordin­ allow it to at as a bridge bet­ said J&K government spokes­ The government, mean­ Centre had earlier an­ A medical team in curfew-bound Walled City of Jaipur on COVID­19 positive cases had ary circumstances due to CO­ ween two diverse cultures of person Rohit Kansal. while, has made it manda­ nounced a ₹50 lakh insu­ Friday. * ROHIT JAIN PARAS been detected, would be gi­ VID­19 pandemic, the Civil the Kashmir Valley and the Among the fresh cases are tory for the people to wear rance cover solely for the ven measured doses of hy­ Secretariat at Jammu shall Jammu region. seven non­local members of masks in public places to frontline health workers. defence staff, Anganwadi ing people’s lives. He said droxychloroquine for pro­ continue to remain function­ the Tabligi Jamaat, who were check the spread of the vi­ Chief Minister Ashok Geh­ centre workers and accredit­ traders were playing an im­ tection against infection. al and the ‘Durbar move’ em­ Sanitation drive in touch with a Chattabal rus. lot said the State government ed social health activists. portant role in maintaining This had been recommend­ ployees shall work on ‘as is Meanwhile, the Srinagar man who has already tested Health Director Avneet had expanded the purview Mr. Gehlot said at a video­ the supply chain of essential ed by the National Task where is’ basis. It will allow Municipal Corporation (SMC) positive for COVID­19. Kaur said anyone coming of assistance to include regu­ conferencing with trade and commodities. Force for COVID­19, he said. Kashmir­based staff to work has been directed to carry Deputy Commissioner, Sri­ out of their homes for offi­ lar and contractual em­ industry representatives The State government al­ The number of COVID­19 from Srinagar and Jammu­ out extensive sanitation and nagar, Shahid Iqbal Choud­ cial or other essential work ployees as well as those get­ here that the State govern­ so imposed a ban on spitting positive cases in the State based staff shall work from fumigation drives in the Civil hary said that detection of would have to wear a cloth ting honorarium for their ment would take an “appro­ at public places after chew­ soared to 520 on Friday with Jammu,” said an order issued Secretariat in Srinagar, where eight more positive cases in or triple­layer mask, viola­ work. The provision will cov­ priate decision” on lifting ing of betel leaf, gutka and 57 more cases detected in by the General Administra­ the offices will open after six Srinagar should not panic lo­ tion of which would be er all municipal and health the lockdown while taking tobacco products to contain eight districts as well the Ar­ tion Department in Jammu. month break on May 4. cals. “This is a classic tracing punishable under the law. workers, home guards, civil into account the issue of sav­ the spread of COVID­19. A my's facilities. Introduced by Dogra mo­ The J&K administration de­ success story,” he said. ‘Not all soldiers carry weapons, some carry stethoscopes’ Odisha to scale up testing Dealing with COVID­19 has brought back the nobility of the profession, say doctors in Indore Advanced facility will test about 1,000 samples per day Sidharth Yadav tline. “Seniors have my back. was clouded in professional­ Special Correspondent week,” Dr. Pati said on Friday. dispel mistrust in the mind of Bhopal They’ve said if I have doubts ism. It has given back the BHUBANESWAR With the Cobas 6800 set to their fellow villagers. Those Just before entering the CO­ during night duty, when profession its lost charm. We Odisha is all set to scale up be used for testing, the Od­ who will be found negative in VID­19 ward, Gaurav Jain there are no consultants, I are getting to fulfil our dream COVID­19 testing with the Re­ isha government has an­ testing will be allowed to en­ double checks his personal could call them any time,” of serving humanity,” said gional Medical Research nounced it will screen about ter their villages,” he added. protective equipment (PPE) said Dr. Jaiswal. Ravi Dosi, 39, who heads the Centre (RMRC), Bhubanes­ two lakh people, including a The government was — the mask is set, check. The Eventually, as different de­ department, and is faced war, readying an advanced large number of migrant la­ strictly following the guide­ gloves are in place, check. partments of the hospital with an employee refusing to testing facility to test about bourers who would return to lines specified by the Indian The face shield is intact, teamed up and divided res­ return to hospital fearing in­ 1,000 samples a day. the State in future, said State Council of Medical Research check. ponsibilities, it eased some fection these days. The machine – Cobas 6800 Director of Medical Educa­ to enhance COVID­19 testing, “Of course at some level pressure. Others can screen – is a high­throughput ma­ tion and Training C.B.K. clarified Sanjay Kumar Singh, we are scared too,” said Dr. patients, start treatment ‘Scared for our families’ chine having automated plat­ Mohanty. Secretary, Information & Pu­ Jain, a second­year junior re­ based on the protocol and Dr. Dosi admitted not a sin­ form to carry out faster and blic Relations Department. sident of the Department of Doctors at the Sri Aurobindo Medical College and check oxygen levels. gle day went by when he effective testing of samples to Migrant workers At present, RMRC, Bhuba­ Respiratory Medicine at the Postgraduate Institute, Indore. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT “Whereas we can guide wasn’t scared, but not for detect COVID­19, according to “We are concerned about the neswar, AIIMS Bhubaneswar Sri Aurobindo Medical Col­ treatment. Even miniscule himself. “We are more Sanghamitra Pati, Director of migrant workers who are un­ and SCB Medical College & lege and Postgraduate Insti­ When the stream of cases every day,” said Dr. Jain, who contributions count. It's scared for our families. At RMRC. der tremendous mental Hospital at Cuttack are carry­ tute, Indore, one of the CO­ trickled in around March­ belongs to Gwalior district. teamwork after all. Not all times, you see patients pass “RMRC, Bhubaneswar, is stress to reach their homes. ing put COVID­190 tests. VID­19 hospitals treating 125 end, the department’s doc­ He felt insecure: “We didn’t soldiers carry weapons, away on ventilators in se­ one of the two centres in the The government wants them MKCG Medical College & Hos­ patients. “Doctors may run tors, including junior resi­ know how to handle it. ” some carry stethoscope,” conds and have nightmares country to have this testing to be with their families in­ pital, Berhampur. and Insti­ out of equipment, but we are dents, were caught un­ The junior most resident, said Dr. Jain. of the same happening to equipment. With this, we can stead of sending them to qua­ tute of Life Sciences, Bhuba­ never going to run out of love awares. “We didn’t expect it. Jyoti Jaiswal, 26, was thrilled “Dealing with COVID­19 you. How devastating it will increase our testing capacity rantine facilities,” said Dr.