The West Bengal government has allowed government and private buses to run
Coronavirus India News Live Updates: Coronavirus infections neared the 2 lakh-mark on Tuesday. Of the 1,98,706 infections, 97,581 are active cases, while 5598 deaths have been reported. Over 95,000 patients have been discharged. India is currently on the 7th spot on the global list of countries worst-hit by Covid-19.
India’s top drug regulatory body on Monday approved the use of the antiviral medication remdesivir for the treatment of suspected or laboratory-confirmed cases of Covid-19 in adults and children hospitalised “with severe disease”, The Indian Express has learnt. Remdesivir is one of the most closely watched drugs in the global clinical trials to find a cure for Covid-19.
Even as multiple countries including India are easing curbs, WHO experts said there was no evidence to support an assertion by a high profile Italian doctor that the coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic has been losing potency. There is no data to show the new coronavirus is changing significantly, either in its form of transmission or in the severity of the disease it causes, they said.
Globally, over 6.2 million cases have been reported, while 3.75 lakh people have succumbed to the infection. The United States continues to be the worst-affected nation.
As relaxations under Unlock 1.0 were announced in Gujarat, state transport buses started their operations on Monday.
Delhi-Noida border saw huge traffic on Monday.
Coronavirus infections neared the 2 lakh-mark on Tuesday. Of the 1,98,706 infections, 97,581 are active cases, while 5598 deaths have been reported. Over 95,000 patients have been discharged. India is currently on the 7th spot on the global list of countries worst-hit by Covid-19.
As relaxations come into effect, people arrive at Ghazipur fruit and vegetable market to make purchases
World Health Organization experts and a range of other scientists said on Monday there was no evidence to support an assertion by a high profile Italian doctor that the coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic has been losing potency. Professor Alberto Zangrillo, head of intensive care at Italy's San Raffaele Hospital in Lombardy, which bore the brunt of Italy's COVID-19 epidemic, on Sunday told state television that the new coronavirus "clinically no longer exists". But WHO epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove, as well as several other experts on viruses and infectious diseases, said Zangrillo's comments were not supported by scientific evidence. There is no data to show the new coronavirus is changing significantly, either in its form of transmission or in the severity of the disease it causes, they said.
An ICMR research attempts to capture a holistic picture of the pandemic with three socio-psychological studies – on healthcare workers, stigma in the public, and psychological effects of the lockdown. The qualitative and quantitative “stigma projects” were approved after incidents of attacks on healthcare workers, marginalisation of returning migrants, and suicides of those awaiting test results.
As the migrant exodus from urban centres continues towards rural areas within Maharashtra too, 17 districts that had zero or very few cases are witnessing a sudden spike in Covid-19 cases. The Indian Express spoke to authorities in 35 districts in Maharashtra between May 29 and May 31, and found that in 17 districts more than half the Covid-19 patients are returning migrant workers, who came back home in the last one month, travelling by train, trucks or lorries. Maharashtra has 70,013 Covid-19 cases, 35.7 per cent of India’s burden. In four districts, the entire Covid-19 load is of migrants. Read more here
India’s top drug regulatory body on Monday approved the use of the antiviral medication remdesivir for the treatment of suspected or laboratory-confirmed cases of Covid-19 in adults and children hospitalised “with severe disease”, The Indian Express has learnt.
Remdesivir is one of the most closely watched drugs in the global clinical trials to find a cure for Covid-19. The injectable medicine was approved by Drugs Controller General of India Dr V G Somani for administration as part of a maximum five-day regimen, sources said.
The drug, manufactured by the American biopharma giant Gilead Sciences, will be imported by Mumbai-based Klinera Global Services from the manufacturing sites of Gilead, Jubilant HollisterStier and Patheon Manufacturing Services in the United States, the sources said. Read more
A BJP MLA is among the 417 who tested positive on Monday, taking the state total to 17,237.
Naroda’s BJP MLA Balram Thawani tested positive for coronavirus on Monday, said BJP spokesperson Bharat Pandya. He is the third MLA after Jamalpur Khadia Congress MLA Imran Khedawala and Nikol BJP MLA Jagdish Panchal to have tested positive. Read more here
The Bombay High Court has directed the state government and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to file their replies to a plea filed by BJP MLA Ashish Shelar, seeking various reliefs including urgent financial package for farmers and daily wage workers and special task force for e-learning of school students across state, among others. Read more here
District Magistrates have been directed by the Delhi government to identify multipurpose halls, banquet halls and indoor stadiums that can be used to set up beds for Covid patients, and scout for additional land for creating cremation and burial grounds in view of rising coronavirus cases in the city. The directions were conveyed by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) to all 11 DMs on Monday. They have been asked to respond by 4 pm on June 3, treating the directions on “top-most priority”.
The city recorded 990 fresh cases on Monday, taking the total number of cases to 20,834. The state health department updated 50 more deaths, with 12 being reported in the last 24 hours. The death toll in the city is 523.
“As you are aware that in view of increasing number of Covid-19 patients in Delhi, it is imperative to plan in advance for enhancing capacity of patient beds and also to identify additional cremation/burial grounds,” stated the communication signed by DDMA Additional CEO Rajesh Goyal. Read more
The number of Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra crossed 70,000 on Monday with 2,361 fresh cases while Mumbai surpassed the 41,000 mark with 1,413 new cases. Across the state, over 30,000 patients have recovered and been discharged so far. The recovery rate has improved from 12.9 per cent in March-end to 16.8 per cent in April-end, and 43 per cent by June 1. Read more here
With some of the housing societies in Mumbai refusing to allow private doctors to open their clinics in society premises, the Shiv Sena has decided to make available their shakhas or offices to these medical practitioners so that they can treat patients with ailments other than Covid-19.
Sources in the party said that the issue was discussed in a meeting with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray last week. Uddhav had instructed that Shiv Sena shakhas be converted into clinics wherever possible. Sena has 227 such offices across Mumbai. Read more here
Over the last six days, a police constable posted at Cuffe Parade police station has been helping sick people reach hospitals in a friend’s Omni van repurposed as an ambulance.
Wearing a transparent raincoat, gloves and a face shield – as he is unable to afford a PPE kit – Tejas Sonawane started this free of cost service on Wednesday. So far, he has helped six patients, including a senior citizen and a pregnant woman, reach hospital. Read more here
With a 46-year-old man testing positive in Hamirpur on Monday, the number of active cases in the district rose to 81 against 213 in Himachal Pradesh, Special Secretary (Health) Nipun Jindal said. Over 38 per cent active cases of COVID-19 in the state are in Hamirpur district alone, officials said. The number of total cases in Hamirpur stands at 112 against 340 in the state, they said. While 30 COVID-19 patients recovered so far, one succumbed to the virus in the district, deputy commissioner Harikesh Meena said. PTI