
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 10 NEWS FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DRDO develops bio suit, sealant for safety gear ₹50 lakh meant for PPE diverted, allege doctors Mass manufacture of the glue to help Railways to make protective suits ‘Money redirected to PM­CARES fund’ PPE production S. Vijay Kumar of the zonal railways and The PPE should conform to Special Correspondent concerns and requested New Delhi CHENNAI production units, the the approved design for that all personal protection Special Correspondent The All India Institute of equipment will have to meet NEW DELHI After converting coaches Railway Board said there standardisation. into isolation/quarantine was a huge requirement of The board said absolute Medical Sciences (AIIMS) the safety standards pre­ In a major breakthrough, the facilities, the Railways has PPE garments and the cleanliness should be Resident Doctors’ Associa­ scribed by the Health Minis­ Defence Research and Deve­ now decided to manufacture production/maintenance maintained in the tion (RDA) has alleged that try and that neither doctors lopment Organisation Personal Protection infrastructure could be used manufacture and the staff the administration and cor­ nor other patients should be (DRDO) has developed a spe­ Equipment (PPE) garment for their production. should wear the garment to porate social responsibility put at risk of catching the in­ cial sealant as an alternative for medical professionals, The Jagadhari workshop prevent cross (CSR) section had redirected fection. “Jugaad” PPE will to seam sealing tape which is service personnel and other in the Northern Railway had contamination. ₹50 lakh from Bharat Dy­ not work,” said AIIMS RDA critical in personal protec­ care­givers involved in the already developed a sample The goal is to produce namics under the Ministry general secretary T. Srinivas tive equipment (PPE). COVID19 pandemic. PPE garment which was in three sets per sewing of Defence to PM­CARES Rajkumar on Thursday. He A bio suit was also deve­ In a note to all Principal the process of approval by machine in one hour for 15 fund rather than the origi­ said the funds being re­di­ loped to keep medical and Chief Mechanical Engineers the appropriate authority. days across the network. nally assigned purpose of rected was a serious issue. other personnel engaged in The bio suit with seam sealing glue. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC buying personal protection combating COVID­19 safe equipment (PPE). Baseless, says AIIMS from the deadly virus, the India Textile Research Asso­ support the seam sealing ac­ ment said. “The current pro­ textile parameters as well as held Infra Red (IR) based The Prime Minister’s Citi­ Responding to the allega­ Defence Ministry said on ciation (SITRA), Coimba­ tivity by suit manufacturers. duction capacity is 7,000 protection against infection temperature sensor for zen Assistance and Relief in tion, AIIMS has said that the Thursday. tore,” the Ministry said in a suits per day,” the Ministry from synthetic blood. “The screening at its entry gates, Emergency Situations (PM­ statement is baseless. It said “The DRDO has prepared statement. Technology transfer said. protection against synthetic which have an average influx CARES) Fund, a public char­ that no funds have been re­ a special sealant as an alter­ It said bio suit production At present, Kusumgarh In­ Another vendor with ex­ blood exceeds the criteria of around 20,000 personnel itable trust, was set up in leased by Bharat Dynamics native to seam sealing tape in the country by DRDO in­ dustries, with technology perience in garment technol­ defined for body suits by the every day. The instrument response to the emerging to AIIMS. The AIIMS RDA based on the sealant used in dustry partners and other in­ transfer from the DRDO, is ogy is being brought in and Ministry of Health and Fami­ has been manufactured requirement for resources had informed the adminis­ submarine applications. Pre­ dustries was being ham­ producing the raw material, efforts are on to ramp up the ly Welfare,” the statement through in­house resources to defeat the novel coronavi­ tration that Bharat Dynam­ sently, bio suits prepared us­ pered due to non­availability coating material, and the capacity to 15,000 suits a said. at a cost of under ₹1000, a rus pandemic. ics was interested in helping ing this glue for seam sealing of seam sealing tapes. The complete suit is being manu­ day, the Ministry stated. Separately, Naval Dock­ fraction of the cost of the “We met with the admi­ to procure PPE. After talks by an industry partner has DRDO can mass produce this factured with the help of The bio suit has been sub­ yard, Mumbai, has designed temperature guns in the mar­ nistration on Wednesday with the firm, the funds cleared test at the Southern glue through the industry to another vendor, the state­ jected to rigorous testing for and developed its own hand­ ket, the Navy said. and told them about our were not released. IN BRIEF IAF airlifts 6.2 tonnes of essential drugs to Maldives ₹500 in Jan Dhan The Army assisted in moving the 4 nations to use Air India accounts cargo to airports to repatriate their citizens Special Correspondent NCC cadets mobilised to Special Correspondent Mumbai augment relief efforts NEW DELHI NEW DELHI But flights won’t bring back Indians The Indian Banks’ The National Cadet Corps has An Indian Air Force (IAF) Association (IBA) has JAGRITI CHANDRA issued guidelines for C­130J transport aircraft on commenced. “This is a com­ said that women Thursday delivered 6.2 SUHASINI HAIDAR mercial contract between beneficiaries of the Jan temporary employment of its NEW DELHI cadets to augment relief tonne of essential medicines different countries and Air Dhan account can start efforts and functioning of and hospital consumables to Four countries — France, India,” Minister of State for withdrawing ₹500 from various agencies involved in Maldives under Operation Germany, Ireland and Cana­ Civil Aviation Hardeep Puri April 3, in the first of the battling COVID-19, the Sanjeevani. These medicines da — have chartered Air In­ said. three instalments of a Defence Ministry said on and consumables were pro­ dia’s services to repatriate However, India has no sum of ₹1,500 relief Thursday. The Department of cured from eight suppliers in their citizens from India. plans to mount any special announced by the Ex-Servicemen Welfare too India but couldn’t be tran­ However, none of the flights to bring back its citi­ Centre as part of the will join the efforts. sported through any other Hand of friendship: Essential supplies ordered by Maldives were transported by the Indian Air flights will bring any Indians zens until the lockdown is fight against COVID­19. means due to the 21­day lock­ Force on Thursday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT or other passengers strand­ over. “Resumption of flights “Under the Pradhan Doctor who wanted to down imposed to contain ed in these places back with from different countries will Mantri Garib Kalyan rope in quacks suspended the spread of COVID­19, an Among other things, ment, anticonvulsants, as import personal protective them due to the continuing be decided on a case­by­ package, ₹500 per PATNA official statement said. these medicines include in­ well as as catheters, nebulis­ equipment for frontline travel restrictions, officials case basis,” Mr. Puri said. month is being Siwan civil surgeon Ashesh “At the request of the go­ fluenza vaccines, anti­viral ers, urine bags and infant health workers. clarified. It is reliably learnt that a deposited into the Kumar was suspended for vernment of Maldives, the drugs such as lopinavir and feeding tubes, the statement “We have secured requi­ Air India will be mount­ few international airlines, accounts of women Jan issuing an official letter to rope in services of Jhola IAF aircraft activated Opera­ added. Last month, India site approvals from Shanghai ing 18 flights to Paris and including Gulf carriers, have Dhan Yojana Chhap doctors (quacks) to tion Sanjeevani and lifted had dispatched a 14­member for our flights on April 4 and Frankfurt and will fly Cana­ written to Indian missions beneficiaries by all combat COVID-19 pandemic these medicines from air­ Army medical team to Mal­ 5 and await clearances for dian and Irish citizens to in different countries seek­ banks. This is first of the in the district. The screenshot ports in New Delhi, Mumbai, dives to set up a viral testing flights on April 6,7 and 8. London, Air India Chairman ing permission to fly Indians 3 monthly instalments,” of his controversial letter had Chennai and Madurai before ritonavir — which have been lab there. Permissions have also
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