EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU MUMBAI WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2020 NATION 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Weather Watch IAF plane returns from Iran with 58 Indians Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday Globemaster Anti­HIV drugs aircraft evacuated stranded persons given to Italian Special Correspondent couple NEW DELHI The Indian Air Force (IAF) PRESS TRUST OF INDIA C­17 Globemaster aircraft New Delhi with Indians evacuated from Amid rising COVID­19 Coronavirus­hit Iran landed cases in India, for the first at Hindan Air Force Station time a combination of two on Tuesday morning. drugs, which is widely “The C­17 returned from used for controlling HIV Iran to Hindan airbase this infection, was morning with 58 Indian citi­ administered on an elderly zens onboard. The Indians Italian couple undergoing who have returned from Iran treatment at a Jaipur Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) will be quarantined at Hin­ hospital for it. Forecast for Wednesday: Thunderstorm accompanied with light- don,” the IAF said. The Drug Controller ning likely at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Defence officials said 31 General of India has Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chadigarh, Delhi, Rajasthan, women, 25 men and two chil­ approved “restricted use” Jharkand, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Ut- dren were brought back. The of the combination of tarakhand and Madhya Pradesh. aircraft also carried 529 sam­ medications lopinavir and city rain max min city rain max min ples for investigation. ritonavir which are Agartala................—....31.2....14.4 Kozhikode....................—....35.6....27.2 Ahmedabad...........—....32.3....19.4 Kurnool .......................—....37.3....24.4 “IAF has activated neces­ second­line HIV drugs, for Aizawl...................—....23.1....12.1 Lucknow......................—....22.4....13.6 sary medical protocols and treatment after the Indian Allahabad..............—....24.3....12.2 Madurai.......................—....36.8....24.0 has put required facilities in Council of Medical Bengaluru .............—....32.9....22.4 Mangaluru ...................—....34.7....24.7 Bhopal ............... 0.6....30.2....18.6 Mumbai .......................—........ —........ — place to provide fellow citi­ Research (ICMR) sought an Bhubaneswar.........—....33.8....22.7 Mysuru ........................—....33.9....24.3 zens with adequate care and Back home: Indian nationals after they were brought to India by Indian Air Force's C-17 Globemaster aircraft from emergency approval. Chandigarh ...........—....23.7....10.4 New Delhi ...................—....26.6....10.0 Chennai ................—....33.6....23.6 Patna ..........................—........ —........ — support,” the IAF stated. COVID-19-hit Iran, at Hindon airbase on Tuesday. Fifty-eight Indians were airlifted in the military transport aircraft. * PTI CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Coimbatore ...........—....35.8....24.0 Port Blair.....................—....31.4....22.0 The C­17 with an IAF med­ Dehradun..............—....25.3......8.3 Puducherry ..................—....32.6....23.8 ical team and support staff Gangtok................—....15.6......9.0 Pune............................—....33.1....17.5 onboard took off at 8 p.m. on Goa.......................—....33.2....21.1 Raipur .........................—........ —....18.0 Three more test positive in Maharashtra Guwahati ..............—....30.3....15.4 Ranchi.........................—....27.7....13.0 Monday evening from Hin­ Hubballi................—....33.0....20.0 Shillong.......................—....18.4......4.1 dan airbase. Hyderabad ......... 0.5....34.7....21.3 Shimla.........................—....16.6......5.7 Shoumojit Banerjee the NIV for tests, said Pune toms of infection and were Imphal ..................—....27.2......8.7 Srinagar.......................—........ —......2.8 Pune Divisional Commissioner referred to Naidu hospital Jaipur ...................—........ —....14.6 Thiruvananthapuram.........—....34.3....26.1 Samples brought back Kochi ....................—....32.4....26.2 Tiruchi.........................—....37.1....23.0 It brought swab samples of Three more persons in the Deepak Mhaisekar. for a check­up on March 8. Kohima .................—....24.2......9.5 Vijayawada ..................—........ —........ — 529 Indians to carry out labo­ city have tested positive for Their samples were sent to Kolkata .................—....31.0....18.7 Visakhapatnam .............—....32.0....25.6 ratory tests and check wheth­ COVID­19, taking the tally of Tracking the rest the NIV and both tested (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) er they carry coronavirus positive cases in Maharash­ Saying the couple who test­ positive. As Dubai was not Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday tra to five, said State health ed positive were stable, he in the list of the affected CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE infection. Ahmedabad..... 46 .29 17 ....78 .100 ....* About 2,000 Indians are officials on Tuesday. said the district administra­ places given out by the Bengaluru ....... 12 .50 86 ..... — .128 ....* In observation made at 4.00 * p.m., Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh living in Iran, a country that The daughter of the tion was tracking the tour Centre, the passengers Chennai .......... ..8 ...8 16 ....25 ...43 .... recorded an overall air Pune couple, who tested group of 40 persons who could not be checked and Delhi .............. 33 .53 .5 ..190 .233 ....* quality index (AQI) score of has witnessed increasing Hyderabad ...... ..7 .26 21 ....41 ...63 ....* 263 indicating a severe level numbers of coronavirus cas­ positive on Monday, a co­ were with the couple on separated at the airport it­ Kolkata........... ..8 .38 13 ..253 .149 ....* of pollution. In contrast, * Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh es in the last few days. passenger and the Ola cab their trip to Dubai. self,” Dr. Mhaisekar said. Lucknow......... ..6 .42 55 ..275 ...42 .... recorded a healthy AQI score driver who ferried the cou­ At present, six persons To track down the per­ Mumbai .......... 54 .47 11 ..162 .178 ....* of 33 The official said the Indian Keeping vigil: Secutiy guards posted outside Naidu Hospital Pune............... 51 .18 82 ....79 ...76 ....* citizens who have returned ple from the Mumbai air­ for Infectious Diseases in Pune on Tuesday. * JIGNESH MISTRY including the couple, three sons with whom the couple Visakhapatnam 11 .28 41 ....29 ...49 ....* port to Pune on their return of their kin and the Ola driv­ had travelled to Dubai and from Iran have been quaran­ Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) tined at a medical facility in from Dubai on March 1, daughter, a co­passenger (NIV) tested positive,” Pune er are in isolation at the Nai­ with those who came in SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, Hindon. were the latest to test ‘posi­ who hailed from Yavatmal district Collector Naval du Hospital. contact with them in the making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air tive’, said Dr. Pradip Awate, district and the Ola cab Kishore Ram said, adding “The Pune couple had past week, five teams com­ particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues “The IAF has activated ne­ and monuments. cessary medical protocols State epidemiologist. driver who ferried the cou­ that all five individuals were travelled to Dubai in the last prising officials from the NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by and has put required facili­ As of now, all five posi­ ple, have been placed in stable and there was no week of February and were police, health and revenue reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. tive cases in the State are isolation in Pune’s Naidu cause for concern. part of a 40­member tour departments, as well as CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to ties in place to provide fellow critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause citizens with adequate care from Pune. Hospital after their samples In addition, the samples group. They returned to In­ authorities from Pune and dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. and support,” an official said. “All five persons includ­ that were sent to the Na­ of two other family mem­ dia on March 1. One of the the Pimpri­Chinchwad civic PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, ing the couple, their tional Institute of Virology bers had also been sent to two started showing symp­ bodies had been formed. nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced (With PTI inputs) lung function, irregular