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ALERT JAIPUR l SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2020 l Pages 12 l 3.00
COVID-19 UPDATE
RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 333
INDIA
WORLD
2,78,503 40,69,457 2,101 62,808 DEATHS
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DEATHS
CONFIRMED CASES
RAJASTHAN
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—PHOTO BY ANI Indian nationals arrive at Cochin International Airport.
1,333,374 262,783 ITALY 218,268 UK 215,260 RUSSIA 198,676 GERMANY 171,021 BRAZIL 148,670 TURKEY 137,115 IRAN 106,220 CHINA 82,887 CANADA 66,783
79,244 26,478 30,395 31,587 1,827 7,525 10,100 3,739 6,589 4,633 4,628
+629 +179 +194 +346 +104 +15 +108 +50 +48 +3 +59
WWW.WORLDOMETERS.INFO LAST UPDATED: MAY 9, 2020, 11:30 PM
IN RAJASTHAN DISTRICT
First India News
New Delhi/Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Crime Branch on Saturday detained four persons in connection with a fake tweet that claimed Union Home Minister Amit Shah was in ill health. A screenshot of the supposed tweet, which was widely shared on social media platforms such as WhatsApp on Friday workout and diet regimen and sources reveal that
night, shocked many, especially those close to the minister. Hours later, it was confirmed that the image was fake and that Shah had not, in fact, tweeted about his health on his personal twitter handle. Special Commissioner Ajay Tomar on Saturday said that the cyber cell of the Ahmedabad Crime Branch—which has been keeping a close watch on the BJP stalwart has lost a few pounds due to a step
social media platforms for rumor mongers—discovered that someone with the mobile number 9824257461 had created the fake image and shared it on WhatsApp. The Crime Branch has detained four persons for questioning—two each from Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar. A case has been registered under the Information Technology Act for Turn on P6 he has consciously taken for a more healthy life-
style. Fruits and vegetables form the basic of his diet, giving enough time to the physical well being as well through yoga and other practices. Over last few days, rumours had started doing rounds on social media that the Union Home Minister had not been keeping well, even as the 55-year-old leader had been updating his Twitter handle with various pictures showing him attending meetings wearing face masks and maintaining social distance amid coronavirus pandemic. Turn on P8
Two Indians arriving ‘Aarogya Setu a tool to help curb Corona’ from Gulf test positive New Delhi: Two Indians repatriated from the Gulf as part of an evacuation exercise to bring home Indians stranded abroad have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The two new patients, flown from Dubai and Abu Dhabi to Kozhikode and Kochi respectively, Turn on P6
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4 DETAINED OVER FAKE TWEET ON HM’S HEALTH
New Delhi: Aarogya Setu, the government’s mobile application developed to track COVID-19 patients, has emerged as a powerful tool to curb the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 as it helped alert authorities about more than 650 hotspots across the country and over 300 “emerging hotspots” which could have been missed otherwise.
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HOME MINISTER AMIT SHAH SAID FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS THERE HAVE BEEN RUMOURS ABOUT HIS HEALTH ON SOCIAL MEDIA. “SOME EVEN TWEETED PRAYING FOR MY DEATH,” HE SAID New Delhi: Nixing all rumours circulating around his health, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday, took to Twitter, while assuring all that he is healthy and has been working as the country fights coronavirus crisis. “I am completely healthy and am not suffering from any disease,” Shah tweeted in Hindi. In his post, the Home Minister said that he had noticed that over the past few days some people on social media had spread
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I AM PERFECTLY HEALTHY, DO NOT HAVE ANY DISEASE
rumours about his health. So much so, he said, that some had even tweeted praying for his death. “The country is right now fighting a global epidemic like corona and as the home minister of the country I keep busy and did not pay attention to all of this. When this came to my notice, I thought let all these people enjoy their imaginary thoughts and this is why I did not give any clarification,” Shah elaborated. If anything, Shah has been maintaining a strict
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Since its launch on April 2 this year, over 96 million people have registered with the Aarogya Setu health care application, which has become the fastest mobile app to reach 50 million users globally and will be one of the fastest entrant to the 100 million club. The Aarogya Setu has helped the government with its twin objective --
“whom to test” and “where to test more” in its battle against COVID-19. Speaking to ANI, Niti Ayog CEO Amitabh Kant
said: “For instance, in Maharashtra, the engine identified over 60 hotspots across 18 districts. Across the nation, the engine predicted about 130 hotspots at the sub-post office level between April 13 to April 20. Later, these forecasted hotspots were declared as ‘real hotspots’ by the Union Health Ministry some 3 to 17 days after being alerted by Aarogya Setu. Turn on P6
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AJMER 211 ALWAR 20 BANSWARA 66 BARAN 1 BARMER 4 BHARATPUR 116 BHILWARA 43 BIKANER 38 CHITTORGARH 136 CHURU 17 DAUSA 22 DHOLPUR 21 DUNGARPUR 9 HANUMANGARH 11 JAIPUR 1196 JAISALMER 35 JALORE 7 JHALAWAR 47 JHUNJHUNU 42 JODHPUR 862 KARAULI 5 KOTA 233 NAGAUR 119 PALI 60 PRATAPGARH 4 RAJSAMAND 15 SWAI MADHOPUR 10 SIKAR 9 SIROHI 3 TONK 136 UDAIPUR 103 OTHER DIST. 2 3603 TOTAL OTHER (Italy) 2 EVACUEES 61 BSF 42 GRAND TOTAL 3708 SAMPLE RECEIVED SAMPLE NEGATIVE
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4 1 — — — 2 2 1 2 1 — — — — 56 — — — — 17 1 10 2 — 1 — 1 2 — 1 — 2(UP) 106 — — — 106
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Gehlot thanks non-resident Rajasthanis for help amid Corona CM holds VC with Rajasthanis
from fifty nations across world Migrants laud state government’s efforts, offer help for jobs, education and village development Naresh Sharma Jaipur: “Twenty years back Rajasthan Foundation was constituted so that the state government can share a strong bond with migrants Rajasthan-
is. It is the commitment and continuous effort of Rajasthan Government that Rajasthanis living in different nations across the globe stay connected with their roots in Rajasthan,”
Chief Minister Ashok gehlot said on Saturday while holding a video conference with migrant Rajasthani. Stressing that Rajasthani language has a major role in bringing people from Rajasthan together in in foreign land, Gehlot assured that the state government is committed to develop the language and get it recognised. Talking to members of the community from
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during a video conference on Saturday where Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma, DB Gupta, Kuldeep Ranka, Subodh Agarwal, Rohit K Singh, Amit Dhaka were present.
over fifty countries, Gehlot said that global crisis has come in the past too but the Corona pandemic has shocked the world. “Rajasthanis living in nations across the world have helped the state and nation, a lot. For this all of them are to be lauded,” Gehlot said, assuring the people that any relative of theirs living in Rajasthan will be provided instant help amid Corona crisis if informed at any level.
Informing about the steps taken by state and union government to fight Corona, Gehlot said, “better work has been done in India as compared to other nations. That is why the situation is under control in the country. As compared to other states, Rajasthan took several steps within time as a result the infection rate here is less and recovery percent is more.” Turn on P6