Andhra pradesh

Hyderabad: While Andhra Pradesh continued to show an increase in the number of positive coronavirus cases for the fifth consecutive day, as many as 90 cases related to Tablighi Jamaat religious congregation surfaced as of Saturday evening. Of them, eight are women, who are contacts of the returnees. Tests are still on. The state reported 26 new cases on Saturday, taking the cumulative positive cases to 190. State nodal officer Arja Srikanth said all contacts of those who tested positive were quarantined and their residential places were isolated. Andhra Pradesh so far reported one death. The father of a man who returned from Delhi succumbed to the virus in Vijayawada. His test results came after his death on March 30. Kurnool district has four cases. … [Read more...] about Andhra Pradesh: Eight women among 90 Tablighi Jamaat related COVID-19 cases detected

The officials said that two new testing centers are now functional in Guntur and Kadapa. Moreover, another testing center in Visakhapatnam would be functional from Monday. Currently, the testing labs have the capacity to conduct 700 tests every day and that will be increased to 900 per day after coordinating with private testing labs. … [Read more...] about 19 more positive cases in Andhra Pradesh in last 24 hrs, tally goes up to 180

DVG Sankara Rao, former Paravathipuram MP, who is a doctor by profession, said that protection of health of the doctors and staff was essential to prevent the spread of the disease from them to others. "The doctors can provide treatment to patients when they are assured of minimum and basic requirements. The government should try to procure them as early as possible," said Dr. Sankara Rao. … [Read more...] about Medical staff in A.P. concerned about lack of Personal Protective Equipment

It may be noted that the government has ordered the deferment of payment of salaries, remunerations, pensions etc. for March 2020 payable in April 2020 to mitigate the impact of the lockdown on its finances. The deferment varies from 10% to 100%. It is going to be in force till further orders. … [Read more...] about In A.P., medical and health employees, police, sanitary workers to be paid full salaries

Sanjeev Nandan Sahai, Secretary of the Union Ministry of Power, has clarified during a video-conference with top officials of the Energy Departments of States that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call was for switching off domestic lights only for nine minutes starting at 9 p.m. on April 5 and the other electrical appliances could be running as usual. … [Read more...] about Power sector geared up for today’s ‘lights off’ event