Corona Virus (COVID-19) - Discussion Thread

Coronavirus Outbreak: BMC Seals Buildings Next To Patients’ Residences

Civic body faces flak for doing this despite SOP stating no need to close other structures

https://www.mid-day.com/articles/coronavirus-ou...

India partially lifts ban on hydroxychloroquine

https://news.rediff.com/commentary/2020/apr/07/...

Seems like China was planning in November to release the virus
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1246224...

Lockdown lifted in Wuhan
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/world/asia/w...

Coronavirus Positive cases get past 5000 in India, 165 deaths
India now in Top 25 Countries affected by Coronavirus.
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/coronavirus...

INDIA Covid-19 Datewise Position in World

11th March 20 : In Top 150
21st March 20 : In Top 100
28th March 20 : In Top 50
07th April 20 : In Top 25

Source :
https://www.worldometers.info/corona...s/

There is possibility that coronavirus can hide in cells and reactivate later.

51 recovered and released patients from the city of Daegu, South Korea have tested positive again for coronavirus.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11340989/fears-co...

Look at this – https://twitter.com/jenniferatntd/status/124752...

death toll nears 200-mark, new 26 deaths reported.
Pune alone has reported 10 deaths in last 24 hours
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/coron...

Lockdown Likely To Be Extended, PM Modi Suggests At All-Party Meeting.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-pm-...

*9 April 2020

Experience of a Corona patient – https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=101...

SRPF to ensure lockdown discipline in Mumbai

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said the State Reserve Police Force needs to be deployed in congested areas of Mumbai to ensure strict implementation of the ongoing lockdown and prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Tope said the containment strategy was discussed in the cabinet meeting where ministers stressed the need to deploy SRPF personnel in congested areas of the metropolis as part of measures to halt the march of coronavirus.

“All ministers stressed the need to enforce strict lockdown and deploy SRPF as there is no option. Similarly, surveillance of crowds through drone technology was also necessary apart from installing CCTVs,” he said.

He said public toilets in Dharavi, a COVID-19 hotspot, will be sanitised and cleaned every one or two hours as part of efforts to stop the virus spread.

The total number of positive cases in the state stood at 1,346 as of now.

Of these Mumbai has 746 patients, which is 50 per cent of the total, Tope said.

“This is a cause of worry,” he added.

The sprawling slum colony of Dharavi has so far reported 17 COVID-19 cases and three deaths. — PTI

https://news.rediff.com/commentary/2020/apr/09/...

Death toll crosses 200. More than 800 new cases today, incl 229 from Mah, 96 from TN, 80 from Raj, 76 from Guj and 70 from MP.

US had yesterday lowered the estimated death count based on scientific models. Has any Indian agency come up with a similar model to predict cases & death related to Corona?

https://www.covidchart...m/

Store shelves running out of ready-to-eat food

https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/coronavirus...

After trader tests positive, Mumbai APMC to shut down

https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/coronavirus...

ITALIAN MEDIA REPORTING EXTENSION OF LOCK DOWN UNTIL MAY 3

CHINA’S 204 AUTO MANUFACTURING BASES REPORTED PRODUCTION RESUMPTION RATE OF 99.5%, WITH 86% OF WORKERS HAVING RETURNED TO THEIR POSTS: CHINA ASSOCIATION OF AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS

INDIA IS IN FINAL STAGES OF FRAMING PROTOCOL FOR CONDUCTING CLINICAL TRIAL FOR CONVALESCENT PLASMA THERAPY, WHICH USES ANTIBODIES FROM BLOOD OF CURED PATIENTS, TO TREAT SEVERELY-ILL COVID-19 PATIENTS: SENIOR ICMR OFFICIAL

Two nurses from Dadar hospital test positive for Covid-19
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai...

Compared to yesterday, today seems far better to me, as of now…106 reported cases & only 3 deaths so far today….

WHO changes Transmission Classification (India) From “Community/Local Transmission” to “Cluster of Cases”
Wonder on what basis they did that (Initial and the new updated now)

https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronav...

My dear friends, stop dreaming, it will keep getting worse. You may see the fall for a day or two but it will keep rising. Epidemic follows logarithms. As Delhi will do random testing, surprises await us.

Lockdown to be extended till April 30

According to highly placed sources in the government, the 3-week national lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which ends on April 14, will be extended for another two weeks, till the end of April. *

But it will not be business as usual on May 1, the government is clear in its mind. *

What is being considered by the government is a staggered lifting of the lockdown, with no place collecting more than 50% of its capacity, the sources said. *

According to a tentative calendar of lifting of the lockdown before the government, religious places will be the first to reopen, on May 5. *

Fruits and vegetable markets will be allowed to open from May 7, but on alternate days. *

Malls, cinema halls and wedding halls are expected to open in the third week of May, while educational institutions will reopen in the end of May.
Trains and domestic flights are expected to resume on May 15. *

International flights, however, will have a longer wait — July 30 is the date being considered, and a final decision will be taken after gauging if the world has been able to overcome the coronavirus threat or not. *

According to sources in the government, this is the tentative plan before the Prime Minister’s Office and sums up the essence of what various experts groups have proposed. *

While a final call will be taken by the Union Cabinet and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Centre is keen to give chief ministers the freedom to decide on the schedule as per their own compulsions. *

This calendar is expected to be discussed in the PM’s video-conference with the CMs tomorrow, following which Prime Minister Modi may address the nation on Sunday, April 12.

https://news.rediff.com/commentary/2020/apr/10/...

India sees record spike of 896 COVID-19 cases, 37 deaths in 24 hrs

The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 206 and the number of cases in the country climbed to 6,761 on Friday, a record spike of 896 cases and 37 deaths in 24 hours since Thursday evening, according to the Union Health Ministry.

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Supermarket staff booked for racial discrimination, Kiren Rijiju appreciates Telangana cops

https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/coronavirus...

APMC promises supply despite market closures

https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/coronavirus...

People who test negative might also have coronavirus, warn scientists.

https://www.livemint.com/news/world/people-who-...
https://www.thestatesman.com/coronavirus/many-p...

Brace for shortages, price hikes

https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/opinion/col...

Is this true? – https://www.instagram.com/p/B-xFc9BF4A6/?igshid...

Arvind Gunasekar (@arvindgunasekar) Tweeted:
Out of 39 domestic suppliers with whom Govt had signed orders for supply of 70 Lakhs PPEs,only 5 orders were placed before lockdown.
Rest 34 orders are post March 24,of these,24 post April 1.
Delay in placing orders + lockdown, resulting in meagre supply..less than 1%

More @ ndtv https://t.co/sxtO...rM
https://twitter.com/arvindgunasekar/status/1248...