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As India grapples with a dev- recorded over 2.6 lakh new Panch Dash Nam Juna astating second wave of the Covid-19 infections and a Akhada is the largest of the 13 coronavirus and States impos- record 1,493 deaths during the Akhadas. ing lockdown, several States last 24 hours on Saturday. + / % ( / " 010, ,- # %2* Swami Avdheshanand Giri +,- # %2* and UTs, including Karnataka, infected will be isolated The addition of nearly said the remaining Shahi Snan Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, for 14 days. 25,000 new cases over the pre- of the Kumbh should be Delhi and Gujarat, have made Maharashtra Minister Anil vious day count amounts to a ity of the State have also com- observed symbolically on April succumbed to the virus during only symbolically. Covid-19 test mandatory for Parab has announced those rise of nearly 10 per cent, plained of a shortage of vac- $%& 27 and later tweeted that pro- the last two weeks inviting The remaining Snans are to Kumbh returnees. Some States coming into the State from which shows that the growth of cines and shut down several '('(') tecting the lives of Indians is both domestic and interna- be observed mainly by the are also keeping the returnees Kumbh Mela will be Covid-19 has more than dou- vaccination centres. “our first priority”. tional outrage for allowing Bairagi Akhadas. Earlier, the in mandatory quarantine. quarantined. bled during the last two weeks. Several States have belat- “Considering the rising such massive gathering at the Niranjani Akhada had asked its Thousands of Kumbh vis- Nasik district administra- Maharashtra, Delhi, edly imposed lockdown restric- threat of Covid-19, we have for- time when the second wave of Sadhus to leave for their respec- itors and hundreds of “sadhus” tion is also taking necessary Karnataka, Kerala, Gujarat and tion to tackle the surge, but it ! mally immersed the various Covid-19 was spreading like tive destinations on April 17 who attended Kumbh Mela in steps for quarantining those Madhya Pradesh are registering is too early to see if these are deities invoked for the Kumbh wildfire across the country. considering the Covid surge. Haridwar have tested positive coming from Kumbh. newer peaks and the situation going to work effectively at this " # ! Mela,” he said. Earlier, addressing the The Anand Akhada had also for the coronavirus disease. Earlier, Brihanmumbai remaining equally grim in the stage on the ground. Earlier in a tweet in Hindi, media here, Giri said the PM supported this view. On Saturday alone, 175 “sad- Municipal Corporation (BMC) rest of the country. Delhi and Maharashtra $" the PM said, “I prayed that two had telephoned him to enquire A majority of the 48.51 hus” who attended Kumbh mayor Kishori Pednekar The country had 1.52 lakh recorded their biggest single- # ! ‘Shahi Snan’ have taken place about the Kumbh Mela and the lakh people who took part in Mela have been found infect- claimed on Saturday that the daily cases on April 10 when day rise in coronavirus cases and Kumbh (participation) health of the seers. The PM had the last two royal baths (Shahi ed from coronavirus. devotees returning from the the death count stood at 838. A since the beginning of the pan- $ # should now be kept symbolic. also requested that since the Snan) held on the occasion of Gujarat on Saturday Kumbh Mela will distribute relative comparison shows that demic in January 2020. The This will boost the fight against main Shahi Snans have con- Somwati Amavasya on April 12 declared that all devotees coronavirus like “Prasad” and the death rate is steadily climb- national Capital registered over this crisis.” cluded, the remaining Kumbh and Mesh Sankranti on April returning to the State from said they should be quaran- ing up vis-a-vis new infec- 24,375 new cases, taking its Later, Modi thanks all the should be observed symboli- 14 were seen openly violating Kumbh Mela will have to tined “at their own cost” on tions. tally to 8,27,998, while sants for cooperation with the cally. The Juna Akhada head Covid norms like face masks undergo a mandatory RT-PCR their arrival. Amid the alarming rise in Maharashtra’s count rose to administration and expressed said he would request devotees and social distancing. test before they are allowed to The Madhya Pradesh new infections and deaths, the 3,7,70,707 with 67,123 new ## his gratitude for their gesture. from across the nation to visit The Kumbh has already enter their respective cities Government has issued order country is battling a paucity of infections. Thousands of Kumbh vis- Haridwar only in small num- been shortened this year to just and villages. to put those returning from hospital beds, oxygen supply, The death count in Delhi " # itors have tasted Covid-19 pos- bers, adding that the remaining one month from April 1 to 30 Gujarat Chief Minister Kumbh in quarantine ventilators, and life-safe antivi- rose to 11,960 with 167 new itives and dozens of seers have Shahi Snan will be observed due to the pandemic. Vijay Rupani said those found or self-isolation. ral drug Remdesivir. A major- fatalities on Saturday. " ## ! infection on the day — the specify any date for the exams. highest among the 24 districts The active caseload on overnor Droupadi Murmu in Jharkhand. The district also Saturday crossed the 10,000 Gwas among the nearly 4,000 reported five Covid casualties mark in Ranchi, which is at least 19 has also triggered an people who tested positive for in 24 hours. On the other 7,000 more than East unprecedented rise in the Covid-19 in the state on hand, East Singhbhum report- Singhbhum, the second worst- growth rate of infection in Saturday. The sexagenarian was ed 521 cases and six casualties affected district in terms of case- Jharkhand, reveals government admitted to Bagwan Mahavir on the day, the NHM stated in load. As many as 10,510 Ranchi data. On Saturday, the growth Medica Superspecialty Hospital its bulletin. residents were battling the viral rate of cases in Jharkhand was in Ranchi and is undergoing While at least four Covid infection by the end of Saturday, 1.89 per cent against the n the wake of increasing treatment under Dr Vijay patients died in Bokaro, while the count of patients in national average of 1.03 per Idemand for anti-viral drug Mishra, who also treated Sahebganj, Ramgarh and West East Singhbhum was 3,373. cent. The doubling rate of Remdesivir from across the Education Minister Jagarnath Singhbhum reported two As per Government data, cases in the state was down to States, the Centre on Saturday Mahto in Ranchi before he was deaths each on Saturday. the State on Saturday tested 36.93 days against the nation- urged the injection makers to price of REDYX, which used to shifted to Chennai. Dhanbad, Godda, Dumka, swab samples of at least 37,152 al average of 67.94 days. slash its price considerably. cost 5,400 earlier to 2,700 now. Doctors from the hospital Khunti, Koderma and Pakur people and more than 10 per On Saturday, the state The Union Health Ministry in Similarly, Cipla has reduced said Murmu was stable. ( " ")* reported one Covid casualty cent of them were found infect- administered the first dose of its “Clinical Management price of its CIPREMI brand to However, she was kept under +,- ! . # % each on the day. ed by the Covid-19 virus. So vaccine against Covid-19 to Protocols for Covid-19” has 3,000 from 4,000 earlier. observation and administered In the wake of the spike in far, more than 1.58 lakh 37,243 people, hardly 37 per recommended the use of Jubilant Generics has cut the the antibiotics and multivitamins the Covid toll in the State up at took the active caseload to Covid cases, the Jharkhand Jharkhand residents have been cent of those registered for the Remdesivir in patients in the price of its remdesivir brand to prescribed to Covid patients. 1,406, a bulletin released by the 25,619 on the day, the NHM Academic Council (JAC) decid- infected by Covid-19 and jab. The second jab was admin- moderate stages of the illness. 3,400 from 4,700 earlier. Meanwhile, as many as 30 National Health Mission bulletin highlighted. ed to postpone the board exams around 82.99 per cent of them istered to 8819 beneficiaries, According to a statement Minister of State for Covid patients died during (NHM) stated. At least 3,838 Ranchi alone reported as for class 10 and 12 students. have recovered. only 3 per cent of the nearly 3 from the Government, the Chemicals and Fertilisers treatment on Saturday, taking cases against 1,234 recoveries many as 1,410 fresh cases of However, the council did not The second wave of Covid- lakh registered for the dose. Union Ministry of Chemicals & Mansukh Mandaviya said the Fertilisers, Department of Government plans to double Pharmaceuticals, NPPA - the production in the country Advisor (Costs) NI Chowdhury and has given permission to 20 on Saturday ordered all pharma more plants recently to increase companies to comply with the capacity to manufacture.