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Relaxing of lockdown will lead to spurt in Covid-19 cases, warn health experts

May 14, 2020 by Nasheman

-Manohar Yadavatti

When the whole world is embroiled and perplexed with the challenges entangled in combating the deadly China originated Coronavirus pandemic the country is now faced with the woes of relaxing lockdown stipulations. Interestingly these measures are being thought of when there is a gradual surge in the number of infections and fatalities connected with the Covid-19!
Thanks to multidimensional adversities as a result of the lockdown, the Government sources put forth their pathetic plight due to unseen and unheard recession, economic slowdown and shutting down of all manufacturing units paving way to total loss of regular resources while on the other hand exhausting available funds for the welfare of less privileged citizens.

However, this desperate situation on the part of the government leading to relaxation of complete lockdown measures has also given rise to a paradoxical condition which the health experts foresee bound to culminate into a much more worsening state of affairs.
But what one is not able to understand is the reluctance of people who have a travel history of visiting places. The government doesn’t charge any alarming price while by and large it happens to be free or at a meagre rate.
Even assuming that one is symptomatic or found with infections it is again the government which is taking the entire responsibility of taking complete care of the treatment until recovery and till discharge of the said person.
Yet it continues to be a big wonder as to why people are so scared and running away from undergoing these tests and relevant examinations to confirm or nullify the pandemic. But what is worrying and cannot be easily gauzed is the tendency of people by and large least bothered about the lockdown measures and moving around freely as if nothing has happened at all? Perhaps it looks to be an interesting subject for the Psychologists to ponder about.
Dr Ganga Yenagi, Professor at the Department of Psychology, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) Dharwad is of the opinion that there could be several reasons for such public behaviour. People belonging to different economic strata have multiple explanations to give to the authorities but the real intentions could be something else?
To view it in a different perspective the fact can be interpreted to the overconfidence level of the countrymen. They might be under an impression or illusion that their immunity level is far better than the foreigners who are becoming an easy prey to the Covid-19, she says.
Probably, it is quite possible that the middle class people might have got bored sitting at home for days and weeks continuously which has not been heard or experienced of so far. On the contrary some of them may be moving around to buy essential commodities whereas in the case of less fortunate beings, they might be on the lookout of jobs, she feels.
Dr Anirudha R Podder, Consultant and Head of Gynaec-oncology Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna has a caution on the gradual relaxation of lockdown norms as he says: The third phase of India’s lockdown began on 04 May and will last till coming 17. But already certain restrictions have been eased out during this period and unfortunately in the first six days of this period the number of people with Covid-19 has increased from 40,000 to 60,000. Talking purely from the standpoint of the containment of the disease, what are the concerns as India prepares for the removal of the lockdown in a phased manner, he ponders over.
He deals with the issue in detail: Firstly, there would be spurt in the number of cases, as indicated in the data over the last one week. Lockdown mainly serves the purpose of flattening the curve, which means that it will ensure that there is no sudden spurt, or a deluge in the number of cases being reported, which would make it impossible for the healthcare system to handle the load. One must not forget that there are many asymptomatic carriers who will quietly recover from the infection but might transmit the infection to others…
…Secondly, there are reports of policemen, paramilitary forces, and health care workers who are involved in the imposition of the lockdown and the care of patients themselves testing positive. The (temporary) loss of manpower in these sectors which are paramount in the country’s fight against the pandemic is definitely a matter of great concern…

…Thirdly, for how long can do medical fraternity procrastinate the treatment of other medical conditions like cancers, heart disease, kidney disease, neurological conditions etc. One can postpone surgery for cataracts, joint replacement etc. for couple of months. But it is not possible to postpone procedures like radiation, chemotherapy, dialysis for more than a week or two without disastrous consequences. Deliveries which are due will also have to be conducted as indicated, he points out in defence of his statement.
Dr Anirudha R Podder also warns: Considering all these factors, it is not merely the number of infected persons, or the speed with which the infection is spreading within the community that is to be considered, but how severely affected are the infected persons, and how quickly are the infected persons recovering; and how effectively are the home quarantine measures being implemented. This would hold the key to India’s battle against pandemic.
So should we be lifting the lockdown in the coming days, when we have actually seen the cases surge, seeing record increase in the number of new cases each passing day?
The answer may not be straightforward, not a simple yes or no. Given the unprecedented nature of the pandemic, for which we do not have any past references, any instances of successful or unsuccessful handling of the situation to guide us, the best way forward is to remove the lockdown in small instalments and autocorrect according to the response, he stresses.
We have seen countries like Singapore which had successfully contained the spread of infection now face a second surge. After bringing back stranded workers from abroad, states like Kerala are gearing up for the second wave. As mentioned before, it is not the number of infected persons which should be worrying us. There already might be lakhs of asymptomatic carriers in the community; if the majority of the infected are going to be asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic then this is reassuring. We should be able to identify the vulnerable groups and protect them. 
We should know how to protect healthcare workers, police and the paramilitary forces. They are the last people who can afford to fall sick points out Dr Anirudha R Podder.

He also says: Places where large number of people congregate- places of worship, malls, parks and gardens, Cinemas should remain closed since there is nothing emergency or ‘essential for life’ about them.
Speaking purely as a medical person, everything else should slowly be reopened with strict monitoring. Medical personnel also have an additional responsibility when it comes to identifying cases. Unexpected deaths are always happening to a variety of reasons ranging from pre-existing conditions like heart disease, diabetes etc. to complications arising due to surgery, he reminds.
He mixes no words in mentioning: It is very important to detect every Covid patient even retrospectively. Convincing public across all communities to overcome their fears about testing and quarantine, and providing guidelines to medical personnel regarding recording and identifying all cases is essential as we prepare to remove the lockdown in a phased manner…
…This is important since new guidelines will have to be prepared and dispatched to all the Healthcare providers depending on the changing trends. One has to balance overreaction and over cautiousness from ‘sleeping over the issue’. No matter how long the lockdown is imposed, there is bound to be a surge when the lockdown is lifted.
In conclusion, strict monitoring and quick identification of any loophole and its rectification is the key as we prepare to come out of the lockdown, he concludes.

Filed Under: India

Karnataka likely to open gyms, fitness centres, golf courses after May 17

May 14, 2020 by Nasheman

Karnataka likely to open gyms, fitness centres, golf courses after May 17

Bengaluru: Karnataka Tourism Minister C T Ravi on Wednesday hinted at the government permitting opening of gyms, fitness centres and golf courses after May 17 when the third phase of the COVID-19 induced lockdown comes to an end.

“Today I met the Chief Minister and discussed opening of fitness centres, golf courses and giving permission for hotels to provide service… to encourage revival of tourism at local level while maintaining social distancing,” he told reporters.

Stating that sportspersons’ fitness will take a hit if fitness centres are not opened, the Minister, who also holds the sports portfolio, said following the request by several of them, he brought it to the notice of the Chief Minister, who responded positively.

“CM has said we will give permissions to open gyms after May 17, while ensuring all safety precautions.

Also, golf is something where distance is usually maintained, they (golfers) too had come and submitted an appeal. I brought it to the notice of CM…we will give permission, ensuring safety,” he added.

With all tourism activities having come to a standstill and all bookings cancelled, following the coronavirus-driven lockdown, the tourism department is focusing on promoting local tourism with the concept of “Love Your Native”.

Ravi said he had drawn the Chief Minister’s attention to a “survival and revival” plan for the tourism sector and added that the mindset will have to change towards “Love Your Native” concept, aimed at encouraging local tourism.

“Then comes inter-district with the concept ‘Nodu baa Nammura’ (Come, See Our City). After that we will consider inter-state and international tourists, while maintaining safety and hygiene,” he said.

“We are also waiting for a central package. We expect tourism will get boost from it,” he added.

Filed Under: bangalore

Finance Minister announces Rs 3 lakh crore collateral free automatic loan for businesses

May 14, 2020 by Nasheman

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced Rs 3 lakh crore collateral free automatic loan for businesses, including MSMEs.

This will benefit 45 lakh small businesses, she said detailing parts of the Rs 20 lakh crore economic stimulus package.

The loan will have 4 year tenure and will have 12 month moratorium, she said.

Also, Rs 20,000 crore subordinate debt will be provided for stressed MSMEs, she said adding this would benefit 2 lakh such businesses.

Filed Under: India

Dakshina Kannada fifth COVID-19 death Recorded

May 14, 2020 by Nasheman

Dakshina Kannada records fifth COVID-19 death

Dakshina Kannada district recorded its fifth COVID-19 death on Thursday.

According to a statement issued by the Health and Family Welfare Department, an 80-year-old woman, a resident of Kulashekhara in Mangaluru, succumbed to the infection at the COVID Hospital. She is the second coronavirus victim in the limits of Mangaluru City Corporation. 

The woman, who was suffering from high blood pressure and stroke, had tested positive for coronavirus on April 26.

Filed Under: Karnataka

Passengers disallowed train travel due to COVID-19 symptoms to get full refund: Railways

May 14, 2020 by Nasheman

Passengers disallowed train travel due to COVID-19 symptoms to get full refund: Railways

New Delhi: Passengers who are disallowed from travelling on trains because of symptoms associated with the novel coronavirus will receive full refund for their tickets, the railways has said.

According to the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, all passengers shall be compulsorily screened and only asymptomatic passengers shall be allowed to enter/board trains.

“If, during screening, a passenger has very high temperature/symptoms of COVID-19 etc., he shall not be allowed to travel despite having confirmed tickets. In such case full refund shall be provided to the passenger,” the order stated.

It said that on a group ticket if one passenger is found unfit to travel and all other passengers on the same PNR also do not want to travel, in that case full refund shall be granted for all passengers.

In case of a group ticket if one passenger is found unfit to travel but the other passengers on the same PNR want to travel, full refund of fare shall be granted to the passenger who was not allowed to travel.

“For all the above cases, TTE certificates as per extant practice shall be issued to the passenger at the entry/checking/screening point itself mentioning number of passengers not travelled due to symptoms of COVID-19 in one or more passengers,” it stated.

“Full fare for the part passenger/full who have not travelled shall be refunded by IRCTC in the customer’s account,” it said.

Filed Under: India

Bus runs over six migrant workers in UP’s Muzaffarnagar

May 14, 2020 by Nasheman

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Bus runs over six migrant workers in UP's Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarnagar: Six migrant workers, who were walking to their homes in Bihar from Punjab, were killed and five others seriously injured when a speeding bus ran over them on the Delhi-Saharanpur Highway in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, officials said on Thursday.

The incident took place on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday between Ghalauli check-post and Rohana Toll Plaza, about 20 km from here, Senior Superintendent of Police Abhishek Yadav said.

The bus driver has been arrested, the SSP said. Locals suspect that the driver was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident.

Two of the deceased persons were identified as Bijender, 25, and Harsh, 20. The rest were yet to be identified, police said. The injured — Sushil, Nathu Saini, Pawan Saini, Pramod and Ramji Rai –were rushed to hospital, they said.

Filed Under: India

Vijay Mallya asks govt to accept loan repayment offer, close case against him

May 14, 2020 by Nasheman

Vijay Mallya asks govt to accept loan repayment offer, close case against him

New Delhi: Embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is fighting against his extradition to India, on Thursday asked the government to accept his offer to repay 100 per cent of his loan dues and close case against him.

While congratulating the Indian government over the Rs 20 lakh crore economic package, Mallya lamented that his repeated offers to repay his dues have been ignored.

“Congratulations to the Government for a Covid 19 relief package. They can print as much currency as they want BUT should a small contributor like me who offers 100% payback of State owned Bank loans be constantly ignored?” he said in a tweet.

Mallya, promoter of the defunct Kingfisher Airlines, who is wanted in India over alleged fraud and money laundering charges amounting to estimated Rs 9,000 crore, added,”Please take my money unconditionally and close.”

Earlier this month, Mallya had filed an appeal in the UK Supreme Court after losing an appeal in the London High Court against an extradition order to India on alleged charges of fraud and money laundering related to unrecovered loans to Kingfisher Airlines.

In the past, Mallya had tweeted that he had offered to pay 100 per cent of the amount borrowed by Kingfisher Airlines to the banks but neither banks were willing to take the money nor the Enforcement Directorate was willing to release his attached assets at the behest of the banks.

Filed Under: India

Special train reaches Bengaluru from Delhi, passengers to undergo 14-day quarantine

May 14, 2020 by Nasheman

Special train reaches Bengaluru from Delhi, passengers to undergo 14-day quarantine

Bengaluru: Around 1,000 passengers arrived in Bengaluru from Delhi on Thursday on board the first train to Karnataka since limited rail services resumed in the country, officials said.

Soon after arrival at the Bengaluru City Railway Station, the passengers were screened for COVID-19 on the station premises itself, the officials said.

The train that left Delhi on Tuesday at 9.30 pm was scheduled to arrive at 6.40 am on Thursday but got delayed by 40 minutes.

According to a senior railway officer, the Bengaluru civic agency along with the Karnataka Health Department had set up 10 health check-up counters to screen the passengers.

The passengers were disembarked coach-wise as Railway Protection Force personnel kept a strict vigil on them.

“It’s heartening that everyone is maintaining discipline and seated inside. No chaos,” the South Western Railway public relations officer said.

These travellers will be taken to the quarantine centres as the state government has decided not to allow them mingle with anyone else till they complete 14 days in isolation and test negative for COVID-19, the officials said.

Around 15 buses belonging to the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), a subsidiary of the state government, were deployed at the railway station to take these passengers to the quarantine centres.

Elaborate arrangements were made to receive these passengers. As many as 4,200 rooms were booked in 42 hotels around the Majestic Railway Station.

“We have reserved 90 hotels in and around the railway station. These are for institutional quarantine. The passengers willing to stay in these hotels will have to bear the cost. Separate arrangements have been made for those who don’t wish to stay in hotels,” the Deputy Commissioner of Bengaluru Urban district G L Shivamurthy said in a video message.

He made it clear that everyone coming to Bengaluru will have to compulsorily remain quarantined for 14 days and undergo COVID-19 medical tests.

General public was not allowed to enter the railway station area.

Filed Under: bangalore

China to test all Wuhan residents as city reports fresh coronavirus infections

May 13, 2020 by Nasheman

A cluster of six new cases was recently found in one part of the city, the first local infections the government has reported in Wuhan since before the lockdown was eased in early April.

BANGKOK: Authorities in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic began were moving forward Wednesday with efforts to test all 11 million residents for the virus within 10 days after a handful of fresh infections were found there.

The US government’s top infectious disease expert, meanwhile, issued a blunt warning that cities and states could see more COVID-19 deaths and economic damage if they lift stay-at-home orders too quickly — a sharp contrast to President Donald Trump, who is pushing to right a free-falling economy.

“There is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you may not be able to control,” Dr. Anthony Fauci warned a Senate committee and the nation Tuesday as more than two dozen states have begun to lift their lockdowns.

China, the first nation to put a large number of its citizens under lockdown and the first to ease those restrictions, has been strictly guarding against any resurgence.

District health commissions and neighborhood committees in the city of Wuhan have been told to develop a plan to test all residents in their jurisdictions, local media reports said. The directive also said the testing should focus on the elderly, densely populated areas and places with mobile populations.

A person who answered the mayor’s hotline in Wuhan on Wednesday said local districts had been given 10 days to carry out the tests. The official declined to give his name because she was not authorized to speak to reporters.

The first cases of the new coronavirus were found in Wuhan in December, and by the end of January the government had placed the entire city and the surrounding region, home to more than 50 million people, under a strict lockdown.

A cluster of six new cases was recently found in one part of the city, the first local infections the government has reported in Wuhan since before the lockdown was eased in early April.

It wasn’t clear how many people would actually still need to be tested, as one expert at Wuhan University told the Global Times newspaper that up to 5 million residents of Wuhan have already been tested since the outbreak began.

Worldwide, the virus has infected more than 4.2 million people and killed over 291,000 — with more than 82,000 deaths in the US alone, the world’s highest toll. Experts say the actual numbers are likely far higher.

Filed Under: World

More returnees from Delhi, Gujarat and Maharashtra turn COVID-19 positive in Bihar

May 13, 2020 by Nasheman

According to official data, 55 migrant labourers infected with the COVID-19 have returned from New Delhi between May 4 and May 12 by trains to Bihar.

After a month, migrant workers return to Bihar. (Photo| EPS/ Ranjit K Dey)

PATNA: In the past nine days, the number of migrant labourers turning positive for COVID-19 is higher for retuness from New Delhi, Gujarat and Maharashtra in Bihar.

With the mass return of migrant workers by the special trains, the health department prepared for data for the period of May 4 to May 12 till 10 am.

The data has been prepared first nine days after the positive cases started getting reported from rural areas in particular w.r.t return of migrant workers by trains.

According to official data, 55 migrant labourers infected with the COVID-19 have returned from New Delhi between May 4 and May 12 by trains to Bihar.

Gujarat followed New Delhi with 46 migrant workers infected positive with COVID-19.

After Gujarat has been followed by Maharashtra from where 44 migrants have returned carrying COVID-19 infection. Out of the 44, two of them, aged about 60 and 45, were among the six positive patients who have died so far in the state.

The neighbouring state West Bengal stands as the fourth state from where 16 migrant labourers have returned carrying infection including a group of six in Samastipur.

Compared to West Bengal, another neighbouring state Uttar Pradesh repatriated only 11 migrant labourers infected with COVID-19 followed by six from Rajasthan,3 from Telangana, 3 from Haryana and 1 from Kerala and 1 from Jharkhand.

Among all the 190 COVID-19 positive cases, infection trails of four migrants are still not being ascertained as to from where or whom they have been infected with.

Among Bihar’s 37 affected districts, Begusarai has witnessed the highest number of 26 COVID- 19 positive migrant labourers followed by 15 in Nalanda, 13 in each Bhagalpur and Munger, 11 in Saharsa, 10 in Khagaria, 8 in Samastipur, 7  each in Sheikhpura, Darbhanga and Madhepura, 6 each in Muzaffarpur and Arwal and rest in other districts.

Principal Secretary of Health Department, Sanjay Kumar said that all these migrants have been placed under institutional quarantine centers across the concerned areas. He said that the total count of Covid-19 positive reached 830 on Tuesday with 52 fresh cases reported positive.

Filed Under: India

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