***CORONA VIRUS UPDATES***

[Kool_SRG]

Mumbai doctors give free guidance amid outbreak

A group of Mumbai doctors headed by Dr Tushar Shah started a voluntary group to provide telephonic guidance with respect to COVID-19, with the aim of avoiding people from rushing to hospitals, thus coming in contact with confirmed cases.

The free service will also guide people to the correct medical facility if a person needs testing for the virus or treatment and give them advice regarding hygiene, self-isolation and other safety procedures. 

These are the time slots of volunteer doctors:

8 am to 12 noon - 

Dr Tushar Shah.   9321469911
Dr M Bhatt.           9320407074
Dr D Doshi.           9820237951
Dr D Rathod.         8879148679
Dr R Gwalani.        8779835257
Dr D Kansara.       8369846412

12 to 4 pm - 

Dr G Kamath.      9136575405
Dr S Manglik.       9820222384
Dr J Jain.             7021092685
Dr A Thakkar.      9321470745
Dr L Bhagat.        9820732570
Dr N Shah.           9821140656
Dr S Phanse.        8779328220
Dr J Shah.            9869031354

4 to 8 pm - 

Dr N Zaveri.        9321489748
Dr S Ansari.        7045720278
Dr L Kedia.          9321470560
Dr B Shukla.        9321489060
Dr S Halwai.        9867379346
Dr M Kotian.        8928650290

8 to 11 pm - 

Dr N Kumar.           8104605550
Dr P Bhargav.        9833887603
Dr R Chauhan.       9892135010
Dr B Kharat.           9969471815
Dr S Dhulekar.        9892139027
Dr S Pandit.           9422473277

[Kool_SRG]

Mumbai man passes away; death report shows pneumonia, high blood pressure

The death report of the man who passed away while being treated for COVID-19 at Mumbai's Kasturba Hospital showed that he suffered from high blood rpessure, pneumonia, inflammation of heart muscles and increased heart rate.

The man's death has taken the coronavirus toll in India to 3.

[Kool_SRG]

21-year-old football coach dies in Spain

A 21-year-old youth football coach has died in Malaga after contracting COVID-19, his club said. Francisco Garcia, a youth team coach of Spanish league second division side Atletico Portada Alta, was found to be suffering from leukemia after being rushed to a local hospital with severe COVID-19 symptoms.

"We want to express our deepest condolences to the family, friends and close friends of our coach Francisco Garcia who has left us, unfortunately. Now, what do we do without you, Francis?" the club, which played in La Liga 2, said.

Garcia has become the fifth and youngest victim of the illness in the region.

[Kool_SRG]

Mumbai: CM Uddhav Thackeray to decide on suspending local trains

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will take a crucial decision on suspending Mumbai's lifeline, the local train service for few days, as one of the measures of "Social Distancing" to prevent spread of CoviD-19. Health Minister Rajesh Tope said here on tuesday.

The matter will be discussed at the state cabinet meeting on tuesday afetrnoon as government is firm that corona virus must not be allowed to spread from "Phase II to Phase III" at any cost.

Besides Suburban Services, Metro Rail, Mono Rail & other modes of public transport which have a potential to virtually paralyse the country's commercial capacity.
 

@riashli

[Kool_SRG]

Section 144 imposed in Pimpri Chinchwad; non-essential services in Mumbai to function at 50 percent capacity

Section 144 was imposed in the Pimpri-Chinchwad area of Pune, with as many as 16 people in the city testing positive for COVID-19, a report said. Federation of Trade Association of Pune has decided to close the trade market and shops for next three days - 17,18 and 19 March. This will exclude the daily essentials and medicines shops.

Meanwhile, BMC Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi said that all non-essential service providing offices should function at only 50 percent staff capacity. Failure to obey the order shall be penalised under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code. Officials of the Food and Drug Administration along with Mumbai Police conducted a raid on a shop on Monday night and arrested one person for advertising one of its products as an effective measure to cure coronavirus.

[Kool_SRG]

V Muraleedharan tests negative

MoS External Affairs V Muraleedharan has tested negative for COVID-19. He had imposed self-quarantine after he reportedly come into contact with the doctor from Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology in Thiruvananthapuram who had tested positive for coronavirus on March 15. The minister had earlier attended a meeting in which the doctor too was present.

[johnydanylee]

4 hours ago, Kool_SRG said:

Cases rise in Jammu and Kashmir

One person, with travel history to Saudi Arabia, confirmed positive, taking the total positive cases in the union territory to three. The highest number of cases have been reported in Maharashtra (36), followed by 22 cases in Kerala and 12 in Uttar Pradesh.

 

 

Power of bleaching powder + paracetamol...

Foreigners kanna mundu vere states nunchi vache vallani isolate cheyyali

[Kool_SRG]

6 minutes ago, johnydanylee said:

Power of bleaching powder + paracetamol...

Foreigners kanna mundu vere states nunchi vache vallani isolate cheyyali

Ekkuva foreigners & foreign return indians are found to be positive cases...

[Kool_SRG]

Maharashtra shuts major temples, tourist attractions

Maharashtra ordered shut the Saibaba temple in Shirdi, Pandharpur's Vitthal Rakhumail temple and ISKCON Juhu. Earlier, Mumbai's Siddhivinayak and Babulnath temples and Pune's Dagdusheth Halwai temple were closed amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Additionally, Pune's Shaniwar Wada Fort and Sinhagad Fort and the Maharaj Bagh Zoo in Nagpur have been temporarily closed.

 

@r2d2     @Spartan

[Kool_SRG]

Compulsory quarantine for passengers from UAE, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait

The health ministry ordered the expanding of compulsory quarantine for a minimum period of 14 days for passengers coming from/transiting through UAE, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait. This will be in force till 31 March. The government has also imposed social distancing measures till 31 March

Henk Bekedam, WHO representative to India on meeting with ICMR, said, "We have very good research capacity in India and especially at ICMR and Dept of health research. They have been able to isolate the virus, now India will continue to be part of the research community."

 

[Kool_SRG]

Rich menu, books to read to make suspected COVID-19 patients comfortable

A rich menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner and supply of books are among steps taken to provide the comfort factor to 17 coronavirus suspect patients, isolated at the Government Medical College Hospital in Kerala.

A separate menu has been prepared for the 15 Indian patients - all Keralites - and the two U.K nationals, said Dr Ganesh Mohan, Resident Medical Officer of the hospital at Kalamassery. While the Indians are served dosa, sambar, two eggs, two oranges, tea and one litre mineral water at 7.30 AM, the Britishers are served toast, omelette without onions, soup and fruit juice.

Fruit juice is served for the Indians at 10.30 am before lunch at 12 noon, which comprise two chappatis, rice, fish fry, thoran (dish of sauteed vegetables) curry, curd and one litre mineral water. The foreign nationals are served pineapple juice at 11 am and toast cheese (if needed) and fruits for lunch at 12 noon.

At 3.30 pm, the Keralites are given tea, biscuits, banana fry and vada. Dinner at 7 pm includes appam, vegetable stew, two bananas and one litre mineral water. The UK nationals are given fruit juice at 4 pm and toasted bread, scrambled eggs and fruits for dinner.

[Kool_SRG]

ASI shuts 3,000 monuments, 200 museums

The Archaeolgical Survey of India has closed entry for visitors till 31 March at the 3,000 monuments and 200 museums under its ambit.

The Main Tibetan Temple (Tsuglagkhang) in McLeod Ganj will also remain closed till 15 April.

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[r2d2]

Good decision..

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Central Railway increases platform ticket prices from Rs 10 to Rs 50

The Central Railways has increased the price of platform tickets in the Mumbai, Pune, Solapur, and Bhusawal divisions from Rs 10 to Rs 50, the public relations officer (PRO) was quoted as saying by ANI on Tuesday. The move is with the aim to curb crowding on stations as authorities doubled down on efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus in the state.