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Doctors, nurses and other frontline workers in the fight against coronavirus in India, who have been hailed as "heroes", have come under attack and in some cases evicted from their homes by panicked residents.

Some e-commerce giants have even halted deliveries partly due to the harassment of staff, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi said abuse of hospital workers had become a "huge issue".

Reports of attacks and abuse have come from across India, increasing with the imposition this week of a 21-day nationwide lockdown. In at least one case, police were accused of beating a delivery driver carrying medicines.

Sanjibani Panigrahi, a doctor in the western city of Surat, described how she was accosted as she returned home from a long day at a hospital that is treating COVID-19 patients.

She said neighbours blocked her at the entrance to her apartment building and threatened "consequences" if she continued to work.

"These are the same people who have happily interacted with me (in the past). Whenever they've faced a problem, I've helped them out," the 36-year-old told AFP.

"There is a sense of fear among people. I do understand. But it's like I suddenly became an untouchable."

This week, doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences appealed to the government for help after health workers were forced out of their homes by panicked landlords and housing societies.

"Many doctors are stranded on the roads with all their luggage, nowhere to go, across the country," the letter said.

Modi called on Indians to stop treating medical workers as pariahs, describing those fighting the virus as "God-like".

"Today they are the people who are saving us from dying, putting their lives in danger."

Health workers are not the only ones facing the brunt of the frightened population in an environment where misinformation and rumours are thriving.

Airline and airport staff, who are still being called on for evacuations of Indians stuck overseas and to manage key cargo deliveries, have also been threatened.

Indigo and Air India have condemned threats made against their staff.

An Air India flight attendant told AFP her neighbours threatened to evict her from her apartment while she was heading to the United States, saying she would "infect everyone".

"I couldn't sleep that night," she said, afraid to reveal her name over the fear of further stigmatisation.

"I was scared that even if I did go home, would someone break open the door or call people to kick me out?"

Her husband had to ask the police for help.

Others have not been as lucky, the flight attendant said, with one colleague - who declined to speak to AFP - forced out of her home and now living with her parents.

"With all the fake news and WhatsApp forwards, they don't know what is going on, so there's this paranoia that makes them behave like this," she said.

T Praveen Keerthi, general secretary of the Indian Commercial Pilots' Association (IPCA), told AFP the organisation had received more than 50 complaints from airline crew.

"Airline staffers are being stopped from entering their own residential premises by security guards," he said.

"We also have families and children that we leave at home to help fellow citizens ... The least we expect is for our colleagues to not be harassed and ostracised."

Airport workers involved in moving essential supplies have also faced attacks as have delivery workers transporting medicines and groceries.

E-commerce giant Flipkart temporarily suspended services this week.

The Walmart-owned group said it only resumed home deliveries after police guaranteed "the safe and smooth passage of our supply chain and delivery executives".

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/india-coronavirus-heroes-attack-200327070916157.html
 
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Inequality between Indian cities and rural areas on play here, Insane!
 
Guys stay at home. Close all religious places. God gave you brains because he wanted you to think, and not be blind. So please dont insult his creation and think whats better for you and stay in.
 
Inequality between Indian cities and rural areas on play here, Insane!
Some people were saying to reporters that they have accommodation but no food and money so they are leaving,modi's 8pm speech created unnecessary panic he should have at least asked CMS of state governments to be prepared before it.In kerala government is providing food for poor people by setting up community kitchens.
 
Guys stay at home. Close all religious places. God gave you brains because he wanted you to think, and not be blind. So please dont insult his creation and think whats better for you and stay in.

No
Our guys wont change..

The Infosys employee had written, “Let’s join hands, go out & sneeze with open mouth in public. Spread the virus.” He has been arrested by police after he had uploaded a contentious post on social media. Subsequently, the IT major also terminated his service.

https://www.opindia.com/2020/03/infosys-employee-mujeeb-mohammad-arrested-spread-coronavirus-fired/

https://twitter.com/Infosys/status/1243552191350214668

https://twitter.com/RitaG74/status/1243098679646605312
 
Three arrested for making fake audio clip of Nagpur reeling with '59 positive' cases

NAGPUR: In a major breakthrough, three people have been arrested by city police cyber cell on Friday for allegedly creating the fake audio clip stating '59 positive cases' existing in Nagpur and later making it viral. This was possibly the first case in the region where cybercops managed to reach the source of the forwarded message in the social media successfully.

The clip had triggered widespread panic across the nation. Police said the culprits, including a businessman owning clubs in city, had made the audio file on March 23 from north Nagpur and later forwarded to their friend to create a scare among the children in their family and also others in the city.

The central government, through Press information bureau (PIB), had to issue a clarification across the nation stating the audio was fake and not to believe in the content.

This case now comes with landmark detection by cyber cell which managed to crack the mystery by zeroing down upon three culprits, Jay Gupta (37), Amit Pardhi (38) and Divyanshu Mishra (33), who were placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday. City police had registered the case against unidentified persons at Sadar police station around a day ago after the clip went viral triggering fear and panic across India. The conversation in the clip was between Gupta and Pardhi.

The 4.52 minute clip had also mentioned about 200 more suspected were present in the city. It had also referred to one Dr Kamlesh stating he was on ventilator after being tested positive. The clip had also mentioned a name ‘Nitin’ which many felt was a highly placed politician from Vidarbha currently at the helm of affairs in the fight against Covid-19.

It’s learnt Gupta, a businessman owning a club at Ajni and other business establishments, along with Pardhi was the mastermind behind the entire episode who had forwarded the clip to Mishra, a family friend, who is employed in Delhi but was in city due to wife’s pregnancy. Mishra stayed at Suyog Nagar in Ajni. Gupta resided at Automative Square while his friend is from Misal Layout in Jaripatka.

Mishra had forwarded the fake clip to wife who later to a friend before the fake clip had gone viral. After learning about the police have become active to nab the creators, Gupta had also deleted the clips and reset the programme in the mobile phone of Mishra’s wife.

Cyber cell team of Asst PIs Vishal Mane, Keshav Wagh and Ashwini Jagtap, under DCP Shweta Khedkar, Addl CP, crime, Nilesh Bharne, working under Joint CP Ravindra Kadam and CP BK Upadhyay, first managed to zero down on the woman whom Mishra’s wife had forwarded and later nabbed the rest.

Around 35 people were interrogated thoroughly by the cyber cell before managing to crack the case. Several people were called and rounded up by the cyber team working round the clock in the last couple of days.

Joint CP Kadam said a video press release would be soon sent confirming about the developments.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...th-59-positive-cases/articleshow/74841275.cms
 
28-03-2020 09:30 AM IST


Total Confirmed Cases : 873 cases

Recovered : 79

Death: 19

Total Active Cases : 775 cases

Foreigners active cases : 35 cases

Indians active cases : 740 cases


Source : https://www.mohfw.gov.in/
 
28-03-2020 09:30 AM IST


Total Confirmed Cases : 873 cases

Recovered : 79

Death: 19

Total Active Cases : 775 cases

Foreigners active cases : 35 cases

Indians active cases : 740 cases


Source : https://www.mohfw.gov.in/

Here is the problem with these numbers, there are official numbers recorded. Infact, we honestly don't know how many people are infected. Not enough tests are being done, people in sub continent doesn't seem to understand that this is spreading fast. Don't rely on those numbers to make a judgement.

If millions were being tested everyday, then we would have more of a reality check.
 
Confirmed Covid-19 cases shot up by 149 in India on Saturday morning, taking the total count to 873 as the country recorded its biggest jump in a 24-hour period, according to the Union health ministry data.

The data said 19 people have died in India, where a 21-day nationwide lockdown has been enforced to stop the fast-spreading SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes the deadly infection. Maharashtra tops the list with 177 cases, followed by Kerala (165).

The health ministry’s Friday morning data said there were 724 cases and 17 deaths in the country.

According to worldometer, a global case tracker which says it gives live statistics, India has 887 infections and 20 deaths as of Saturday morning.

The number of cases in India has spiked to over 800 from just 50 a little over two weeks ago. The first death was reported on March 11.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) maintains that there is no community transmission in the country. Community transmission is that phase the outbreak when the source of an individual’s infection can’t be traced and isolated.

On Friday, Kerala reported 39 new cases, sparking fears of community transmission. Kasargod district reported 34 of the 39 cases, in an indication that the disease may have spread deep.

India has taken unprecedented steps to fight the disease - the latest being a complete lockdown and increased surveillance.

“When the disease has spread to 192 countries, it means screening at entry points will serve no purpose. India anyway is in a state of lockdown that will show benefits if people follow the dos and don’ts. Since the disease is here, what we need to do now is improve our case management and strengthen surveillance within the community. Our efforts now are concentrating on not letting it spread further,” Lav Aggarwal, joint secretary in the Union ministry of health and family welfare, said on Friday.

Hospitals across the country have also started preparing for a possible surge in the number of cases.

In Delhi, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday the government is equipped to handle up to 100 new cases a day, and is working to ensure that it is prepared even if the numbers go up to 500-1,000 new cases.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, is also keeping its 800-bed National Cancer Institute in Jhajjar, ready to accommodate a higher number of patients.

There are four main stages of the outbreak. Stage I is usually when cases are imported and are not of local origin. Stage II is when there is local transmission, which means a section of people testing positive have come in contact with a positive patient having a travel history. Stage III is community transmission. Stage IV is an epidemic, when there several clusters of the infection.

To prepare for stage III, the government has prohibited export of ventilators and asked two PSUs to manufacture 40,000 ventilators. The government is also ensuring adequate supply of personal protection equipment (PPE), N-95 masks and hand sanitizers, which are crucial in infection control.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/indi...nt-hits-873/story-AZ6UFRvuBelFJV3KkcwFiN.html
 
The situation of daily wage labourers going hungry and walking 100s of kms is heartbreaking.

Any news on how we are supporting them (not talking about pockets of labourers here and there)?

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Many such examples. People walking from Navi Mumbai to Karnataka.

This is truly heartbreaking.

Yes lockdown is necessary (we just don't have any option) but surely plans can be made for them. It's not like our essential supply chain is not broken.
 
Here is the problem with these numbers, there are official numbers recorded. Infact, we honestly don't know how many people are infected. Not enough tests are being done, people in sub continent doesn't seem to understand that this is spreading fast. Don't rely on those numbers to make a judgement.

If millions were being tested everyday, then we would have more of a reality check.

Every country has under testing so not just India specific problem. My point being that for relative comparison it’s still a good data point
 
Coronavirus LIVE updates:The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday said that a total of 873 cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in India, with 775 active cases, 78 patients being discharged, and 19 fatalities. Kerala on Saturday reported its first COVID-19 death. The deceased (69) had returned from Dubai and was admitted to Kalamassery Medical College on March 22nd following symptoms. He later tested positive. He’s a resident of Chullikkal in Kochi.

Maharashtra on Saturday reported six new cases with the tally rising to 159, while Gujarat reported six new cases with the total number in the state at 53. Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that he has been told to “prepare for a potential Stage 3 outbreak of Covid-19 in Delhi” and was, therefore, taking steps to handle the situation even if it gets to 1,000 COVID-19 cases a day. In other news, an 85-year-old general surgeon died hours after he tested positive in Mumbai.

https://indianexpress.com/article/c...ockdown-global-covid-19-live-updates-6335337/
 
Here is the problem with these numbers, there are official numbers recorded. Infact, we honestly don't know how many people are infected. Not enough tests are being done, people in sub continent doesn't seem to understand that this is spreading fast. Don't rely on those numbers to make a judgement.

If millions were being tested everyday, then we would have more of a reality check.


There two things here :

1.)Firstly, these numbers are confirmed/active cases on that date & time.

2.) I don't think I understand this logic of testing every other person u find on road.

For ex: In a family of 4 , if a husband had foreign travel history & has shown symptoms then test is being done on all 4 members. This makes sense.

In andhra pradesh there r millions of poor/middle class who don't even afford to visit airports in their life time let alone foreign travel . They don't have any relative or any friend who visits them foreign so whats the point in testing these poor souls & increasing our test count ??


At this moment in lockdown we have to test ppl who have travel history or came in contact to a person who had travel history


Also we will get true picture post april 7th coz it will take 14 days for virus to show symptoms & india has been international flights since march 22nd. So all these ppl with symptoms will come out after april 6th
 
With India locked down over the coronavirus and no way to earn money, Dilipji Thakor faces a grim choice: either walk home or die hungry.

Thakor is among millions of migrant workers left jobless and penniless by the full shutdown of the country on Wednesday that has sparked an exodus from major cities.

Thousands are walking long distances back to their home villages after all transport was stopped except for essential services as authorities struggle to contain the outbreak, which has infected more than 700 people.

Huge numbers had crammed onto trains and buses before the country of 1.3 billion people ground to a halt for three weeks, but many others were left stranded.

Now they are trying to get home any way they can, often on foot, with little money or food, and eateries and guesthouses closed along the way.

"Rather than die hungry, we decided to walk," said Thakor, who worked at a now-shuttered shopping mall in Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, as he trudged along a road.

Jamu Rathwa carried his daughter on his shoulders as he ambled along a highway from the western city of Surat, where until recently he earned around four dollars a day toiling on construction sites.

"At least we have a home and support system in our village. Here (in Surat) we have nobody," Rathwa said.

Birender, a now out-of-work driver on the city limits of New Delhi, said that his family 320 kilometres (200 miles) away desperately wants him to come home in "any way possible".

"I haven't had a proper meal in the last three to four days... I don't know what I will do here without food or anywhere to stay," he told AFP.

Thousands on the move

There are usually around 100 million unskilled or semi-skilled migrant workers in India, according to a government survey for 2016-17 — around a fifth of the country's workforce.

A lack of jobs, particularly in poor states such as Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, forces them to head to major cities and wealthier southern states.

They live in cramped apartments, working long hours for a few dollars a day in often unsafe conditions with no social security.

Any money left over after covering their expenses is sent back to their families.

Since many are unregistered, it is unclear how many have now travelled home and how many are on the road, but media reports suggest there are tens of thousands on the move.

Kana Ram, a district official at a border post between the states of Rajasthan and Gujarat, said 21,000 people showed up on Thursday alone.

"The numbers have dropped significantly today but we are still getting around 500 people per hour," Ram told AFP on Friday.

Back home, now what?

India announced Thursday a $23 billion welfare package to help its poorest citizens with direct cash transfers and food subsidies that extends to migrant workers.

The federal government has also called on local authorities to provide food, sanitation and accommodation to those on the road.

SpiceJet has even offered to fly workers home for free, though authorities have grounded domestic flights.

The chief minister of the eastern state of Bihar, home to many migrant labourers, has said his government will set up relief camps — where he insists "social distancing" will be implemented.

Authorities elsewhere have been organising buses to take home some of those stuck on the road, with health checks for everyone before they board.

But there remains the dire rural poverty and lack of jobs that drove the migrant workers away in the first place.

Abheek Barua, chief economist at HDFC Bank, said if this "reverse migration" continues, it will put huge pressure on the rural economy.

"Spending on health and other sectors will have to be put on a war footing," Barua said.

Part way into a 1,200-kilometre journey on a cycle rickshaw from Gujarat's Vapi city, fruit vendor Tahir Khan Pathan and his brother said they will "never return".

"We will earn less money in our hometown, but we will work from there," said Pathan.

"When I get tired, my brother pedals. When he gets exhausted, I take over."

https://www.dawn.com/news/1544428/stranded-by-virus-lockdown-india-migrant-workers-walk-home
 
ICMR website says we had a 179 cases jump yesterday.

What a load of nonsense.

I have been following their daily number growth and something was always off cos it never matched with others (we usually go up and down but ICMR always showed a steady growth barring 24th Mar).

1. So day before yesterday, I took a screenshot of their numbers before going to sleep. 694 total cases.

2. The other sources pointed around 715 - 720 cases that night. ICMR usually updated it the next day. I wanted to see if they attribute these 20-25 cases to the previous day or next day.

3. The next day, they updated the stats but the daily growth chart wasn't updated. And today I am checking and they added it to the next day stats (instead of the previous day). So we have a 179 new cases when it was 150-160 odd cases.

4. It's not a big deal but you have to attribute data the right way. When you update doesn't matter but it has to be added to the day when it was found.

5. If someone from my team does this kind of work (where data driven decisions are key), they would get it from me. lol.
 
From twitter [MENTION=40573]abhi[/MENTION]na_Prakash

Extremely disgusting! DTC buses picking up migrant workers in Delhi and dumping them at the UP border. Instead of providing for them during lockdown it seems Kejriwal govt is telling them that buses are waiting at UP border to take them home. He just wants to get rid of them!
 
There two things here :

1.)Firstly, these numbers are confirmed/active cases on that date & time.

2.) I don't think I understand this logic of testing every other person u find on road.

For ex: In a family of 4 , if a husband had foreign travel history & has shown symptoms then test is being done on all 4 members. This makes sense.

In andhra pradesh there r millions of poor/middle class who don't even afford to visit airports in their life time let alone foreign travel . They don't have any relative or any friend who visits them foreign so whats the point in testing these poor souls & increasing our test count ??


At this moment in lockdown we have to test ppl who have travel history or came in contact to a person who had travel history


Also we will get true picture post april 7th coz it will take 14 days for virus to show symptoms & india has been international flights since march 22nd. So all these ppl with symptoms will come out after april 6th

Nowhere did I say test everyone. All am trying to point out is that those numbers doesn't tell the full picture. There maybe a bunch of people infected, just because the official number says xyz, doesn't mean that's the reality, as some people are taking it as. But yes, I agree with your statement.

Take a look at Canada, where I live. In quebec, espacially in Montreal, transportation is very easy and accessible for the general public. People who caught it, some took public transportation, hence others are getting infected without even knowing they are infected. The problem here now is that when people are starting to show symptoms, those helpline they listed, are not going through. Many people are going untested. In return, spreading it to friends, family and others. Its a scary situation tbh. Can't even trust your own friends and family at this point ... feels like the walking dead lol
 
ICMR website says we had a 179 cases jump yesterday.

What a load of nonsense.

I have been following their daily number growth and something was always off cos it never matched with others (we usually go up and down but ICMR always showed a steady growth barring 24th Mar).

1. So day before yesterday, I took a screenshot of their numbers before going to sleep. 694 total cases.

2. The other sources pointed around 715 - 720 cases that night. ICMR usually updated it the next day. I wanted to see if they attribute these 20-25 cases to the previous day or next day.

3. The next day, they updated the stats but the daily growth chart wasn't updated. And today I am checking and they added it to the next day stats (instead of the previous day). So we have a 179 new cases when it was 150-160 odd cases.

4. It's not a big deal but you have to attribute data the right way. When you update doesn't matter but it has to be added to the day when it was found.

5. If someone from my team does this kind of work (where data driven decisions are key), they would get it from me. lol.


These govt sources work like newspapers i.e.. u get yesterday morning's news today.

By 8 am today when they show numbers those are cases confirmed on yesterday. U will see discrepancy of +-20 with other live sources
 
Nowhere did I say test everyone. All am trying to point out is that those numbers doesn't tell the full picture. There maybe a bunch of people infected, just because the official number says xyz, doesn't mean that's the reality, as some people are taking it as. But yes, I agree with your statement.

Take a look at Canada, where I live. In quebec, espacially in Montreal, transportation is very easy and accessible for the general public. People who caught it, some took public transportation, hence others are getting infected without even knowing they are infected. The problem here now is that when people are starting to show symptoms, those helpline they listed, are not going through. Many people are going untested. In return, spreading it to friends, family and others. Its a scary situation tbh. Can't even trust your own friends and family at this point ... feels like the walking dead lol


I do understand ur point which is quite valid in western countries where most of the ppl can afford domestic or international travel via flights. But India is third world country & its a different story here.

Since march 22nd no public transportation is available now may be there are low chances of community transmission rapidly .

But again we will get true picture only after april 7th.
 
India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, suddenly announced on 23 March that the entire country would be put under lockdown. This left many delivery services and vendors of essential services unprepared, leading to confusion and clashes between police and their staff in many areas. The BBC's Vikas Pandey reports.

Suresh Shah and his brother, Ramprasad, have been selling vegetables in the Delhi suburb of Noida for more than 15 years.

Their daily routine involves picking up vegetables from a wholesale market in the morning and then selling them in their small carts in the evening.

It's a standard day for millions of vegetable sellers across the country. But on Tuesday, the brothers' routine was brutally broken.

'Hit so hard I'm struggling to sit'

The brothers picked up their vegetables at 06:00 and reached their homes an hour later. They stocked their carts and went out that evening as usual.

But almost immediately, police officers approached their cart and started shouting at them using abusive language.

Suresh tried to explain, but before he realised what was happening, one of the policemen hit him hard with a baton. He was struck a few more times and then forced to pack up his cart and leave.

It meant a loss of around 3,000 rupees ($40; £32) because he couldn't sell anything.

"I was hit so hard that even today I am struggling to sit. But what hurts even more is that it was a huge loss for me as I only make around 300 rupees every day in profits," he said.

Vegetable sellers like him were "used to harassment by the police", he added.

"But this time they beat us up when we were genuinely trying to help. I know the risk of coronavirus and that is why our role is more important now than ever," he added.

His brother said they took a break for a day and returned to the market.

"We need to go out and make money for our families. But more importantly, people need supplies and we are helping them stay indoors. We need support and not beatings and abuses," said Ramprasad Shah.

'We're not the enemy here'

Their story is not unique. Similar incidents were reported in several states in the days immediately following the lockdown. Delhi police even suspended one officer who allegedly beat up a vegetable seller.

But quite apart from police, vendors have also faced harassment from Resident Welfare Associations (RWA) - non-government local groups that look after the upkeep of neighbourhoods and housing societies.

Rajesh Kumar was told by an RWA that he couldn't sell fruits in the colony.

"Some people told me that I go to crowded wholesale vegetable markets and I may have picked up an infection. But the same people also want door-step delivery at their houses. Why are we being treated like this?" he asked.

"We are trying to help people stay indoors. We are not the enemy here."

Vendors like Rajesh and the Shah brothers are the backbone of India's supply chain of essential goods, especially in small towns and villages.

They bring vegetables, fruit, grain, bread and milk to millions of houses every day. But the lockdown has broken this crucial link in the supply chain.

For the 21-day lockdown period to be a success, this network of doorstep sellers needs to work and know how to be protected against the virus.

A number of state governments have announced that vendors will get passes, warning police not to stop them going about their business.

HC Awasthy, chief police officer in India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, told the BBC that "this is an unprecedented challenge".

"There were a few stray incidents in the first two days. We largely enforced the shutdown peacefully. Policemen have been told to be calm and patient with people. This situation is new for everybody," he said.

His force's top priority, he said, was to "work with district administrations to ensure people are getting essentials".

"We have to avoid mass gatherings anywhere - be it a shop, a bank or any other place. We are in this together, so I urge people to to be patient with the police as well."

But it's not just vendors. App-based delivery services are also relied on by many for essential items.

However, even these companies were hit by the first three days of the lockdown.

Their delivery executives were beaten up and harassed across the country, forcing many of them to temporarily suspend services.

Dairy-and-produce delivery app Milk Basket said it was forced to dump 15,000 litres of milk and 10,000 kg of vegetables on Monday as its "staff, vendors and vehicles [were] being pushed back from the roads by local police".

Pradeep Kumar Mittal, who works with a milk delivery app, said he had been stopped by the police several times.

"I had to beg and plead at several check points and I felt humiliated. But now I have a pass and it has made things a bit easier," he said.

But not every vendor has a pass. India's bureaucracy is now under mounting pressure to ensure doorstep deliveries get through.

Otherwise there is a risk of panic and overcrowding in shops that are allowed to open.

When Mr Modi announced the lockdown on Tuesday night, people poured into shops, ignoring social distancing.

K Ganesh, co-promoter of produce delivery app Big basket as well as medical equipment firm Portea, said the lockdown was the right decision because there was no other option.

"How does a policeman understand the necessity of the service? By nature, he is used to seeing a pass or a permit and if he does not see it, he thinks you are a crook and he beats you up," he told BBC Hindi.

Two Portea executives who were carrying medical equipment were allegedly beaten up by the police in Kerala and Uttar Pradesh states.

Another executive was arrested for breaking the curfew. He is now out on bail.

"We are sitting in our homes and there are [delivery] guys who are trying to help people. Instead of going to their villages, they are ready to go out and work, but they are caught and beaten up," he said.

Authorities have said those delivering essential services will not be stopped, but challenges remain.

Some of the apps are back online, but only partially. Many workers have abandoned the cities and towns they work in to return to their villages - sometimes on foot as public transport has been suspended.

But many others are soldiering on despite the added burden. All they ask for is to be allowed to do their jobs.

As Suresh Shah put it: "You don't beat up the people who are trying to feed you."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-52063286
 
This state enforced lockdown is a bad idea. People should protect their elderly themselves, but everything else must go on as usual. They will know when businesses are ruined and people are laid off. A breadwinner losing his job is far worse than an elder of the family passing away.
 
This Javdekar guy has always been a clueless creature and illiterate. No wonder he is in the cabinet.
 
Surely not as shameless and irresponsible than liberals. :))

Infosys Employee Arrested Over "Spread-The-Virus" Post, Company Sacks Him

An Infosys employee in Bengaluru has been arrested by the City Crime Branch (CCB) for a shocking social media post urging people to "go out and sneeze" and spread the highly contagious COVID-19 virus that has infected over 800 people across the country and killed 19 others.

"Let's join hands, go out and sneeze with open mouth in public. Spread the virus," the man, identifed by news agency PTI as Mujeeb Mohammad, a resident of the city for 25 years, wrote on Facebook.

"The person who put this post, saying people should go out and sneeze and spread the virus, has been detained. His name is Mujeeb and he works in a software company. A case has been registered," said Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner (CCB, Bengaluru).

https://www.ndtv.com/karnataka-news...read-the-virus-post-company-sacks-him-2201926
 
Sanghis will be sanghis, ever ready to blow their master's trumpet.
 
All they know is Hindu Muslim. Without chanting this, they won't be able to breathe.
 
akshaykumar donated huge amount of Rs. 25 crores to Prime Minister Relief Fund.
Where are Shahrukh, Salman,Aamir etc ???
Even most of South India actors donated
 
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akshaykumar donated huge amount of Rs. 25 crores to Prime Minister Relief Fund.
Where are Shahrukh, Salman,Aamir etc ???
Even most of South India actors donated

Am sure they all will contribute, even if some one does not it’s purely their choice . Just happy so many people in general are coming out to help .
 
The situation of daily wage labourers going hungry and walking 100s of kms is heartbreaking.

Any news on how we are supporting them (not talking about pockets of labourers here and there)?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gujarat Migrant Workers' Congress president has claimed that over 50,000 workers have left on foot from Ahmedabad alone to reach their homes in Rajasthan. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChineseVirus19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChineseVirus19</a><a href="https://t.co/KRvr5LKOV6">https://t.co/KRvr5LKOV6</a></p>— India Today (@IndiaToday) <a href="https://twitter.com/IndiaToday/status/1243067132952236032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Many such examples. People walking from Navi Mumbai to Karnataka.

This is truly heartbreaking.

Yes lockdown is necessary (we just don't have any option) but surely plans can be made for them. It's not like our essential supply chain is not broken.

This cartoon is heartbreaking.:(

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Am sure they all will contribute, even if some one does not it’s purely their choice . Just happy so many people in general are coming out to help .
Common people's who given them succes,They are most needed today .ab nahi to fir kab ???
 
The situation of daily wage labourers going hungry and walking 100s of kms is heartbreaking.

Any news on how we are supporting them (not talking about pockets of labourers here and there)?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gujarat Migrant Workers' Congress president has claimed that over 50,000 workers have left on foot from Ahmedabad alone to reach their homes in Rajasthan. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChineseVirus19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChineseVirus19</a><a href="https://t.co/KRvr5LKOV6">https://t.co/KRvr5LKOV6</a></p>— India Today (@IndiaToday) <a href="https://twitter.com/IndiaToday/status/1243067132952236032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Many such examples. People walking from Navi Mumbai to Karnataka.

This is truly heartbreaking.

Yes lockdown is necessary (we just don't have any option) but surely plans can be made for them. It's not like our essential supply chain is not broken.

Posted this yesterday.Sadly no concrete measures for them

The virus will spread like fire if it reaches villages
 
Disturbing images on BBC news showing thousands of Indian migrants moving freely and in close proximity to one another.
What sort of a lockdown is this?
Modi has completely failed to get a workable plan in place and it appears his message has fallen on deaf ears as a result.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THIS- Scenes from Anand Vihar bus station. Disheartening.<br><br>Video courtesy: <a href="https://twitter.com/furquansid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@furquansid</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CoronaLockdown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CoronaLockdown</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MigrantsOnTheRoad?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MigrantsOnTheRoad</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SocialDistancing?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SocialDistancing</a> <br><br> <a href="https://t.co/w0wuURSYM5">pic.twitter.com/w0wuURSYM5</a></p>— Zeba Warsi (@Zebaism) <a href="https://twitter.com/Zebaism/status/1243882495843729411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Akshay Kumar donates Rs 25 crore to PM Narendra Modi's CARES fund to fight coronavirus war

21-day nationwide lockdown, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic, has brought the country to a standstill. Ever since the number of positive coronavirus cases increased, many Bollywood film personalities have been constantly appealing to their fans to follow the rules put out by the government.

On March 28, PM Modi announced the CARES fund requesting for donations to fight the coronavirus war. Akshay Kumar, who has been vocal about Covid-19, is one of the first actors to pitch in and donate a sum of Rs 25 crore to the PM-CARES fund.

He announced the same on his Twitter page and wrote, "This is that time when all that matters is the lives of our people. And we need to do anything and everything it takes. I pledge to contribute Rs 25 crores from my savings to [MENTION=140582]Naren[/MENTION]dramodi ji’s PM-CARES Fund. Let’s save lives, Jaan hai toh jahaan hai. (sic)."

https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/ce...d-to-fight-coronavirus-war-1660741-2020-03-28
 
Common people's who given them succes,They are most needed today .ab nahi to fir kab ???

Handful of super rich can only do so much , I don’t think the focus should be on them . I am not saying they should not .If 10 crore middle class contribute 1000 RS each , that translates to 1.5 billion dollars .
 
Not clear why Migrants On The Road defy govt orders on Lockdown. Is it disregard for authority? Fear of paying rent in work towns?
Faith that they are safe anyway? Lack of community support? Simply an absence of communication despite modern technologies?
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The COVID 19 crisis is one of the toughest challenges we will face as a race. The Tata Trusts and the Tata group companies have in the past risen to the needs of the nation. At this moment, the need of the hour is greater than any other time. <a href="https://t.co/y6jzHxUafM">pic.twitter.com/y6jzHxUafM</a></p>— Ratan N. Tata (@RNTata2000) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNTata2000/status/1243852348637605888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Not clear why Migrants On The Road defy govt orders on Lockdown. Is it disregard for authority? Fear of paying rent in work towns?
Faith that they are safe anyway? Lack of community support? Simply an absence of communication despite modern technologies?

In many places, people are kicking out tenants as i have heard due to fear. Hostels and PG are also closed down prior to lockdown and hence many students/workers have no where to go except returning home perhaps.
 
In many places, people are kicking out tenants as i have heard due to fear. Hostels and PG are also closed down prior to lockdown and hence many students/workers have no where to go except returning home perhaps.

Migrant workers have become jobless.These people don't have savings
 
I checked India's number yesterday and they were around 750 and today they are about to top a 1000.... need stricter danda against people leaving homes.
 
It was an unrealistic expectation to be able to lock down a country of 1.3 billion people overnight. Especially a vast country like India with all its dynamics.

I think the best thing to do right now would be to temporarily open the public transportation for three days so that these people can get home.

The alternative is worse.
 
It was an unrealistic expectation to be able to lock down a country of 1.3 billion people overnight. Especially a vast country like India with all its dynamics.

I think the best thing to do right now would be to temporarily open the public transportation for three days so that these people can get home.

The alternative is worse.

Or provide them with food and money so that they don't need to go anywhere.Some states are doing that now
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Singer Kanika Kapoor tests positive for coronavirus for the third time<br><br>Read <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ANI</a> story | <a href="https://t.co/qTMTwhdBgj">https://t.co/qTMTwhdBgj</a> <a href="https://t.co/h3PvEncuwk">pic.twitter.com/h3PvEncuwk</a></p>— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) <a href="https://twitter.com/ani_digital/status/1243532978946330624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Am I missing something?Why is she being tested again and again when kits are limited?
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The COVID 19 crisis is one of the toughest challenges we will face as a race. The Tata Trusts and the Tata group companies have in the past risen to the needs of the nation. At this moment, the need of the hour is greater than any other time. <a href="https://t.co/y6jzHxUafM">pic.twitter.com/y6jzHxUafM</a></p>— Ratan N. Tata (@RNTata2000) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNTata2000/status/1243852348637605888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Tata sons donate 1000 Cr + 500cr by Tata trust, so Tata donate 1500 Cr total . Great
 
The government on Saturday said India had registered 149 new coronavirus cases including two deaths since Friday with the total number of positive cases reaching 873, but ruled out the existence of any concrete evidence of the country having progressed to stage-3 of virus transmissions, also defined as the community-transmission phase.

The information was given during the central health ministry’s routine briefing on the pandemic on Saturday.

“We will not over-interpret the situation unless there is significant evidence of people getting infected,” said Dr R Ganga Ketkar, a senior official with India’s medical research body, ICMR.

In other key information, the government officials added that the country presently had a sufficient number of testing facilities and kits and it was prepared to tackle any dramatic rise in the number of infections.

“We are prepared to test an additional 5 lakh people with newly acquired probes, apart from the existing capacity to test 1 lakh people with probes already available in labs. No one should worry about the government’s capacity to test through both private and public test facilities,” Dr Ganga Ketkar said.

Replying to questions if the national lockdown, already in its fourth day, was giving the desired results, the officials said it was not possible to analyse the results so soon after the implementation of a preventive measure.

“A step taken today will not give results tomorrow,” health ministry’s joint secretary Lav Agarwal said.

He added the government was confident that the measures will yield positive results as the interventions were taken timeously, having learned from the experience of other countries.

“We went to lockdown when we were getting limited cases of local transmission compared to other countries that went into lockdown much later. With public health expert guiding us, we are confident that we will get good results,” said Agarwal, adding that the country has been “preemptive and graded” in its response

Officials said rigorous contact-tracing was being done and all patients with severe acute respiratory illness were being tested for the virus but ruled out any need to conduct random sampling at this stage.

“Random sampling is not required,” Dr Ketkar said. He also pointed out that only 30% of the exiting 12,000 testing facilities have been used so far.

Officials said that elderly people and those suffering from comorbid conditions were at a greater risk as demonstrated through available data.

“Comorbid conditions are cardiac condition, asthma, hypertension, diabetes and some kidney-related cases... and elderly people were at a higher risk, we have said that before,” Dr Ketkar said.

On the issue of vaccine trials, it was made clear that no vaccine had reached the stage of human trials yet, and the most advanced trials were in the stage of animal trials.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/indi...-infections/story-QuQkM6GyzKd4FyVf7BLl9I.html
 
Or provide them with food and money so that they don't need to go anywhere.Some states are doing that now

Most states are doing that , but some of them have a bigger problem of migrants than others . Kejriwal has been proactive and seems to be in sync with centre , but I think their proximity to UP/Bihar is the reason a lot of these guys decided to go home and they seem to be in bigger mess .
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Singer Kanika Kapoor tests positive for coronavirus for the third time<br><br>Read <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ANI</a> story | <a href="https://t.co/qTMTwhdBgj">https://t.co/qTMTwhdBgj</a> <a href="https://t.co/h3PvEncuwk">pic.twitter.com/h3PvEncuwk</a></p>— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) <a href="https://twitter.com/ani_digital/status/1243532978946330624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Am I missing something?Why is she being tested again and again when kits are limited?

She is playing a 5 day test with doctors. :inti
 
I checked India's number yesterday and they were around 750 and today they are about to top a 1000.... need stricter danda against people leaving homes.

It’s safe to say the actual cases are at least 5 times more and we will be lucky if it stays in few thousands . If it starts shooting up , army needs to come into picture . In India’s case it’s better to over react than not react at all , irrespective of the criticism we will get from liberal media
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Singer Kanika Kapoor tests positive for coronavirus for the third time<br><br>Read <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ANI</a> story | <a href="https://t.co/qTMTwhdBgj">https://t.co/qTMTwhdBgj</a> <a href="https://t.co/h3PvEncuwk">pic.twitter.com/h3PvEncuwk</a></p>— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) <a href="https://twitter.com/ani_digital/status/1243532978946330624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Am I missing something?Why is she being tested again and again when kits are limited?

Protocols may vary country to country and state to state. But in general :

If there is no fever for last three days, we repeat test to check if person has recovered or not. If it comes negative, we repeat again after 24-48 hours. Two negative tests, 24-48 hours apart, are needed before we declare a recovery and send him her home.

Most likely she doesn't have fever.
 
The Indian government has defended its handling of the coronavirus outbreak after a strict lockdown - introduced with little warning - left millions stranded and without food.

The country's response had been "pre-emptive, pro-active and graded", it said in a statement.

India's population of 1.3 billion was given less than four hours' notice of the three-week lockdown on Tuesday.

Officially about 900 people have coronavirus in India.

However, experts worry that the real number of infections could be far higher. India has one of the lowest testing rates in the world, although efforts are under way to ramp up capacity.

There are fears that an outbreak in the country - one of the world's most densely-populated - could result in a catastrophe. So far 20 people are reported to have died.

People are banned from leaving their homes under the "total lockdown" measures.

However, there have been reports of long queues and panic buying as people struggle to get supplies.

Meanwhile, millions have been left jobless and without money by the shutdown, sparking an exodus from major cities.

Thousands of migrant workers are walking long distances back to their villages after transport was stopped.

Several state governments have promised cash handouts. Uttar Pradesh in the north is putting on buses to help stranded workers.

But there are concerns about the logistics of delivering the aid.

On Saturday the Information and Broadcasting Ministry hit back against criticism that the measures were announced without planning.

The government had already put in place a "comprehensive response system" at its borders before the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January, it added.

Meanwhile, the virus continues to spread rapidly in other countries around the world.

The city in China where the coronavirus pandemic began, Wuhan, has partially re-opened after more than two months of isolation. People are being allowed to enter but not leave, according to reports.
More than 600,000 infections have been confirmed globally and almost 29,000 deaths, according to figures collated by Johns Hopkins University
The death toll in Spain has exceeded 5,000, after it reported 832 more fatalities in the past 24 hours. Spain is the world's worst hit country after Italy
The US now has the highest number of confirmed infections at 104,000
South Korea says that for the first time it now has more people who have recovered from the virus than are still infected. It reported 146 new cases on Saturday, taking the total to 9,478 - of whom 4,811 have been released from hospital
Russia and Ireland are among the latest countries to bring in new restrictions to try to slow the spread of the virus. In Russia, shopping centres, restaurants and cafes have been ordered to close. In Ireland, people will have to stay at home with limited exceptions for the next two weeks
In the UK, frontline National Health Service staff in England will begin being tested this weekend to see if they have coronavirus

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-52077395
 
I get a feeling most see a large crowd on the street and immediately believe that all of them have the virus. The virus isn't in the air. You most likely catch it when talking to a infected person at a close distance for around 15 minutes.

There was no coronavirus in India some months ago. It still isn't as widespread as it was in Italy when the first case emerged there.

Time to keep a cool head.

Most of the migrants workers don't have the virus. Since the virus most likely entred India through tourists and overseas Indians. I don't know anything about these migrant worker but I am assuming they keep among themselves and rarely interact with tourists etc. I'd say not even 1 out of 1000 of them has the virus as of yet. In many pictures most of them are even wearing a mask.

If they have home send them their as soon as possible. States providing for them is a good gesture but no feasible for whole three weeks since each states has to provide for it's own population too. Sooner or later both parties would run out of patient and things could escalate.
 
Not clear why Migrants On The Road defy govt orders on Lockdown. Is it disregard for authority? Fear of paying rent in work towns?
Faith that they are safe anyway? Lack of community support? Simply an absence of communication despite modern technologies?

Have you ever been without food or clean water for 3-4 days or had to see your children and family crying because of hunger? Or kicked out of places where you used to live.

Its such a situation where you can’t say timings of Lockdown announcement was right or wrong. If Govt had announced a future date for lockdown then it would have created mass panic. Only thing Govt should have done before announcements- They should have created camps for these migrants like Kejriwal and other states are doing now. Better late than never. But seeing these people’s sufferings leaves you heart broken.
 
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Yikes. Sounds like some mental health issues at play here.
 
After seeing photos/ videos from Anand vihar terminal only things I can say now disaster waiting to happen. Brace yourself people for a 70 days more lock down!
 
Protocols may vary country to country and state to state. But in general :

If there is no fever for last three days, we repeat test to check if person has recovered or not. If it comes negative, we repeat again after 24-48 hours. Two negative tests, 24-48 hours apart, are needed before we declare a recovery and send him her home.

Most likely she doesn't have fever.

You mean her treatment hasn't started yet?
Are there gonna be more tests on her?
 
After seeing photos/ videos from Anand vihar terminal only things I can say now disaster waiting to happen. Brace yourself people for a 70 days more lock down!

Doubt the lockdown will be extended immediately. Something different needs to be done
 
I get a feeling most see a large crowd on the street and immediately believe that all of them have the virus. The virus isn't in the air. You most likely catch it when talking to a infected person at a close distance for around 15 minutes.

There was no coronavirus in India some months ago. It still isn't as widespread as it was in Italy when the first case emerged there.

Time to keep a cool head.

Most of the migrants workers don't have the virus. Since the virus most likely entred India through tourists and overseas Indians. I don't know anything about these migrant worker but I am assuming they keep among themselves and rarely interact with tourists etc. I'd say not even 1 out of 1000 of them has the virus as of yet. In many pictures most of them are even wearing a mask.

If they have home send them their as soon as possible. States providing for them is a good gesture but no feasible for whole three weeks since each states has to provide for it's own population too. Sooner or later both parties would run out of patient and things could escalate.

The virus does spread through droplets in air.Even if one of the worker in the crowd is positive,its most likely others have got it too now.And these workers do work at homes of rich people who may have returned from abroad
 
sorry to say but its looks like, Indian govt not doing tests on big scale ...... if you dont do tests, thn you wont know whos infected or not .... in the end, it will come and bite your back .....
 
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Yikes. Sounds like some mental health issues at play here.

just finished a doc's interview to KoreanTimes and he clearly said this virus outside China is behaving very different outside China and it doesn't attack lungs only. It also attacks and other parts of our bodies. Very scary stuff. This is why people need to be careful. This is something even scientists never witnessed before.
 
According to some labours shopkeepers are selling goods at thrice the normal price, this is the time when the unity of the nation gets tested and we are already failing.

Some people are walking miles to reach their home as there is no mode of transport available.
People can criticize the government but its obvious that a lockdown cant be implemented effectively in a country of 1.3billion.
 
According to some labours shopkeepers are selling goods at thrice the normal price, this is the time when the unity of the nation gets tested and we are already failing.

Some people are walking miles to reach their home as there is no mode of transport available.
People can criticize the government but its obvious that a lockdown cant be implemented effectively in a country of 1.3billion.

Did China also have those issues during their lockdown?
 
According to some labours shopkeepers are selling goods at thrice the normal price, this is the time when the unity of the nation gets tested and we are already failing.

Some people are walking miles to reach their home as there is no mode of transport available.
People can criticize the government but its obvious that a lockdown cant be implemented effectively in a country of 1.3billion.
Lockdown could have gradually implemented with the help of state governments
 
You mean her treatment hasn't started yet?
Are there gonna be more tests on her?
What treatment are you talking about fella? The likely reason is she doesn’t have a fever therefore she is being tested after 24-48 hours but she is getting positive results.
 
The virus does spread through droplets in air.Even if one of the worker in the crowd is positive,its most likely others have got it too now.And these workers do work at homes of rich people who may have returned from abroad

This is panic thinking.

I personally know of a case where a guy had fever and cough. Spent the weekend with his gf sleeping on the SAME bed. He gets tested on Monday. Positive. Gf gets tested. Negative.

The virus is contagious yes! However there are still so many unknown and uncertainties.

It spreads through droplets in the air, yes but the droplets are heavy and fall down and that's considering the person coughing heavily. Just simply being in the same room as someone with corona doesn't make you infected. You would need to inhale a large amount of droplets coming directly from the infected person at a close distance.

Some experts believe that an asymptotic person might not even be infectious. There is so much unknown about this virus.

I feel like people in the subcontinent either don't care or those who do are quick to hit the panic button.

The best thing to do would be act quick disperse this large crowd as soon as possible and send them home. That's social distancing.

Otherwise you are risking that the virus might spread among a large part of these workers and then things could get really out of hand.
 
According to some labours shopkeepers are selling goods at thrice the normal price, this is the time when the unity of the nation gets tested and we are already failing.

Some people are walking miles to reach their home as there is no mode of transport available.
People can criticize the government but its obvious that a lockdown cant be implemented effectively in a country of 1.3billion.

Lockdown of a large country after only 1000 cases was never the magic solution in the subcontinent. Strategic isolation of known infected areas and sealing them off radically from the rest of the country with heavy contact tracing and testing is the way. While introducing strict measures to enforce social distancing for the rest of the population.

Lockdown is a desperate last case measure and for those countries where flattening the curve makes sense. Where the health care system has a certain capacity to deal with a certain rate of new patients. At least in Pakistan's case that capacity is so low that flattening the curve makes no sense.
 
The Indian government has defended its handling of the coronavirus outbreak after a strict lockdown left millions stranded and without food.

India's population of 1.3 billion was given less than four hours' notice of the three-week lockdown on Tuesday. People are banned from leaving their homes under the measures.

Millions have been left jobless and without money by the shutdown, sparking an exodus from major cities. Thousands of migrant workers are walking long distances back to their villages after transport was stopped.

On Saturday the Information and Broadcasting Ministry hit back against criticism that the measures were announced without planning. The country's response had been "pre-emptive, pro-active and graded", it said in a statement.

Officially about 900 people have coronavirus in India. However, experts worry that the real number of infections could be far higher. India has one of the lowest testing rates in the world, although efforts are under way to ramp up capacity.

There are fears that an outbreak in the country - one of the world's most densely-populated - could result in a catastrophe. So far 20 people are reported to have died.
 
NEWS : BCCI to contribute INR 51 crores to Prime Minister narendramodi ji's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund
 
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