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COVID-19 UPDATE
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INDIA
WORLD
2,61,703 37,80,522 1,785 52,559 DEATHS
CONFIRMED CASES
DEATHS
CONFIRMED CASES
TOTAL NEW DEATHS DEATHS
1,245,857 SPAIN 253,682 ITALY 214,457 UK 201,101 GERMANY 167,372 RUSSIA 165,929 TURKEY 131,744 BRAZIL 116,299 IRAN 101,650 CHINA 82,883 CANADA 63,375 BELGIUM 50,781
73,145 25,857 29,684 30,076 6,993 1,537 3,584 7,966 6,418 4,633 4,223 8,339
USA
RAJASTHAN
DEATHS
3,317
CONFIRMED CASES
RAJASTHAN SATARK HAI
GLOBAL STATE OF AFFAIRS COUNTRY TOTAL CASES
93
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Jaipur Police readies for flag march as dark clouds hover over the Badi Chaupar area in Walled City on Wednesday. The Corona Warriors in Rajasthan are fighting the pandemic with utmost grit. On Wednesday, plasma therapy treatment too was formally launched at SMS Medical College after it received permission from ICMR to treat 20 critical patients with this therapy. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
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IN RAJASTHAN DISTRICT
TOTAL CASES
AJMER 182 ALWAR 16 BANSWARA 66 BARAN 1 BARMER 3 BHARATPUR 116 BHILWARA 39 BIKANER 38 CHITTORGARH 100 CHURU 14 DAUSA 21 DHOLPUR 17 DUNGARPUR 7 HANUMANGARH 11 JAIPUR 1090 JAISALMER 35 JALORE 3 JHALAWAR 45 JHUNJHUNU 42 JODHPUR 812 KARAULI 4 KOTA 221 NAGAUR 119 PALI 40 PRATAPGARH 4 RAJSAMAND 6 SWAI MADHOPUR 9 SIKAR 8 TONK 136 UDAIPUR 15 OTHER DIST. 2 3224 TOTAL OTHER (Italy) 2 EVACUEES 61 BSF 30 GRAND TOTAL 3317 SAMPLE RECEIVED SAMPLE NEGATIVE
NEW TOTAL CASES DEATH
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WHAT AFTER MAY 17?: SONIA TO MODI Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday questioned the government over the criteria it adopted to judge how long the COVID-19-induced lockdown will continue. Addressing a meeting of chief ministers of states where the Congress is in power, she asked “what after May 17?” India has been under lockdown since March 25 to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The first and second phase of the lockdown was from March 25 to April 14 and April 15 to May 3, respectively. The third phase began from May 4 and would end on May 17. Former prime minister Manmo-
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Congress President Sonia Gandhi chaired a meeting with Congress party leaders via video conferencing, in New Delhi on Wednesday. —ANI
han Singh and former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi were part of the meeting held through video-conferencing. “After May 17th, What? and After May 17th, How?
AHMEDABAD SHUTS ALL SHOPS, EXCEPT MILK& MEDICINES FOR A WEEK Ahmedabad: All shops except those providing milk and medicines in Ahmedabad will remain closed in Ahmedabad till May 15 for effective implementation of social distancing and minimise crowding in order to reduce coronavirus spread. “All shops/parlours shall be closed except providing only milk and medicines,” said Mukesh Kumar, AMC Commissioner.
What criteria is GoI (government of India) using to judge how long the lockdown is to continue...,” Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala quoted Turn on P7
Corona cases cross 50K mark in India
Public transport to roll out soon: Min
New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,785 and the number of cases climbed to 52,559 in the country on Wednesday, registering an increase of 126 deaths and 2,958 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. Meanwhile, to bring citizens with feature phones and landlines under the protection of Aarogya Setu, an ‘Aarogya Setu Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS)’ has been implemented, the Ministry said. This service is available across the country. It is a toll-free service, where citizens are asked to give a missed call to the number 1921 and they will get a call back requesting for inputs regarding their health, Turn on P7
New Delhi: Public transport, which has been shut since the first lockdown announcement on March 24, may soon be in operation, roadways minister Nitin Gadkari assured transporters on Wednesday. Opening of transport and highways will go a long way in instilling confidence among the public, said the minister, adding that public transport may open soon with some guidelines. He, however, cautioned towards maintaining social distance and adopting all safety measures like hand wash, sanitising, face masks, etc while operating buses and cars. The minister was addressing the members of Bus and Car Operators Confederation of
HIZB’S DE FACTO CHIEF KILLED, PVT PHONES, MOBILE INTERNET IN VALLEY SUSPENDED Srinagar: Terror group Hizbul Mujahideen’s de facto chief Reyaz Naikoo, on the run for eight years, was killed on Wednesday by security forces in his village in Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. Anticipating a law and order problem, authorities suspended mobile telephone services of private operators and mobile internet services across the Valley. The gunning down of the Hizbul commander, a major breakthrough in the fight against terror, comes three days after 8 security personnel, were martyred in Handwara. P6
Nitin Gadkari
India through video conferencing. The nationwide lockdown, necessitated by the coronavirus outbreak, is in place till May 17. No railway, flight services are allowed in this period. However, the railways did run over 100 Shramik Special trains to ferry stranded migrants. Gadkari expressed confidence that the country and its industry will Turn on P7
RSS TO CONDUCT ‘SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEY’ OF MIGRANT LABOURERS
New Delhi: The RSS is conducting a “socio-economic survey” of migrant labourers to know their condition better and also find out whether they would like to remain in their villages or come back to cities for work once the COVID-19 situation normalises, its joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said on Wednesday. Interacting with foreign media via video conferencing, he said the Sangh is helping local administration in crowd management and providing food to migrant labourers. “We are also conducting a survey to know whether migrant labourers would like to stay in their villages or come back to cities for livelihood,” he said. When contacted, Hosabale told PTI that this is a “socio-economic” survey and the Sangh keeps on doing such surveys for a better understanding of the society.
State of State: Gehlot apprises Sonia of Centre’s non-cooperation! With 10k cr revenue deficit, Gehlot says PM apprised of situation, but no response from Centre Congress leaders appreciate Gehlot government’s decision to fight Corona CM asks state officials to ensure purchase of farm produce and distributing compensation to hail affected farmers
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Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during video conference where Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
New Delhi/ Jaipur: With only eleven more days left before lockdown 3.0 formally ends, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot apprised the Congress President Sonia Gandhi of the ‘state’ of state’s ‘health’ amid Corona times. Sonia held a video conference with senior Congress leaders including former PM Manmohan Singh, former party president Rahul Gandhi, P. Chidambaram, KC Venugopal
and Congress Chief Ministers on Wednesday. During the VC Gehlot presented the dismal situation the state was reeling under. “Unless the people and states do not get a financial package, how will the country progress. We have faced a loss of revenue worth ten thousand crore rupees and we are asked the Prime Minister repeatedly for a package, but we haven’t heard anything from the Central Government till now,”
Gehlot told the members. Interestingly, Gehlot’s concerns were shared equally by other Chief Ministers as well. Moreover, Gehlot also informed the members about his government’s initiatives in the fight against Corona and how the health department has managed to provide treatment to non-covid patients too. Speaking to First India about the meeting, AICC General secretary and Rajasthan Incharge Avinash Pande, Turn on P7