- # 2&+0 % !3 !% !3 3 $)"*$!+,- .'2/2./ ,./01 ('.3 0 ! ( *(*(4 *&&* 5"6 =?9 1 " ,&(*& +(,- ,/. 1 =-10, =-/=(* +(0(+(.( &- 6"78'0& 0,/9( 1,+ 9* .- 0/ .-+9- +(-+/ -5+(=+ >?5+ :, . %'8 $$( ;; & . ././0 .1 : * ( ( +(,- and Maharashtra while 140 of delegates were reported n its biggest spike till date, untraceable in Hyderabad. IIndia over the past 24 hours Over 250 foreign nationals till Wednesday night recorded have been quarantined or 386 new cases of coronavirus admitted to isolation wards in taking the tally to 1,906 with various States in the country the Government blaming the following the disclosure that spurt in cases on the travel by they had attended the Tablighi members of Tablighi Jamaat conference. A total of 16 States and asserted that it was not a have been searching for national trend. Tablighi members. “The number of positive According reports, at least cases has gone up since 200 from Karnataka, 140 from Tuesday. One of main reasons Andhra Pradesh and 45 from for it is travel by members of Telangana have been identi- Tablighi. This is not a nation- fied. The total number of al trend,” said Lav Agarwal, those who attended the con- Joint Secretary in the Union ference varies from State to Ministry of Health. State with Maharashtra listing According to Ministry’s 185 and Karnataka estimating website, the total number of 342 to have participated in the active COVID-19 cases meeting. reached 1,637 in India by With the Tabligh incident Wednesday noon, whereas the $P spiking the coronavirus num- death toll has risen to 42 from !"#$%&' ( -# bers in the country, Prime 32 recorded on Tuesday. Minister Narendra Modi spoke !"#$%&'$ ( *+$ - Globally, the death toll due for doctors and their contacts chological and emotional trau- quarantine centres, while try- to Maharashtra Chief Minister to novel coronavirus in the US of lab confirmed cases care- ma in lockdown situations. ing to reach to their native and asked the State to trace out Maulana Saad has been to,” said Saad in the audio clip. has reached 3,400, surpassing givers and data will be analysed Immediate concerns faced places, are filled with anxieties the missing Jamaat members untraceable since March 28 On Tuesday, a First China. The global death rate which will tell if we can rec- by such migrant workers relate and fears stemming from var- who attended the Delhi con- after he was served a notice by Information Report (FIR) was has reached past the 44,000- ommend or not the drug to the to food, shelter, healthcare, ious concerns, and are in need ference. The State DGP held a the Delhi Police. filed against seven people, mark while around 9 lakh are people who come in their con- fear of getting infected or of psycho-social Press conference to give his “Police teams are raiding including Saad, Zeeshan, Mufti infected by COVID-19 across tacts,” he said. spreading the infection, loss of support. account on the issue. several places across the west- Shehzad, M Saifi, Younus, nearly 170 countries. Agarwal said 74 flights wages, concerns about the fam- Meanwhile, several State The aim of the search for R ern Uttar Pradesh and Mewat Mohammed Salman and Dr R Gangakhedkar, sci- operated till date under Lifeline ily, anxiety and fear. Governments have continued Tabligh attendees is to prevent region in Haryana to nab Saad,” Mohammed Ashraf. entist from ICMR, said so far, Udan for transporting medical “Sometimes, they also face the difficult task of tracking the them from inadvertently cre- " #$ % said a senior police official. The police have registered 47,951 tests for COVID-19 cargo across the country. So far harassment and negative reac- movements of Tablighi atten- ating new clusters of infection Police have also recovered the FIR under sections of the conducted in country out of over 22 tonnes cargo was trans- tions of the local community. dees in the Delhi conference, across the country. The mag- ( +(,- an audio clip in which Saad can Epidemic Disease Act and which 4,562 tests done at ported on March 31, he said. All this calls for strong social including foreigners and their nitude of the task is immense: be heard saying there is no bet- other sections of the IPC, for ICMR network labs on Following the Supreme protection,” the Ministry said in “human contacts” as more Three southern states — Tamil ven as the authorities have ter place to die than in a not following Government Tuesday. On a query, he said Court directives, the Health a document. Jamaat delegates who transited Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Ecleared Tablighi’s mosque. The audio clip is orders on the management of Hydroxychloroquine is not to Ministry on Wednesday called It further said migrant through Jamaat Markaz (cen- Karnataka — were trying to Nizamuddin headquarters and believed to be of March 18. the Markaz in relation to a be used on every person. for providing a social protec- workers faced the situation of tre) in Nizamuddin East were track at least 2,500 people, evacuated 2,361 people in 36 “Leaving mosques would bring social, political or religious “This is not for everybody. tion to migrant workers, saying spending a few days in tempo- quarantined in Telangana, many of who had tested posi- hours till Wednesday evening, no good. Do not leave mosques gathering and thus endanger- It is just a demonstration study they are prone to social, psy- rary shelters, which may be Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu tive for coronavirus. Nizamuddin Markaz cleric even if trusted doctors ask you ing the lives of the people. ( ) ) " % & .- “We are identifying people who may have O come in contact with the Malaysian lady who ! "# olice on Wednesday found 10 more foreign tested positive. I would also like to request every % Presidents – all from Nepal and attendees of person who came in contact with her to vol- & the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in New Delhi untarily contact the district administration – from a house near a Mosque in suburban and get themselves tested,” said Director General ! ! Ranchi’s Pithoria block, the Officer In-charge of of Police MV Rao. % the Pithoria police station confirmed. According to sources in the police depart- Meanwhile, cops swung into action across ment, around 40 residents of Ranchi had Jharkhand and identified several men and attended the Tablighi Jamaat, and the police are women who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat tracing them. The religious event held in the first & '! congregation in New Delhi’s Nizamuddin – a week of March saw participation of several hun- () ! locality that is said to be the hotspot of COVID- dred people, including preachers from Indonesia, ! 19 in India. Malaysia and Saudi Arabia – countries that were On Wednesday, police found 14 such sus- already suffering from a COVID-19 outbreak pects from Bokaro and eight from Giridih. back then, news reports said. ! ! Tablighi Jamaat members from Hazaribag, At least nine Indians who attended the reli- ! ! ! Godda and Koderma were also apprehended, gious congregation have reportedly died of the *' % sources said. Highly placed sources in the police viral infection so far. Six of them were from department said that raids were on to identify Telangana, and one each from Tamil Nadu, more people who attended the religious meet in Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir, a leading the national capital. Around 40 people were English daily reported. ! ! apprehended across Jharkhand on Wednesday Ranchi Deputy Commissioner Rai in connection with the Tablighi Jamaat con- Mahimapat Ray said that the district adminis- gregation. The development comes hardly 48 tration was also identifying locals who had come ! ! hours after 17 foreign nationals were appre- in contact with the State’s first COVID-19 % hended from a mosque in the State capital’s patient. “I request people not to pay attention Hindpiri locality and one of them tested posi- to rumours. Suspects are being tested regular- tive for COVID-19. ly, and we will keep you informed,” he said. “After the first case being reported in While the administration could not provide "#$ & Ranchi, all OCs were directed to identify for- the exact figures of the people who came in con- eign nationals living under the jurisdiction of tact with the COVID-19 positive woman from their police station. We found 10 Nepali citizens Malaysia, sources said that around 64 people ! here, and medical team is testing them,” said from five different buildings in Hindpiri local- % Pithoria OC Vinod Kumar. ity were tested for the virus on Wednesday. ' * R #+, ple in the said Gram Panchayat ( +(,- () /&(+ continue to get their food grains smoothly. o ensure that not even a ,(& + & ( Minister Mithilesh Thakur Tsingle citizen sleeps hungry informed the Chief Minister in Delhi, when lakhs of daily 0(./&1* that ration has not been prop- wagers have become unem- erly distributed for the last 3 ployed, the Delhi Government *1( &(,,* months in Arangi Panchayat on Wednesday announced that under Khandshi block of those without ration cards will 0(10,( Garhwa district. DC Garhwa also be given food ration if they told the Chief Minister that an apply online through E-district FIR has been lodged at the said portal. However, some criti- .- dealer. His license will also be cised the requirement to apply compulsorily cancelled in the online when they can’t even hief Minister Hemant next 15 days by asking for rea- afford food for themselves CSoren today said that it is ward and get tested,” he said. sons. "We can't issue ration card time to be united and alert. “If Meanwhile, following the Also, the Chief Minister but with this process we will we do not take full precaution, Chief Minister's directive, an was told that the Dalit families have a record of these people everyone is at risk from the FIR has been lodged against the in Palamu have not received and we will provide them corona virus.