New Delhi:

As overall coronavirus cases in India on Saturday crossed 7,500, Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked a shift in dealing with the pandemic from his earlier slogan of ‘Jaan hai toh jahaan hai’ to ‘Jaan bhi, jahan bhi’ or from “the world exists if life exists” to “life as well as the world.”

The Prime Minister’s thrust on ‘jaan bhi and jahan bhi’ (life likewise, the world likewise), throughout his interaction with chief ministers through video conferencing, seems an indicator of some relaxation in limitations and a possibility of a larger financial stimulus plan. It meant the federal government’s desire for financial activity ought to likewise collect some rate in a way so that the battle to consist of the coronavirus is not impacted.

3 weeks earlier in his address to the country in which he revealed 21- day lockdown in the nation, the Prime Minister had actually broached ‘jaan hai toh jahan hai’ worrying the immediate need to conserve lives. While connecting with the Chief Ministers through video-conference, Modi unconditionally ensured that India has appropriate products of necessary medications and stated that procedures are being required to ensure accessibility of protective equipment and important equipment for all frontline employees.

According to the prime minister there appears to be a consensus amongst the States on the extension by another 2 weeks the lockdown enforced to suppress the spread of the coronavirus.

After the video-conference, numerous Chief Ministers hailed PM Modi’s “decision to extend the lockdown.” Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stated in his tweet: “PM has taken a correct decision to extend lockdown. Today, India’s position is better than in many developed countries because we started lockdown early. If it is stopped now, all gains would be lost. To consolidate, it is important to extend it.”

This is available in the background of Ministry of Health and Family Well-being verifying that since Saturday night, the overall cases of coronavirus has actually reached 7,529 consisting of 242 deaths and 652 people, who have actually either been treated or released.

Fresh cases were reported on Friday from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, West Bengal to name a few states and Union Territories. Maharashtra with 1,666 cases continues to be the worst afflicted state followed by Delhi with 1,069 cases and Tamil Nadu with 969 cases.

Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry, throughout the everyday media instruction here stated the lockdown and containment procedures are very important to combat COVID-19 “If we had not taken any measures, then we might have had 8.2 lakh cases by April 15,” he stated.

He likewise stated that the estimate is a result of the analytical analysis and is not an Indian Council of Medical Research Study (ICMR) research study.

“It is a statistical rate of growth based analysis. It is not an ICMR study. Before the nationwide lockdown, the rate of growth in cases was 28.9 per cent,” stated Aggarwal.

The Indian Council of Medical Research Study (ICMR) on Saturday stated that hydroxychloroquine or HCQ ought to be utilized as prophylaxis to avoid the coronavirus and not as a treatment for COVID-19 “Two trials were conducted abroad. The trials were not good enough. So, we thought if it needs to used in our country, it should be used as prophylaxis, and not as a treatment,” stated Raman R Ganagakhedkar, Head Researcher, ICMR.

Numerous states consisting of Odisha, Punjab and Rajasthan have actually extended the lockdown till April 30 to consist of the spread of the coronavirus. In other states like West Bengal have actually been pulled up for “gradual dilution” of the lockdown.

The Union Home Ministry (MHA) has actually composed to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Cops (DGP) of West Bengal. “As per further reports received from security agencies, gradual dilution of lockdown has been reported from West Bengal, with an increase in the number of exceptions being provided by the State Government,” the MHA letter checked out.

“For instance, shops relating to non-essential items have been allowed to function. There is no regulation in vegetable, fish and mutton markets where people have been thronging in complete violation of social distancing norms in Rajabazaar, Narkel Danga, Topsia, Metiaburz, Gardenreach, Ikbalpur and Maniktala in Kolkata. Significantly, areas such as Narkel Danga are reportedly witnessing more COVID-19 like cases,” it stated.

Throughout today’s video-conference with state chief ministers, PM Modi advised them to popularise the ‘Aarogya Setu’ app as it is a necessary tool in India’s battle versus coronavirus and described the possibility of the app being an “e-pass which could subsequently facilitate travel from one place to other”.

On the other hand, typical people and numerous ministers have actually stepped forward to combat versus COVID-19 with their special tech concepts. Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao introduced a “T COVID-19” mobile application, a single source of details on coronavirus, targeted at suppressing the spread of phony news.

Likewise, to fight the feared infection, professionals at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have actually developed a low-priced UVC LED technology- based disinfection system that can be utilized to sanitise big locations in your homes and in public transportation, consisting of buses and cities. At present, the team has actually developed 3 designs for home sanitisation and one for larger areas like medical facility cities, buses and wards.

On the other hand, a 20- year-old child from Delhi is doing his bit by making face guards through his 3D printers for the “frontline warriors” battling coronavirus.

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