2 New Delhi, Monday, 24 May, 2021 NATIONAL THE SIKH TIMES 516 new cases reported in Gurgaon, lowest in 50 days When the happy family poster is Gurgaon: The city reported 516 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, the lowest in 50 days. The caseload now stands at 1,78,329. The last time Gurgaon had reported less infiltrated by a gender stereotype than 500 cases was on April 2 (398 cases). A total of nine people succumbed to the virus on Saturday, taking the Covid toll to 749, of Gurgaon: By Dip Sengupta I was sitting in saccharine-sweet self, it was okay for the whom 501 had comorbidities. The fatality the reception area of a bank. In these brother to be a little self-centred brat. Why rate stands at 0.4%. dystopian times, a few of us customers couldn’t the little girl be the brat? Why The city’s positivity rate came down from 8% were waiting warily for our turn at the couldn’t the little girl play with a on Friday to 5.9% on Saturday, while active counter — quiet, masked and socially smartphone? Or, to turn things around a cases also dipped to 7,001. Moreover, the distanced. My phone was in my pocket — bit, why couldn’t the brother be saccharine number of recoveries recorded was seven I hadn’t taken it out — one less thing to sweet? Was the burden of being the sweet, times higher than the new cases reported on sanitise upon returning home. connected one in the family the little girl’s Saturday. Gurgaon reported 3,793 So, waiting for my number to be called, I did lot? And was the little boy subconsciously recoveries, increasing the tally of the next best thing. I started looking being given an indulgent get-out-of family recoveries to 1,70,579. The recovery rate of around. That’s when I saw it — a large obligations pass? And that too at such an the district now stands at 95.6%. “Timely wall wrapping, carrying two early age? Was I overthinking a seemingly testing in large outbreak regions has helped advertisements for the bank — a happy innocent visual? Perhaps. In which case, us control the number of new cases,” said family of four, father, mother, daughter — the deconstruction I was attempting was Dr Virender Yadav, Gurgaon chief medical about 10 — and son — around 8, in a just a thought exercise as I waited for my officer. The city carried out 8,696 tests in drawing room, sitting and interacting with turn at the counter. Or was it something the past 24 hours, of which 4,058 were each other, smiling. Then my token was else? Was the dynamic of the brother-sister rapid antigen tests and 4,638 were RT-PCR called on the LED screen and gathering up duo a fleeting visual depiction of the tests. my file, I went to my counter and thought other image had a similar but softer dynamic. But was there another message that was being gender asymmetry in our society, which no more of it. But something about those The father and the daughter were sharing a transmitted as well, albeit unintentionally? saw nurturing, caring and affective roles as Healthy and tasty: 5-stars too images came back later. warm daddy-daughter moment, and the mom I wondered. In the first image, was it only the natural for women? According to noted As I recalled, in the first image, the family was and son were sharing another. While the duty of the daughter to appear sweet and sociologists Uma Chakravarty and Leela dishing out Covid meals now sitting on a sofa, the father, mother and daughter had an angelic, almost mature smile angelic, participating wholeheartedly in the Dube, women have been historically relegated to the homogenous world of the Gurgaon: ChefAshish Bhasin observed that daughter forming a cosy unit at one end of it on her face, the son was making a brattish family dynamics while her brother could home while men are seen as natural nutritious food was integral to the recovery and smiling and laughing among themselves face at his mom. afford to be shown to be doing his own thing, “controllers” of the outer world, of politics, of Covid patients, but for many of those in — a warm metaphor of togetherness. The So far, so good. The message of the happy linked to the family unit but clearly a little home isolation, cutting and chopping of the son was at the other end of the sofa, smiling family in their perfect home and the bank’s removed? And in the second image, while commerce and trade — the age-old fault ingredients, preparing the food and and doing his thing with his smartphone. The role in their happiness was coming through. the daughter again was being her usual lines of our society. washing the utensils was a daunting task. This, he says, often led people to compromise on the quality of food. According to Bhasin, executive chef at Leela Ambience in Gurgaon, meals for 500 get first vax dose at drive-in; For patients at home, those in home isolation need to meet the correct protein, calcium and other nutrition cops set up bank of standards. oxygen concentrators So, his hotel is dishing out “balanced” Indian another session for 45-plus today Gurgaon: Police have set up an and Asian foods such as amla ka murabba, palak paneer, subz amaranth ke kofte, oxygen concentrator bank in the Rajasthani kadi, bajre ki khichdi, Thai Gurgaon: Fifty-year-old autorickshaw driver city for Covid-19 patients who are green curry with nutri nuggets and broccoli Satish Kumar reached DLF City Centre in home isolation. The cops will in black bean sauce for those recovering at Mall on MG Road around 7.30am on provide oxygen concentrators free home. Priced at Rs 699 per meal or Rs Saturday to get into the queue for his first of cost to the patients, who will 15,000 for two meals for 15 days, the dose of Covishield. Kumar, who reached the have to return the equipment after deliveries have been seeing a very good drive-through vaccination site in his auto, their recovery so that others can use response. Sending the food out through had around 15 cars ahead of him and it. their own staff and in their own vehicles has managed to get vaccinated by 10.30am. The police on Friday issued a gained people’s confidence, says Bhasin. Even though the lockdown has put the brakes helpdesk number ‘9999999953’ for Unlike last year, when people were locked on his earnings, Kumar says that he is patients to procure oxygen in their houses and experimenting with new hopeful that the situation will improve soon. concentrators. They have a bank of recipes and getting different cuisines Before he hits the road again, Kumar says around 50 concentrators, which delivered at home, the second wave has wants to be vaccinated so that the were donated by different impacted more households, says Vishal passengers who come in contact with him corporate groups, social Singh, general manager of Hyatt Regency also feel safe. “I am hopeful that the organisations and individuals in the in Gurgaon. He says that since more people situation will improve soon so that we can past two weeks. Indian cricketer are in home isolation this time, the demand resume work. One of my acquaintances told Shikhar Dhawan had donated 18 for homely meals is huge. A “healthy” veg me about the drive-through session and I oxygen concentrators a week back. thali at Hyatt is priced at Rs 450 and the decided to get vaccinated. As it didn’t A police officer said anyone in need hotel gets regular orders from nearby require prior registration online, I was of a concentrator can call on the societies like DLF Primus, Vatika City and comfortable getting vaccinated here. I come but couldn’t get any, which is why they decided 8.30am and got vaccinated by 11am,” said number and share details like Sector 82. Not just cooked meals, people, in contact with at least 20 to 30 passengers to get vaccinated at the drive-through site.“In Vipul Tyagi, a resident of Sector 56. Another Covid test report, oxygen level, says Singh, have also been ordering organic every day on normal working days. So, it is April, my office was still open and I had to go to drive-through session will be held atAmbience Aadhaar card and address. They retail products like jams, seeds, red rice, extremely important to get vaccinated so that work on alternate days, so I couldn’t get Mall on Sunday. “In this session, 500 people will have to fill a form before jaggery powder and pickles. The Oberoi, passengers who take the ride also feel safe with vaccinated. aged above 45 years will be administered their collecting the equipment. Gurgaon, and Trident have also curated me,” said Kumar, who lives in Ashok Vihar. I had been trying to book a slot online for the last first doses of Covishield,” said Dr MP Singh, their menu with focus on dishes that help The district health department administered one month to no avail. When I got to know district immunisation officer. On Saturday, Transgenders to get jabs build immunity. Marriott hotels is also 500 people aged above 45 years their first dose about the drive-through vaccination drive, I Gurgaon vaccinated 4,938 people, including sending out meals that they say will aid of Covishield at the site on Saturday.