* + F ! / )3.)B' *! (! .)B' *!B 470:)+4*'9 ,- , . 0,/1 2 $-,/( ) 3'-! I - EJ 0H - H E0#H 1 H 1 E1 0 E 0 I -I JHEI L 0H & K I E J 1 J G 0 "8)? %8442' %$: G !!) !(! / **) 3 --#!@ !& & A $! " " !!"#$ " !! % !&"$ ! $ & allowed him to see the actual " names. “As court reporters, we are allowed to see the names of the parties in every decision on " #! line up for last rites. Goa’s #' the Swiss Supreme Court,” he coronavirus caseload rose to explained to news portal News he horror at the Goa 1,32,585 after 2,455 patients && Laundry. TMedical College and tested positive for the infection Another international P Hospital (GMCH), the State’s on Friday. ( ) investigative portal Global largest Covid-19 facility con- According to a resident Investigative Review (GIR) on tinued as oxygen shortage doctor of GMCH wards, pres- #! Friday reported in detail about killed 13 more Covid-19 sure in the central pipeline the Swiss court’s direction to patients in the dark hours started falling around 1 am on n more troubles for the debt- banks to disclose the details of (between 1 am and 6 am) of Thursday, and three patients in Iridden industrialist Anil bank accounts of Anil Ambani Friday, taking the tally to 75 in his ward succumbed to the Ambani, Swiss Federal Court and their family. According to the last four days. fluctuations, despite their has agreed to share information operated by Anil Ambani. Swiss media reports, earlier an As per the State attempts to revive with the Indian authorities According to Gotham City, Indian whistle-blower Government statistics, 26 them. about the bank accounts of the court’s order came on April approached the Swiss courts patients died at the GMCH “Relatives called us franti- him, his wife Tina Ambani, and 29. The newspaper confirmed seeking Anil Ambani family’s during the wee hours of cally saying patients were gasp- their two children Jai Anmol, from the registrar’s office that bank accounts. Later the Indian Tuesday, followed by 21 on ing for breath and their satu- and Jai Anshul, according to the order directed to banks Government too filed the peti- Wednesday, 15 on Thursday, ration levels (SPO2) had the Swiss media. named Anil, Tina, Jai Anmol, tion, they said. and 13 on Friday (total 75). dropped to 40-50,” the resident Swiss newspaper Gotham and Jai Anshul Ambanis, Recently, in a case filed by #!# & Even as hospitals in Goa doctor said, adding, on the City on May 12 reported that though the order available in Chinese banking consortium, " " see a surge in Covid-19 cases, night of Wednesday-Thursday, Indian Finance Ministry’s the public domain shows only Anil Ambani deposed in a #' ')*+ the scenes at crematoriums in there was a drop in oxygen Foreign Tax and Research A, B, C, D due to privacy issues. London court that he has no !!! the coastal State are equally pressure at least five to six Division filed a petition in the Gotham City’s reporter money and is living with broth- #! $%& ' !! grim as bodies continue to times. Swiss Federal Court for getting Francois Pilet reported that er Mukesh Ambani’s ! ' & details of the bank accounts the court registrar’s office help. ' !() * !+ , ' #! -!' .! ' / " # # !#! %. hen the first Covid-19 %! Wwaves swept through the # !# # ##$ country last year, Goa !! , ,! -! ith a drastic fall in the remained largely unaffected. Of #! cosis, is a serious but rare fungal infection #' ')*+ 01 ' Warrival of domestic and course, tourism, the main caused by a group of molds called -!' international tourists due to source of livelihood, took a t appears that Covid-19 is not the only mucormycetes. These molds live throughout ')0 2 3 !' Covid-19, Goa tourism has serious hit, but Goans were able affected places in India in calamity that India may have to deal with the environment. When someone breathes in )/ taken a big knock. to keep both infection and terms of positivity rate. Only Iin the coming days. There are people who these spores, infection in the sinus or lung can ' '* ! 3 The State’s restaurants, Footfall in casinos is paltry, and fatality at the low end of the Rajasthan and Sikkim are are still trying to deal with the chaos, destruc- occur. It primarily affects people who have ' '() ) / pubs and beaches are deserted phones of car/bike rental com- scale on a national ahead of Goa’s positivity rate of tion and death that the second wave of Covid- health problems or take medicines that lower /0'5%6 due to the imposition of night panies have fallen silent. basis. around 40-50 per cent over the 19 has brought. The next punch comes to hit the body’s ability to fight germs and sickness. * ') . curfew, ban on international Top officials said visitors The Goans threw caution week. the country is black fungus or mucormycosis. It is affecting Covid patients more because of flights, curtailed domestic from other States are not com- into the sea and celebrated Goa now has a fatality rate The rising number of black fungus patients, prolonged administration of steroids and sub- -!. "! / . flights, restriction on visitors ing as the Government has Christmas and New Year as if of 1.5 per cent which is much especially in Maharashtra where 111 patients, sequent immunocompromised state. -& # and an unrelenting spike in made it mandatory to carry a corona were a long forgotten higher than the national aver- all Covid-19 survivors, are undergoing treat- Dr Monalisa Sahu, Consultant Infectious %01123#' ')*+ 1- Covid-19 cases and negative Covid-19 test report tale of horror. Few wore masks age of 1.2 per cent, and for ment according to the Brihanmumbai Diseases, Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad -!' !)!' #578!/& deaths. or a vaccination for visitors or took any precaution as they every 100 confirmed cases, 25 Municipal Corporation, is a cause of worry. shares dos and don’ts to follow to prevent * ' Nearly 2,100 of the total from other States. Over two drank and danced and kept are currently infected. Mucormycosis, also referred to as zygomy- black fungus. '!**'3 '! registered 3,500 hotels have dozen film and TV serial mak- alive the spirit of Goa. The situation is so grim /!3!'!3/ 3 downed their shutters, 5-star ers and their units that moved But the recklessness of the that Goa’s total death count ( R( '!) 9# !& hotels have slashed their rates from Mumbai and Chennai past few months has now come more than doubled from 964 to //) '.'! by nearly 50-60 with a meagre recently shifted their shootings to haunt Goans. The State with 1,937 in just three weeks. #*('/ 3' ') !( O()( '* *)' /3 ) occupancy rate of 5-10 per to Goa, now returning back as just around 1.5 million popu- Nearly ten per cent of the cur- *)/ - ) * &3! ' 3)( ) !!! /! cent, which is a drastic drop the shooting for permission lation sparsely scattered settled rent casualties are those who )!) ( ' ) !' ( '!**')(& from a high of 80 per cent has been withdrawn due to a along the Arabian Sea has were suffocated to death for 3'(!* '!3 O **! )!')! //) '. occupancy in March this year. spike in Covid cases. emerged as one of the worst want of oxygen. /* & ! )&(/ 3( '*& (!/ !C (3 '3 )! & '*(' 1!!(!'3 '*)//( /) 0'5%6* * (( '3() !' )!'' 3 / ) -!& '3 ) ! /)!) '' 3) )' !@! ((! ( ' 2)18;0< ! !#$ 'O '!( ((! !)'('/ 12>8<1>84+4 (!)!) ' ! !! #! 1 E1 -! 0( 0 *!'/ !' ( '! & t all started with the recovery !'/!*!(' of a handful of bodies from * 1'* !*)& !' ( ' I *!'! /!)( !( ((! ( ! of bodies much faster than the he State Government seems rivers across Uttar Pradesh. The !)' #! 1 E1 !*! !* )) (/ traditional one. This cremato- Tto be serious on identifica- small count increased to ' ! rium has been designated for tion of black fungus disease as hundreds and now it is estimat- 3)* ' he India Meteorological it has spread panic among ed that thousands of bodies were 0'5%6& 0'' !( #! 1 E1 TDepartment (IMD) on both medical fraternity and recovered and then buried in the )B!)!(B !)())B() -!* &! ()! ' Friday predicted formation of Covid patients across the coun- sand across the State and the river *5') !(*'4' )!& )!' *) E/) '! ! aking note of the ris- a low pressure area in atmos- try. highlighting the devastation 4167814 4*82)9 :' ' 3/ ! /!'/!'!((! * ing number of bodies phere over the Bay of Bengal Following the detection of corona has unleashed on the +11'9+07') +;7+107'9 / )!/!)!) ! *!)!) T 78 7*' 7<'07+;= 98>78< and pressure on the Satya which can develop into a trop- black fungus symptoms in a rural parts of the State. The peo- '! ')/!'& '(( Nagar crematorium, ical cyclonic storm (cyclogen- Covid patient in Bhubaneswar, ple living along the rivers like the *+;8/8<:+78/>'<':<0) !3'() ' '/!*!(''! ' 12>8<1>84+4 Bhubaneswar Municipal esis) next week between May the State Government on Ganga and the Yamuna recount *0'') !( 3)'!'.')/ 3) ' /( ! Commissioner (BMC) 21 and 27. Friday formed a seven-member that not a day passes when they 3) '! /!* & ' Sanjay Kumar Singh on IMD sources said that the medical expert committee to do not come across 10-12 bod- '!(/ )( 1 )! !' 3) Friday visited the upcoming cremation of deceased Covid- ECMWF and NCEP GFS mod- suggest guidelines for the ies floating in the river. )!)) crematorium site at Patia to 19 patients. els are indicating likely forma- patients and further analysis of “If you take the full stretch ) ' !@! ((! take stock of the construction Meanwhile, the lone elec- tion of a low pressure system the cases. of the Ganga which is around works. tric burner at Satya Nagar that over the Bay of Bengal during The committee would be 1,100 kms, then thousands of */)!) (&)'( He instructed the officials had been lying defunct since the period headed by the SCB bodies have been found in last !5!35 0'5%6 /) & !() to make the new crematorium August last week, has been “NCEP GFS is showing its Microbiology Department fortnight either floating or )!3! )!)& 3?:' /!0' '3!'/' ready for operation from May repaired and is in use.