Migrants come reach Lucknow’s Charbagh Railway station from Nagpur on Monday.
Coronavirus (Covid-19) Tracker India LIVE updates: A total number of 1,074 coronavirus patients were cured and discharged in the last 24 hours, achieving a new milestone of highest number of recoveries in a day so far. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in its routine presser on Monday said, the total number of recoveries now stands at 11,761 and the recovery rate at 27.52%. The number of cases saw a jump of 2,553 to stand at 42,835. Of these, 29,685 are active and 1,389 deaths.
Meanwhile, the second extension of nationwide lockdown with some relaxations in green and orange zones came into effect from today. Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that the party’s State Congress Committees will bear the ticket expense of the train journey of migrant workers who are being sent back to their homes by various states. “This will be the Indian National Congress’ humble contribution in service of our compatriots and to stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with them,” her letter read. Sonia’s letter comes a day after the railways ordered the states to collect train ticket cost from the migrants. In its guidelines published Saturday, Railways said it would hand over the tickets to the originating states and the state would “collect the ticket fare” and hand them over to Railways.
Global coronavirus cases surpassed 3.5 million on Monday, with deaths nearing a quarter of a million, although the rate of fatalities and new cases has slowed from peaks reached last month
Migrants inside a train in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra. (Express Photo by Deepak Joshi)
Vadodara Covid-19 tally crossed 400-mark
The Khans are the high-flying superstars of Indian Airlines Colony in Begumpet, Hyderabad. Even as the entire nation grapples with the novel coronavirus pandemic amid a nationwide lockdown, the Khans are at the forefront of fighting COVID-19, as a family.
On May 3, after several weeks, the three doctors in the Khan family were at home together after a felicitation ceremony where they were showered with rose petals by residents of their colony. “They are the real heroes. They are doing a great job, fighting COVID from the forefront. Right from the Prime Minister, everyone appreciates their work,” says Gopal Giridhar, a colony resident. Read this COVID-19 story of strength here
Kerala on Monday recorded highest number of recoveries in a day. A total of 61 people tested negative in the last 24 hours, taking the number of active cases from 95 down to 34. To add the cherry on the cake, there are no new positive cases of Covid in the state
Gujarat: Restive migrants demanding to go home clashed with the police in Palsana area of Surat on Monday. Even as five Shramik Special trains were leaving from Surat — three for Odisha and one each for Jharkhand and Bihar, a huge number of the migrants still await their turn (Express photos: Hanif Malik)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi releases a video where she reiterated that her party will bear the ticket expense of the train journey of migrant workers who are being sent back to their homes by various states. In a statement earlier in the day, she had said, “This will be the Indian National Congress’ humble contribution in service of our compatriots and to stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with them."
"Infectious disease spread is a geometric progression. Doubling time is up from 3.4 to 12 days. Lockdown is yielding results. We need to see how to go about easing, said Lav Agarwal, JS, MoHFW. He added central government or railways never said anything about charging the migrantworkers for sending them home. "GoI bearing 85% costs, 15% to be borne by states," he added.
"In the 112 aspirational districts where 22% India stays, there have been just 2% cases," said Amitabh Kant, chairman empowered group 6. Stating that around 90 million people have so far downloaded Aarogya Setu so far, he added that a feature phone version of Aarogya Setu App will be out soon.
India transitioning into new normal. Citizens need to be careful that any district which has not had a case will need to have containment zones even if there is one case, said Lav Agarwal JS
Ministry of Home Affairs asked states to ensure that there are no issues in inter-state cargo movement. MHA Control Room Number 1930 and NHAI helpline number 1033 might be used by drivers/transporters to lodge any complaint pertaining to lockdown
Government presser on coronavirus underway.
Driver of an escort vehicle accompanying Centre's IMCT team in West Bengal has tested positive for Covid-19. The driver belongs to the BSF.
A wine shop in Powai, an upscale neighbourhood in central Mumbai, saw considerable chaos outside it on Day 1 of relaxed lockdown. When asked, aren’t you scared of catching the infection, a customer said, “Kaika dar bhai, corona ka illaj iss dukan main hai! (Scared of what? This shop has the treatment for corona!)'
A 57-year-old assistant sub inspector with Pune City Police, who was infected with COVID-19, died while undergoing treatment on Monday afternoon. This is the first case of death of a police personnel due to COVID-19 in Pune city and fourth in Maharashtra state. Joint commissioner of Police Ravindra Shisave confirmed that an assistant sub inspector attached with a police station in the central area of the city died at a private hospital in Pune around 1 pm.
The deceased was among the 12 cops who had tested positive for COVID-19. Most of them are attached with the same police station. All police staff of the police station in central area were quarantined after this..
Confirming that it has received approval for serology blood test for detection of the antibody (IgG), medical device company Abbott has said in a statement that it will begin shipping to India by month end. Detecting these IgG antibodies would help determine if a person was previously infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, it has claimed.
Vehiclular movements were high in Chennai as the city experienced first day of relaxed lockdown.(Express Photos)
Pune District Collector has now allowed liquor shops located outside containment areas to open. Earlier in the day, hundreds of tipplers in Pune district returned home disappointed with no formal order coming from the district administration on reopening of stores despite Maharashtra government allowing the sale of alcohol. Buoyed by the news of the opening of liquor shops almost six weeks after their closure on March 20, hundreds of tipplers had queued outside several wine shops in the city since early morning. However, the wine shops (which generally open at 10 am) remained closed with, in some places, owners showing up to tell the gathered prospective customers that they were unable to open the shop until they receive a written order from the District Collector via the State Excise Department.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he had decided to extend the country's national state of emergency to May 31. Abe will consider lifting the state of emergency without waiting for its May 31 expiration if experts decide that is possible based on detailed analysis of regional infection trends, he said at the start of a meeting of the government's coronavirus task force.
Hundreds of tipplers in Pune district had to return home disappointed on Monday with no formal order coming from the district administration on reopening of stores despite Maharashtra government allowing the sale of alcohol.
Buoyed by the news of the opening of liquor shops almost six weeks after their closure on March 20, hundreds of tipplers had queued outside several wine shops in the city since early morning. However, the wine shops (which generally open at 10 am) remained closed with, in some places, owners showing up to tell the gathered prospective customers that they were unable to open the shop until they receive a written order from the District Collector via the State Excise Department.
“We are hoping that the order will come today. But it hasn’t yet been issued and until that happens we will not be able to up the shutters,” said Pravin Agarwal, a manager at A Zone Wine Shop on Bhandarkar Road where over 150 customers had queued up on Monday morning.
The country’s manufacturing sector activity witnessed unprecedented contraction in April amid national lockdown restrictions, following which new business orders collapsed at a record pace and firms sharply reduced their staff numbers, a monthly survey said on Monday.
The headline seasonally adjusted IHS Markit India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 27.4 in April, from 51.8 in March, reflecting the sharpest deterioration in business conditions across the sector since data collection began over 15 years ago. The index slipped into contraction mode, after remaining in the growth territory for 32 consecutive months.