Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from Hyderabad.
* 11:08am Andhra Pradesh reports two more Covid-19 deaths and 14 new cases; total number of positive cases in the state go up to 266.
* To avoid the recurrence of attacks on doctors and medical staff attending to Covid-19 suspects and patients, DGP M Mahendar Reddy instructed all the superintendents of police and commissioners to create WhatsApp groups locally with police and medical staff as members, so that coordination and communication can be improved.
* Despite their hands being tied down with lockdown duties, the Cyberabad police are playing the Good Samaritan role to the hilt by assisting those needing medical help. The Cyberabad police have provided help to two pregnant women, a cancer patient and other citizens in need of medical assistance.
* As many as 83 teams were pressed into action at Ramswamy Compound in Secunderabad’s Gandhinagar on Sunday following the death of a person due to coronavirus on April 3. Each team consisted of an auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM), entomology staff, sanitation worker and Asha workers. For every 10 teams, a Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) staff member has been appointed to monitor the operations.
* Police have cordoned off four localities in Parigi town and started shifting direct contacts of a madrassa teacher, who tested positive for Covid-19. The person had participated in a religious meet at Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi in March. In Hyderabad, police have cordoned off three areas in Alwal after three persons tested positive for Covid-19.
* Andhra Pradesh on Sunday recorded 60 fresh cases of Covid-19, taking the total number of cases in the state to 252. It took just five days for the state to surge past the 250 mark from 44 cases on March.
* Telangana on Sunday reported 62 new cases of coronavirus cases, taking the Covid-19 count to 334, even as authorities grappled to stop the spread of the virus across the state. The health department appealed to the people who had gone to the Tablighi Jamaat meet in Delhi or their close contacts to come forward for tests as sources said most of the new cases were patients, who had gone for the congregation in mid-March.
* Doctors treating coronavirus patients may soon get relief as the state government is contemplating providing them accommodation in nearby hotels on the lines of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s move.
* Authorities are awaiting test results of four migrant workers from Bihar, tenants of a 55-year-old grocery store owner from Chegur who died of Covid-19 at Osmania General Hospital on April 1.
* Residents of the city answered Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to show solidarity with the nation’s fight against coronavirus by bursting crackers and lighting huge bonfires. Some people even took out mashaal juloos (flambeau) in their colonies, defying social distancing and lockdown norms.
* The Covid-19 patients admitted at Government General and Chest Hospital have said that they are not being provided with adequate and nutritious food. According to a patient, only rice, dal, curry and curd is being served to them and a lack of fruits, eggs as well as dry fruits has turned them malnourished in 14 days.
* Police officials in Jammalamadugu, Kadapa arrested thirty people for defying the nationwide lockdown and congregating for Sunday mass at the CSI Church in town.
* As the numbers of Covid-19 cases have seen a significant rise in the Telangana in the last few days, health department officials and infectious disease control experts say that people must keep their movement outside the house minimal and use at least a simple mask while venturing out.
* Andhra Pradesh police cracked down on a Palm Sunday gathering at a church at Rayavaram in East Godavari district. The pastor was taken into custody for allowing 150 people to gather for the Holy Week prayers.
* 11:08am Andhra Pradesh reports two more Covid-19 deaths and 14 new cases; total number of positive cases in the state go up to 266.
* To avoid the recurrence of attacks on doctors and medical staff attending to Covid-19 suspects and patients, DGP M Mahendar Reddy instructed all the superintendents of police and commissioners to create WhatsApp groups locally with police and medical staff as members, so that coordination and communication can be improved.
* Despite their hands being tied down with lockdown duties, the Cyberabad police are playing the Good Samaritan role to the hilt by assisting those needing medical help. The Cyberabad police have provided help to two pregnant women, a cancer patient and other citizens in need of medical assistance.
* As many as 83 teams were pressed into action at Ramswamy Compound in Secunderabad’s Gandhinagar on Sunday following the death of a person due to coronavirus on April 3. Each team consisted of an auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM), entomology staff, sanitation worker and Asha workers. For every 10 teams, a Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) staff member has been appointed to monitor the operations.
* Police have cordoned off four localities in Parigi town and started shifting direct contacts of a madrassa teacher, who tested positive for Covid-19. The person had participated in a religious meet at Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi in March. In Hyderabad, police have cordoned off three areas in Alwal after three persons tested positive for Covid-19.
* Andhra Pradesh on Sunday recorded 60 fresh cases of Covid-19, taking the total number of cases in the state to 252. It took just five days for the state to surge past the 250 mark from 44 cases on March.
* Telangana on Sunday reported 62 new cases of coronavirus cases, taking the Covid-19 count to 334, even as authorities grappled to stop the spread of the virus across the state. The health department appealed to the people who had gone to the Tablighi Jamaat meet in Delhi or their close contacts to come forward for tests as sources said most of the new cases were patients, who had gone for the congregation in mid-March.
* Doctors treating coronavirus patients may soon get relief as the state government is contemplating providing them accommodation in nearby hotels on the lines of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s move.
* Authorities are awaiting test results of four migrant workers from Bihar, tenants of a 55-year-old grocery store owner from Chegur who died of Covid-19 at Osmania General Hospital on April 1.
* Residents of the city answered Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to show solidarity with the nation’s fight against coronavirus by bursting crackers and lighting huge bonfires. Some people even took out mashaal juloos (flambeau) in their colonies, defying social distancing and lockdown norms.
* The Covid-19 patients admitted at Government General and Chest Hospital have said that they are not being provided with adequate and nutritious food. According to a patient, only rice, dal, curry and curd is being served to them and a lack of fruits, eggs as well as dry fruits has turned them malnourished in 14 days.
* Police officials in Jammalamadugu, Kadapa arrested thirty people for defying the nationwide lockdown and congregating for Sunday mass at the CSI Church in town.
* As the numbers of Covid-19 cases have seen a significant rise in the Telangana in the last few days, health department officials and infectious disease control experts say that people must keep their movement outside the house minimal and use at least a simple mask while venturing out.
* Andhra Pradesh police cracked down on a Palm Sunday gathering at a church at Rayavaram in East Godavari district. The pastor was taken into custody for allowing 150 people to gather for the Holy Week prayers.
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