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Oncologist tests positive for COVID-19 

A doctor tested positive for COVID-19 at the Delhi State Cancer Hospital in the Dilshad Garden area.

The doctor worked with the oncology department and his family and other contacts in the last few days are being traced.

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Government to track those under quarantine through GPS

The Telangana government will track over 25,000 people placed under home quarantine by tracking their location in real time with the help of the COVID-19 monitoring system.

Andhra Pradesh government too had started tracking icitizens in home quarantine using a tool is called "COVID Alerting Tracking System", which uses signals of mobile towers to track people's location.

 

 

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Delhi Police files FIR against 6 in Nizabackn

Delhi Police has filed an FIR against 6 people in Nizabackn in connection with the Tablighi Jamaat event. Police have said the Markaz was vacated on Tuesday afternoon, it took 5 days to empty the entire building where 2100 people were living.

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US death toll crosses 4000, double in 3 days

The total US death toll from the corona virus pandemic topped 4,000 early Wednesday, more than double the number from three days earlier, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The number of deaths was 4,076 -- more than twice the 2,010 recorded late Saturday, Johns Hopkins data showed.

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Navy aircraft carries 60 samples from INS Hansa to Pune

An Indian Navy Dornier aircraft carried 60 samples for coronavirus testing from INS Hansa in Goa to Pune yesterday. The samples were carried by an official from the Goa State Health Department in the plane.

 

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France reports record 499 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

France on Tuesday reported its highest daily number of deaths from COVID-19 since the coronavirus epidemic began, saying 499 more people had died in hospital to bring the toll to 3,523. There are now 22,757 people hospitalised in France with COVID-19, with 5,565 of them in intensive care, health official Jerome Salomon told reporters in his daily update.

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Over 850 dead in a day, US sets highest one-day record

US coronavirus deaths have set one-day record at 865, according to Johns Hopkins University. This is by far the highest one-day death toll in the US. Nearly half of the new fatalities were in New York state, the epicenter of the pandemic despite closed businesses and deserted streets. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded for immediate reinforcements in the country's biggest city from the Trump administration.

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Cuba suspends arrival of international flights as cases rise to 186

Cuba said on Tuesday it was suspending the arrival of international passenger flights and asking all foreign boats to withdraw from the Caribbean island's waters to curb the spread of the new corona virus. Cuba, which has confirmed 186 cases of the fast-spreading disease, partially closed its borders last week, banning the arrival of foreign tourists and the departure of Cubans.

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43 new cases in AP. Total count to 87 

 

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Tabligh's Nizabackn centre cleared, 2361 people evacuated in 36 hours, says Sisodia

The Tabligh-e-Jamaat's Markaz in Nizabackn West, which is among the major COVID-19 hotspots in the country, has been cleared after the evacuation of 2,361 people in the past 36 hours, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday.

Taking to Twitter, Sisodia said that out of the 2,361 people, 617 have been admitted to hospitals while the rest quarantined. "The medical staff, administration, police and DTC staff worked together in this 36-hour operation, putting their lives at risk. Hats off to all of them," the deputy chief minister said in another tweet.

The total number of coronavirus cases in Delhi climbed to 120 on Tuesday after 23 new cases of the disease were reported on Tuesday.

These 120 cases include 24 people who took part in a religious congregation at the Markaz in Nizabackn West earlier this month.

 

 

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60 people from Pune who attended Nizabackn Markaz gathering quarantined

Pune District Collector, Naval Kishore Ram on Wednesday said that till now 60 people from Pune have been put under quarantine in connection with the Nizabackn Markaz event in Delhi, which was attended by over 130 people from the State.

"Nobody has the symptoms and samples are being sent for testing. Tracing for others is on," said Ram. "The total number of people from Pune who attended the event at Nizabackn Markaz in Delhi is more than 130. Many of them are either not in Pune or are untraceable. The search for them is underway," he added. 

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain had said that the officials are not certain of the accurate number of people who participated in the event but it is being estimated that 1,500-1,700 people had assembled at the Markaz building.

The religious gathering was held at the Markaz building in Nizabackn between 13 to 15 March.

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300 people from Karnataka attended Nizabackn jamaat, says heath minister

Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu on Wednesday said about 300 people from the state had attended the religious congregation of Tablighi Jamaat at Nizabackn Markaz Masjid in New Delhi last month, and 40 of them have been identified and quarantined.

In a tweet, the Minister also said COVID-19 test reports of 12 of them have come out as negative. Stating that the government has got information about 62 Malaysia and Indonesia nationals who had attended the congregation have come to Karnataka, in another tweet Sriramulu said, 12 of them have been identified and quarantined.

"The Home Department and the Health Department will identify and quarantine those who are staying here without going to their country," he added.

Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai had last night said about 300 people from the state had attended the religious congregation of Tablighi Jamaat and efforts were on to identify and quarantine them.

 

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14 minutes ago, snoww said:

43 new cases in AP. Total count to 87 

 

 

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43 new cases reported in AP, tally rises to 87

As many as 43 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in Andhra Pradesh since Tuesday night, taking the overall count to 87 in the state, the government said.Most of these cases relate to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation.

West Godavari district, which did not have a single COVID-19 case till Tuesday, recorded 13 positive cases while Kadapa district too reported 15.

Five new cases were added in Chittoor district, four in Prakasam, two each in East Godavari, SPS Nellore and one each in Krishna and Visakhapatnam districts, according to the latest bulletin of the Medical and Health Department.

In all 373 samples were tested since 9 pm on Tuesday and 330 of them turned negative till 9 am on Wednesday, the bulletin added.

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