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The guidelines issued by the ministry also underlined the importance of physical distancing, indoor use of masks, and strict hand hygiene. (File Photo/PTI)
Coronavirus (Covid-19) Cases and Death Toll in India Live Updates: Amid the continuous rise in the number of coronavirus cases in India, the Union Health Ministry has issued revised ‘Clinical Guidance for Management of Adult COVID-19 Patients.’ The ministry has recommended emergency use authorization (EUA)/off label use of Tocilizumab drug in case of severe cases of Covid-19. The guidelines issued by ICMR-COVID-19 National Task Force, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), and the Joint Monitoring Group (DGHS) suggested that the medicine should be preferably used with 24 to 48 hours of the ICU admission or the onset of the disease.
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The guidelines issued by the ministry also underlined the importance of physical distancing, indoor use of masks, and strict hand hygiene.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold a series of high-level meetings today. In the wake of the increasing demand for oxygen, he will discuss the situation with leading oxygen manufacturers in the country. The Prime Minister will also review the Covid-19 situation in an internal meeting and then speak to chief ministers of states with a high burden of coronavirus cases.
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The fire at a COVID-19 hospital in Virar is tragic. Condolences to those who lost their loved ones. May the injured recover soon: PM Narendra Modi. (ANI)
Oxygen stock will last another 2 hrs, ventilators and BiPAP machines not working effectively: Sir Ganga Ram Hospital director medical. (PTI)
Thirteen COVID-19 patients died in a blaze at the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Palghar district of Maharashtra on Friday, police said. The fire broke out in the ICU on the second floor of the four-storeyed Vijay Vallabh Hospital at Virar shortly after 3 am, an official said. Firefighters extinguished the blaze at 5.20 am, he added. There were 17 patients in the ICU when the fire broke out, the official said. Four patients were rescued and shifted to other hospitals in the area, he added. (PTI)
The UAE’s decision to ban flights from India due to the worsening COVID-19 situation in the country has upset a lot of travel plans as people are making frantic efforts to reach to their destinations before the restrictions come into effect. The UAE has banned travel from India for 10 days from Sunday. The ban will come into effect from 11.59 pm on Saturday, April 24, and is subject to review after 10 days, the Gulf News reported. Passengers who have transited through India in the last 14 days will also not be permitted to board from any other point to the UAE, the report said. (PTI)
Canada has said it would ban all flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days due to the growing wave of COVID-19 cases in that region. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said the ban would start late Thursday, speaking hours after India reported a global record of more than 314,000 new infections in the previous 24-hours. Ontario Premier Doug Ford, meanwhile, apologised Thursday for a failed attempt to close playgrounds and allow police to stop and question people who were not in their homes measures that created a backlash from police forces, health officials and the public. (AP)
The Jammu district administration on Thursday declared five areas micro-containment zones (MCZs) and made it mandatory for residents to get themselves tested for COVID-19, officials said. Action, including the filing of an FIR, will be taken against anyone refusing to undergo the test, they said. District Magistrate Anshul Garg declared Kalika Colony and Gorkha Nagar of Tehsil Bahu; south and east extension of Trikuta Nagar; Sector 6, 9 and extension-8 of Nanak Nagar; the shopping centre near Bhagat Singh Chowk Bakshi Nagar and Preet Nagar as MCZs. (PTI)
The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday revised its order enabling admission of COVID-19 patients in private hospitals with referral of the Integrated COVID Command Center (ICCC) after facing criticism from several quarters. According to the rules, only the patients referred by ICCC are admitted in private hospitals, leading to huge rush at the centre for referral letters, drawing criticism on social media and by opposition Congress. In a directive sent to all divisional commissioners, district magistrates and all chief medical officers, Additional Chief Secretary (Medical and Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said now COVID patients can be admitted in private hospitals on the basis of their test reports. (PTI)
Meghalaya on Thursday reported 180 new COVID-19 cases, which took the tally in the state to 15,486, a health department official said. The state now has 1,131 active cases, Health Services Director Aman War said. Sixty-eight people were cured of the disease during the day, taking the total number of recoveries in the northeastern state to 14,198, he said. The death toll remained at 157, as no new fatality due to the infection was reported, War said. The state has so far conducted over 4.43 lakh sample tests for COVID-19. (PTI)
All government offices in Uttarakhand will remain closed for the next three days till Sunday for proper sanitisation in view of a rising number of coronavirus cases. The order to this effect was issued by the state health department. Through another order, the department has asked all medical colleges, nursing schools and paramedical colleges to switch back to the online mode of education for the month of May and send the students residing in the hostels to their homes. Additional Chief Secretary Radha Raturi also issued an order, closing all government and private schools, colleges and universities till further instructions and asking them to continue with the online mode of teaching.
Manipur’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 30,000-mark on Thursday as 86 more people tested positive for the disease, an official said. The fresh infections pushed the coronavirus caseload in the northeastern state to 30,047, he said. The death toll rose to 381 after a 56-year-old man from Imphal East district succumbed to the infection at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences here, the official said. (PTI)
Manipur’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 30,000-mark on Thursday as 86 more people tested positive for the disease, an official said. The fresh infections pushed the coronavirus caseload in the northeastern state to 30,047, he said. The death toll rose to 381 after a 56-year-old man from Imphal East district succumbed to the infection at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences here, the official said. (PTI)
Taking cognisance of BJP leader Kirit Somaiya’s complaint about the death of 62 COVID-19 patients in Vasai-Virar area, the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission on Thursday issued a notice to the state. The commission asked the state public health department to submit a report in three weeks. Somaiya, in his complaint lodged on April 16, alleged that 62 critically ill COVID-19 patients died at hospitals in Vasai Virar region between April 12 and 13 due to lack of oxygen. (PTI)
The first `Oxygen Express’ carrying liquid medical oxygen departed for Maharashtra from Visakhapatnam on late Thursday night. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal took to Twitter to inform about the Ro-Ro (roll-on-roll-off) train with seven tankers leaving for Maharashtra. “The first Oxygen Express train loaded with liquid medical oxygen tankers has left for Maharashtra from Vizag. Railways continues to serve the nation in difficult times by transporting essential commodities and driving innovation to ensure the wellbeing of all citizens,” Goyal tweeted. (PTI)