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  • The 33-year-old researcher, who had recently returned from Italy, is lodged at the state-run Capital Hospital here

    The 33-year-old researcher, who had recently returned from Italy, is lodged at the state-run Capital Hospital here. He is the first confirmed case of the deadly disease in the state after a test report on Monday last.

    Bagchi said that the youth “had a good breakfast this morning, he had upma and aloo matter sabzi. In lunch, he had rice, dal and curry. We are praying he gets better soon and comes back safe and sound.”

    Bagchi also stated out of 47 samples taken in the state, 46 have tested negative.

    He advised religious institutions such as temples, mosques, churches and gurdwaras to strictly adhere to social distancing measures and take necessary steps to restrict the entry of devotees.

    “Those institutions which cannot fulfil these guidelines need to make sure that worshippers do not come there and the institution needs to take care of the safety and security of the people who come for worship and rituals as well as law and order for people who are there,” Bagchi added.

    Bagchi pointed out that any pilgrim who visited a religious institution and touches any surface has to wash his/her hands with soap and added that anyone having flu-like symptoms with fever will not be allowed to these institutions.

    So far, the Odisha government has identified 6,323 buildings in panchayats to serve as temporary medical camps or quarantine if needed.

  • The total number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in the country has reached 169 after seven more were tested positive for Covid-19 in Telangana

    The total number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in the country has reached 169 after seven more were tested positive for Covid-19 in Telangana. All seven new cases are Indonesian nationals. Section 144 was imposed in Davangere in Karnataka, Noida in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases climbed by 28 on Wednesday.

    In Maharashtra, which has the highest number of positive coronavirus cases so far, three more persons, including a woman, tested positive for the Covid-19, taking the number of infections in the state to 45. Pune district’s count touched 19 on Wednesday after a 22-year-old man with travel history to the Philippines tested positive for the coronavirus in Pimpri-Chinchwad.

    Meanwhile, a suspected coronavirus patient has committed suicide at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi, soon after he was admitted to the facility by airport authorities. The man was brought by the airport authorities as a coronavirus suspect and was immediately put in the isolation ward. He forced open the isolation ward and jumped off the seventh floor of the building, the hospital authorities said.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on Thursday evening on the situation arising out of coronavirus outbreak and the efforts to combat it, the Prime Minister’s Office said on Wednesday.

    “PM Shri @narendramodi will address the nation on 19th March 2020 at 8 PM, during which he will talk about issues relating to COVID-19 and the efforts to combat it,” the PMO tweeted. In another tweet, the PMO said Modi chaired a high-level meeting to review the ongoing efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus.

  • Chandigarh street singer reveals his income has witnessed a major drop because of the coronavirus outbreak

    Chandigarh street singer reveals his income has witnessed a major drop because of the coronavirus outbreak

    Street singer and musician Jograj Daulatnath plays an instrument in a deserted market

    Jograj Daulatnath, a 70-year-old street singer and musician, often comes to Chandigarh’s Popular Plaza in sector 17 to earn his livelihood. He has been doing this for the last 38 years.

    He sits in the middle of the streets and grabs the attention of people by playing his instrument and singing a folk song. This is a routine day for Jograj.

    However, from the last one week, his income has witnessed a major drop. The markets bear a deserted look following the novel coronavirus outbreak.


    People informed him it is some disease which has compelled everyone to stay indoors. When asked about the same, he expressed ignorance about the novel coronavirus scare. “I don’t know why people are not in the market. It is some disease which is keeping the people confined to homes” Jograj reveals.

    Jograj is a patient of asthma. He also showed us an inhaler pump and said it was empty.

    He hails from Churu, Rajasthan and lives in a slum near Chandigarh. He came to Chandigarh in the year 1982 and has been singing from the age of 10. He has six daughters out of which three are married.

    “I own an Aadhar card but the Chandigarh administration refused to give me the social security pension as I do not have a birth certificate. I have to feed three daughters and have no money” says Jograj.

    Jograj is not an isolated case of people affected by the lockdown. There are hundreds of people who have been affected because of the outbreak and have lost their daily earnings.