HYDERABAD THURSDAY APRIL 02, 2020 `7.00 PAGES 16 LATE CITY EDITION LOCKDOWN LIFT IN SIGHT AS IRCTC OPENS ONLINE RESERVATION SYSTEM TRAVEL SITES RESUME AIR BOOKINGS IRCTC had shut down online booking of rail tickets after PM Narendra ■ “The shutdown is only till April 14 night. Booking can’t be stopped RLY, AIRLINES START BOOKINGS Modi announced a nationwide lockdown on March 24. “As we have clear beyond that,” said an Air India official. In the unlikely event of `3,928 indications from the government the lockdown will not be extended, we further lockdown, passengers can reschedule the trip The move comes after clear indication from the Centre that the have resumed sale of online tickets,” an IRCTC official said, adding that ■ Bookings are also open on private airlines and travel portals COST OF A CHENNAI-DELHI NON-STOP 21-day national lockdown will not be extended beyond April 14 this will help passengers plan their travel in advance such as MakeMyTrip and Yatra from April 15 onwards FLIGHT ON APRIL 15 ON YATRA.COM CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOGGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ WARANGAL ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI TICKING C-BOMB J&K 1 TABLIGHI ONE MORE DIES VIRUS LOAD ALL EFFORTS 48 UTTARAKHAND IN TS, CASES DELHI 53 48 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 48 UTTAR PRADESH 1 CROSS 100-MARK RAJASTHAN 11 81 BIHAR ASSAM 17 TO TRACK ITS EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Hyderabad JHARKHAND 1 TELANGANA recorded one more Covid-19 MADHYA PRADESH 1 71 WEST BENGAL death on Wednesday. The latest death was that 1,500 GUJARAT of a patient who was undergoing treatment at PARTICIPATED FOOTPRINTS 101 CHHATTISGARH Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad. Cabinet secretary tells chief secretaries to However, in a surprising turn of events, the 50 ODISHA INFECTED trace all who participated in Nizamuddin MEDICAL Telangana government reduced the number of TEAMS FACE Covid deaths to five. Meanwhile, 12 persons test- 252 MAHARASHTRA 1,030 TELANGANA 21 6 religious meet; PM to speak with CMs today ANGRY MOB IN ed positive on Wednesday, taking the total num- DEAD NIZAMABAD ber of cases to 107. In a development Speaking to mediapersons, Health Minister EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ New Delhi 1085 ANDHRA PRADESH 70 UK extends that might affect the Eatala Rajender said the State, in fact, had re- corded two deaths on Wednesday, one at Gandhi doc work visa WITH the threat of Tablighi Jamaat’s Nizamuddin congregation morale of the 1,500 KARNATAKA 1 medical and health and another at a private hospital. “We are not In a relief to participants spreading the deadly novel coronavirus across the department staff, sure if the second death was due to Coronavi- foreign doctors, country looming large, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Wednes- including from several of them faced rus. Further tests are being conducted on the day ordered all authorities to be firm in tracing and taking action deceased person,” he said. 1,103 TAMIL NADU 190 India, whose against the Jamaat workers. an angry mob at 395 KERALA 1 visas were set Quila area here on Later, in a press release, the Minister said: 376 new cases CASH FOR Gauba directed the states and Union Ter- “The State is working hard to control the spread India registered 376 cases of to expire in ritories to launch on a “war footing” the con- Wednesday. They had October, the UK POOR SOON gone there to of Coronavirus. It was Chief Minister K Chan- the virus in the last 24 hours. tact tracing of all participants of the congre- drasekhar Rao who first sought a ban on all the The spike is primarily due to has extended With reports of the gation, adding intensive tracing of all contacts conduct a door-to- the deadline by poor and door survey to international flights. It was Telangana which Class 10, 12 exams IOC tack on purchases the fallout of the Tablighi must be ensured in a fail-proof manner. gave information to the Central government on Jamaat congregation in Delhi one year vulnerable sections Prime Minister Narendra Modi may also identify those who only for 29 subjects IOC has declared force majeure of the society have come in contact the Markaz in Nizamuddin.” “It has been decided that on crude purchases from Saudi Wimbledon speak to the Chief Ministers on Thursday to 7 more in Noida hotspot facing hardships in with the attendees of He said close to a 1,000 people attended Markaz the board conduct exams Arabia, Iraq, UAE and Kuwait, cancelled take them on board to deal with the uphill in Nizamuddin. Except 160, the government has 7 new coronavirus patients in accessing task of tracing all participants and those who the Markaz- for only main subjects as refinery run rates have been Wimbledon foodgrains, the Nizamuddin identified everyone. As of now, there has been that will be required cut down following lockdown Gautam Buddh Nagar in the organisers have come into contact with them. no community transmission in Telangana. last 24 hours, total cases 45 Cabinet Secretary During a video-conference call with Chief convention in Delhi. for promotion and may and oil market crash. A force scrapped the asked states to The residents of the “About 10 people who had previously been be crucial for higher majeure is an event outside oldest Grand Secretaries and DGPs of all States and Union tested negative after receiving treatment at education,” the CBSE said. reasonable control, which 3.2 lakh quarantine beds Slam tennis implement the PM Territories, the Cabinet Secretary also asked area, who were irked Garib Kalyan by the presence of Gandhi Hospital will be discharged after anoth- Also, all class 1-8 students prevents IOC from performing Railways setting up 3.2 lakh tournament for the State and UT authorities to ensure that no er round of testing,” the Minister said. to be promoted contract obligations isolation and quarantine beds the first time Yojana within the other religious groups are holding congrega- the health workers, next week. “This asked them to go tions anywhere in the country and strict ac- Junior doctors attacked will involve large tion be taken against them if found doing so, back. Besides cash transfer to obstructing the work, Meanwhile, the junior doctors who treated the sources said. Covid-19 patient, who died on Wednesday, were beneficiaries,” Many of the attendees have reportedly gone the residents argued officials said with them on the assaulted by the patient’s attendants. into hiding in various parts of the country, need for a door-to- Speaking to Express, Dr Lohith, a member of complicating matters. door survey. They Gandhi Junior Doctors’ Association, said, “The The country’s senior most bureaucrat also ordered registration even snatched 49-year-old man, who passed away, was undergo- of cases against foreign Tablighis for violation of visa norms, ac- papers that the staff ing treatment along with his two family mem- cording to sources. Gauba shared the roadmap for the intensive were carrying, tore bers for the last four days. However, his condi- contact tracing of Tablighis. “Tracing all the participants of the them into pieces and tion had been critical, and we had been Nizamuddin Markaz is the top most priority, and the state govern- threw them in a constantly counselling the family members. ments must not lose time,” said a senior government official. dustbin. Today, at about 5.30 pm, he breathed his last as his family members did not give their consent CONTINUED ON P3 S GURUMURTHY WRITES ON TABLIGHI for us to make an incision in his throat for con- Myanmar nationals settled in Hyderabad, who went to Narketpally for religious prayers flouting lockdown restrictions, JAMAAT - ITS OTHER, EVIL SIDE P7 ducting the intubation procedure.” being taken to a hospital in Hyderabad for coronavirus tests on Wednesday | VINAY MADAPU Another doctor, on the condition of anonym- ity, said, “We have been requesting the authori- ties to provide us with extra security personnel, One more death has but there has been no response. Now, the lives TS, Andhra slow occurred at a private of the doctors are on the line as they may be hospital in Telangana. HEROES infected as well. Initially, the police too were DON’T WEAR CAPES, to track down But we are not sure if it hesitant to intervene fearing contracting the is due to Coronavirus THEY FEED infection.” Eatala Rajender The Health Minister condemned the attack PAGE 4 Markaz attendees Health Minister and said stringent action would be taken. V NILESH @ Hyderabad THE Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments are current- Centre drops anti-HIV drugs from ly scrambling to track and quaran- tine citizens who went to the Markaz convention at Nizamud- din, Delhi, which has turned out to its recommended list to treat Covid be the new epicentre of Covid-19 in the country. SUMI SUKANYA DUTTA @ New Delhi Earlier it had recommended mended for children less than 12 However, the State governments using the Lopinavir-Ritonavir years, pregnant and lactating seem to have acted late, as the THE Centre has asked doctors combo for patients with acute women. tracking and quarantining meas- treating severe patients of coro- respiratory distress. Sources said the revision in ures could have been put in place navirus to stop administer- “One of the drug is Hy- medication came following a much earlier, even helping in sav- ing anti-HIV drugs and in- droxychloroquine (Dose study published in the New Eng- ing some lives. stead put them on a 400 mg twice a day for 1 land Journal, which said the an- As Express finds out, a three-day combination of anti-ma- day followed by 200 mg ti-HIV drug combination did not outreach programme by Tabilghi laria drug Hydroxy- twice a day for 4 days) in work in 199 patients analysed.