Coronavirus India Updates: Cases Near 82,000 As Details For Lockdown 4.0 Awaited
Total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in India crossed 81,000 with over 2,600 dead, with just two days left for the third lockdown to end.
India added nearly 4,000 new Covid-19 cases over 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry’s 8:00 a.m. update on May 15. The total number of cases in India stands at 78,003. This includes 27,920 people who’ve recovered and 2,649 deaths. The ministry said that 70 percent of all deaths so far have been because of comorbidity.
Authorities have now reported more than 3,500 fresh cases for five straight days.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on May 12 announced a lockdown 4.0 which will be substantially different from the ones seen from March 24. Details of this lockdown, however, are still awaited.
Modi had previously asked all state chief ministers to submit a plan on how to reopen their states, and mentioned in his speech on Tuesday that details of the latest lockdown will be revealed before May 18.
Global Update
U.S. cases rose 1.6 percent from the day before to 1.4 million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News. That was below the average daily increase of 1.8 percent over the past week. Deaths rose to 85,066. Italy registered an increase of new cases and the most daily fatalities in seven days on Thursday, as the government prepares to further ease a lockdown starting May 18, with shops as well as bars and restaurants expected to reopen on a regional basis.
There have been more than 4.4 million conformed coronavirus cases across the world and deaths have topped 3,01,000.
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India Total Cases Approach 82,000-Mark, More Than 51,000 Active
Total conformed coronavrius cases in India rose to 81970 as of 8 a.m. today, according to the data made available by the Health Ministry. Active cases breached the 50,000-mark for the first time, no standing at 51401.
- Cured/discharged/migrated: 27920
- Deaths: 2649
Authorities reported 3967 new cases, 100 deaths and 1685 recoveries in the 24 hours preceding the 8 a.m. update.
Post-Lockdown Flights: Cabin Crew Attire To Have Face Shield, Gown And Mask
Cabin crew members of Indian airlines will have personal protective equipment like face shields, gowns and masks as part of their attire on commercial passenger flights when they resume operations, industry sources said.
India is under a lockdown since March 25 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, and all scheduled commercial passenger flights remain suspended.
Airlines such as IndiGo, Air India, Vistara and AirAsia India have decided to go with the new attire to ensure safety of cabin crew members as they are in close proximity to passengers during flights, the sources said.
This would be similar to the attire unveiled by Philippines AirAsia for its cabin crew on April 27. The attire comprise a red-coloured full body suit consisting of a face shield and a face mask.
"While AirAsia India will have face shields, masks, gowns, aprons and gloves as a part of their PPE attire for cabin crew members, Vistara would have a lap gown, face mask and face shield as the new dress code," a source said.
Source: PTI