Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 Published From *Late City Vol. 2 Issue 161 NATION 5 MONEY 6 SPECIAL 7 HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH DOT ASKS STATES TO PERMIT PHARMA ALLIANCE COMMITS R.I.P BHUBANESWAR DOCTOR IN THE WORK BY TELECOM, INFRA STAFF TO HELP FIGHT COVID-19 NIRBHYA RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA RAJ BHAVAN 12 HYDERABAD, SUNDAY MARCH 22, 2020; PAGES 12 `3 www.dailypioneer.com IT'S CONTACT CHASING NOW! Telangana to shut down for 9,000 people returned to TS 24 hours to defeat corona CM says state preparing for worst case scenario from abroad not traceable PNS n HYDERABAD Upping the ante, Telangana Chief Minister K THOSE REFUSING ISOLATION WILL BE BOOKED UNDER SECTION188 OF IPC Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday appealed to people to NAVEENA GHANATE surveillance teams observe 'Janata curfew' for 24 n HYDERABAD are working to hours i.e. from 6 am on Sunday 5,274 identify the returnees Two more to 6 am on Monday. KCR The entire hullabaloo about asked people to observe it in self-reporting, home/hospital people are suspected test positive letter and spirit and demon- quarantine, contact tracing, 700 and samples were strate to the country that stamping and the like pales into collected, test results awaited HYDERABAD: The number of Telangana State would stand insignificance if one considers COVID-19 cases in Telangana on an exemplary note when the astounding fact that the people At interstate Expert rose to 21 on Saturday as two the situation demands. Telangana government has who have team comprising 5 more persons were tested pos- Except for emergency and 21 borders 52 joint inspection teams apparently lost track of the travel check-posts members set up to advise state itive, officials said. Two males, essential services, there will be health status of about 9,000 history tested 78 have been deployed to on national and international aged 33 and 35 years, were test- total shutdown for 24 hours have been set ensure that traffic at busy people who have returned to positive up developments ed positive on Saturday. They tomorrow. He said, "No RTC India since March 1 from var- check posts are cleared soon include a man who works in a bus will be running, but every ious countries that have report- cruise in the United States and depot will have 5 buses at the ed mounting Covid-19 positive The danger is from foreign returnees and figuring out these people is a some among the sizeable rest had come from Dubai. The disposal of Chief Secretary Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao addressing media persons at Pragati cases. big problem. Joint teams from police, health, and GAD have been tasked could be potential carriers of nationality of the affected per- ready to meet any emergency. Bhavan in Hyderabad on Saturday Telangana Chief Minister K to identify these people. We set up joint teams which are yielding good results. the virus. son was not known. The other No buses from other states will Chandrashekar Rao conceded The Chief Minister said, person is a 33-year-old man be allowed. They will be on Saturday that more than — K CHANDRASHEKAR RAO, CHIEF MINISTER "The danger is from from Hyderabad who was pri- stopped at borders. Metro Arrest people 20,000 people had returned to foreign returnees and figuring mary contact of a patient, who Rail will not operate, but 5 the state from abroad since airport as well as those who Of these, 11,000 people have out these people is a big prob- had come from Dubai and test- trains with staff will be kept who mock PM, March 1. They include people came from airports in other been traced and isolated for at lem. ed positive two days ago. ready to meet emergen- who got down at Hyderabad states into Telangana state. least 14-day watch. At least 4 4 cies or any eventuality." says KCR KCR urged malls and PNS n HYDERABAD shops to close down. "Milk and infant necessi- Taking exception to certain Domestic Pune woman with ties, petrol, vegetables, sarcastic comments made in Telangana reports first case emergency, fire services, social media on Prime passengers no foreign travel hospitals, electricity, water Minister Modi's appeal to peo- and sewerage, which are essen- ple to clap hand at 5 PM on link tests positive tial commodities, will be func- Sunday, the Chief Minister go unchecked of local transmission tioning." He wanted people in state bus said that the PM only wanted PNS n HYDERABAD are allegedly residents of PNS n PUNE the state to once again live up services would be stopped. people to show their solidari- at Hyd airport Secunderabad area, and officials to the expectations as they did Since there was an increase in ty. It should be taken in the PNS n HYDERABAD Indicating Telangana's progres- will be conducting a door-to- A woman in her early 40s has during the Sakala Janula the number of cases in neigh- right spirit. sion to the second stage of door screening on Sunday in tested positive for coronavirus Samme during the separate bouring Maharashtra, the KCR was upset that some With Telangana reporting Covid-19, the first case of a per- about 1-km radius. The total in Maharashtra's Pune, a statehood movement. Chief Minister said the Chief people had the temerity to the first case of local trans- son with no history of travel number of positive cases in senior official said on Saturday. Reiterating that people's Secretary, DGP as well as make a mockery of what PM mission and the country testing corona positive has been Telangana stood at 21 on The woman, who is cur- cooperation in arresting the Medical and Health Principal said under these circum- already in Stage-2, concerns reported in Telangana. Saturday. rently on ventilator support at spread of the virus and break- secretary were in touch with stances. He said, "Clap for 2 are being raised about A 35-year-old male tion of the hospitalized patient The second patient con- Bharti Hospital, had not trav- ing the chain was needed, the their counterparts there. min to show nation's unity. domestic passengers going (Patient20) from Hyderabad, is stable. Telangana is no longer firmed for Covid19 on Saturday elled to a foreign country, Chief Minister said all inter- 2 2 unchecked at RGIA. who is primary contact of local-transmission free. P14 is a 33-year-old male who works neither did any of her family Several citizens travelling Patient 14, was confirmed who came from Dubai on for MSC Cruises on board members. However, she had within the country have Covid-19 positive on Monday. March 14 developed Covid-19 MSC Bellissima, a cruise ship attended a wedding in Navi pointed that not even basic The Patient 14 pushed the state symptoms on March 17. He was owned by the company. The Mumbai's Vashi on March 3, checking was being done at into Stage2 of local transmis- declared Covid-19 positive on government did not announce he said. Mob forces the airport in the case of sion, i.e. cases of those people March19. Patient 20 is apparent- when this man came to the city, She was initially admitted to domestic passengers. This is who have come in contact with ly the son of Patient 14. The but said he was confirmed as a local hospital for pneumonia so though even passengers of those having a travel history. entire family is now purported- Covid-19 positive on Saturday. and her samples were sent for RTC buses and trains are According to the Health ly at high risk and has been Of the 21 positive cases, 10 are H1N1 testing which was Dubai returnee being checked. Department, the present condi- quarantined. Both the patients Indonesian nationals. apparently tested negative. Virus stays K R Srinivas, who travelled from Indore to Hyderabad, on Friday said, "There was no to deboard bus for 3 days on temperature check anywhere 111 labs across Railways puts PNS n HYDERABAD in the domestic arrivals area. The 22-year-old plastic, steel The only thing I noticed that country to test brake on In a clear sign that a sense of youngster was PNS n LOS ANGELES people are wearing masks panic is setting in among the identified as a native and sanitizer smell was ooz- Covid-19 709 trains people over the rising number The virus that causes ing in the plane. Evidently PNS n NEW DELHI of Coronavirus infections, an of West Godavari COVID-19 remains for sev- people who are travelling are PNS n NEW DELHI unruly mob created a scene district in AP, who eral hours to days on surfaces conscious even I have N 95 At least 111 labs will con- and didn't allow a youngster was working as and in aerosols -- detectable mask". duct test for diagnosis of In the wake of the highly con- who returned from Dubai, to for up to three hours in Several worried citizens novel coronavirus across the tagious coronavirus and the board a bus at LB Nagar in housekeeping staff aerosols, up to four hours on are approaching airport country, the Ministry of call given by prime minister Hyderabad on Saturday. The in Dubai and had copper, up to 24 hours on authorities for getting tested. Health and Family welfare Narendra Modi to observe youth faced some tense come on vacation cardboard and up to two to A netizen Shyam Narayan said on Saturday.