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[Indrajit]

Why Death Rate Could Be Higher For Tablighi Jamaat Members Who Stayed At Nizamuddin Markaz
by Arihant Pawariya - Apr 03, 2020, 7:09 pm

Members of the Tablighi Jamaat.
Snapshot

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  Here are the reasons why Tablighi Jamaat members who attended the Nizamuddin congregation in New Delhi could be more vulnerable to the coronavirus.
  

The Nizamuddin Markaz in New Delhi where Islamic preachers of Tablighi Jamaat congregated in hundreds has emerged as the biggest vector for the spread of Covid-19 in India.

According to official numbers put out by the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, out of 2,301 cases reported, 647 are now being linked to this single cluster, which translates to a whopping 28 per cent of the cases caused by a single event.

Of course, these are not the final numbers and tests of scores of people who were present at the Markaz are awaited.

While everyone is more focused on the case load the Markaz is contributing to overall numbers, one more aspect that needs attention is the mortality figures.

Telangana has reported nine deaths and all had attended Nizamuddin Markaz. Yesterday (2 April), Delhi reported four deaths, two of which were of people who were in the Markaz. The share of deaths linked to Nizamuddin cluster as percentage of total casualties in high.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao said in a media briefing that the virus that has attacked the people who attended the Nizamuddin meeting “appears to be more virulent than the ones that afflicted people who had returned from foreign trips earlier on as is evident from the fact that they (foreign returnees) are all on the road to recovery”.

But it’s most likely not the virus that is different but the level of exposure to the virus that could be the problem.

And this could be the reason why we are seeing so many who attended Tablighi congregation are succumbing to the virus. Of course, one factor is many of these maulvis are old and have other health issues.

But one other critical factor could be the viral load.

As some reports on the lifestyle inside such congregations by Tablighi Jamaat suggest, the attendees live in close proximity to each other under very unhygienic conditions, even using the same utensils for eating without washing them first.

So, if anyone is infected inside, there are not only chances of most of other residents getting infected but infected with larger amounts of virus in the beginning itself. And more the exposure to virus particles (viral load), higher the severity of illness.

Viral load refers to the number of viral particles carried by a patient and shed into the environment by the process of coughing, sneezing, talking, etc.

“The viral load is a measure of how bright the fire is burning in an individual,” explains Edward Parker of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

“As with any other poison, viruses are usually more dangerous in larger amounts. Small initial exposures tend to lead to mild or asymptomatic infections, while larger doses can be lethal,” write Joshua D Rabinowitz, a professor of chemistry and genomics, and Caroline R Bartman, a genomic researcher with the New York Times.

Dr Ellen Foxman, assistant professor of laboratory medicine and immunobiology at Yale School of Medicine, told New York Magazine in an interview that in human to human transmission “the amount of virus you are exposed to impacts how likely you are to become infected.”

“If there’s one virus on a doorknob, you’re much less likely to get sick from touching the doorknob than if there are 1,000 viruses on that doorknob. With a bigger exposure, some of the viruses are more likely to actually get into your airway and find a place to replicate. If you’re exposed to no virus at all, you’re not going to get sick. If you’re exposed to one little viral particle, you probably have a much lower chance of becoming infected than if you are right next to someone on an airplane who is coughing for eight hours,” she says.

The practice of taking virus from an infected person and injecting tiny and controlled amounts into healthy individuals as a form of inoculation is quite old in medicine.

Siddhartha Mukherjee, cancer physician and author, narrates how the Chinese discovered a way to inoculate people against smallpox.

“As early as 1100, medical healers in China had realized that those who survived smallpox did not catch the illness again (survivors of the disease were enlisted to take care of new victims), and inferred that the exposure of the body to an illness protected it from future instances of that illness. Chinese doctors would grind smallpox scabs into a powder and insufflate it into a child’s nostril with a long silver pipe,” he writes.

While we wait for more quantitative and qualitative studies on coronavirus, research done on other viruses which cause influenza, SARS, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, measles, etc, shows a strong association between the intensity of exposure and the intensity of disease as Mukherjee discusses in his piece for The New Yorker.

Harvard virologist Dan Barouch, whose lab is working on a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, says that “logically, the larger amount of virus should trigger more severe disease by prompting a brisker inflammatory response. But that is still speculative. The relationship between initial viral dose and severity remains to be seen.”

The novel coronavirus (SARS CoV2) is genetically a close cousin of SARS CoV1 and severity of illness was linked to higher level of virus exposure in the case of latter.

“On the basis of previous work on SARS and MERS coronaviruses, we know that exposure to higher doses are associated with a worse outcome and this may be likely in the case of Covid-19 as well,” says Willem van Schaik, professor in microbiology and infection at the University of Birmingham.

Professor Wendy Barclay, head of the department of infectious disease, Imperial College London, says: “in general with respiratory viruses, the outcome of infection – whether you get severely ill or only get a mild cold – can sometimes be determined by how much virus actually got into your body and started the infection off. It’s all about the size of the armies on each side of the battle, a very large virus army is difficult for our immune system’s army to fight off.”

In a study conducted on viral load distribution in SARS outbreak in the Amoy Gardens, a high-rise residential complex in Hong Kong, it showedthat "higher nasopharyngeal viral load was found in patients living in adjacent units of the same block inhabited by the index patient, while a lower but detectable nasopharyngeal viral load was found in patients living further away from the index patient."

The viral load could be the reason why so many doctors and healthcare workers are getting the infection (5,000 in Italy and 3,000 in China): they are constantly exposed to the virus. There have been reports of even young doctors who had no health issues succumbing to the virus. This could be attributed to not just constant exposure but also the large quantities of virus the workers are getting exposed to.

It has three lessons for us:

1) All healthcare workers should get good quality personal protection equipment, including masks, which are enough in numbers that they don’t have to use the same ones again and again.

2) India moves towards manufacturing or buying at least 100 crore masks for its population so that people when they return to work wear them and lessen the exposure to viral load from infected patients. If the infected person (who is asymptomatic) also wears mask, this will reduce the chances of others getting infection. 'Masks for all' should be our motto.

3) One set of healthcare workers should not be assigned long shifts. Rather, the hospitals should involve as much staff as possible to look after the patients, and shifts should be shorter so that exposure to viral load can be reduced.





Arihant is Senior Editor, Swarajya
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[Indrajit]

Questionable Hygiene Practices At Delhi Centre Of Tablighi Jamaat May Have Played A Role In It Being A ‘Super-Spreader’ Of Covid-19
by Swati Goel Sharma - Apr 03, 2020, 4:51 pm

Tablighi Jamaat
Snapshot

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  Here’s what a Telangana man who stayed at the Delhi Markaz of Tablighi Jamaat in November told us about the lifestyle of inmates.
  

Inmates at the New Delhi headquarters of Islamic organisation Tablighi Jamaat follow practices that “guarantee” the spread of the virus to other inmates, says a man from Telangana who stayed at the Nizamuddin-based building for three weeks in November.

Johny (name changed), who spoke to this correspondent over the phone, requested to be anonymous.

Johny, born a Christian, converted to Islam in June 2019 to win over his girlfriend’s family. Soon after the mandatory circumcision, which he got done in August, he joined Tablighi Jamaat on the advice of a “doctor”.

He stayed in several mosques across Telangana, before going to Delhi Markaz (markaz means centre) in November. The organisation, he says, teaches members to “imitate the life of Muhammad peace be upon him”.

“They teach us how to follow the tenets of Quran strictly and tell us to live as Muhammad peace be upon him lived. We follow him in everything we do – the way we eat and drink, and even urinate,” he says.

“There are guidelines even for sexual intercourse.”

Johny says he is deeply connected to the “orthodox” organisation and “strongly attached to Prophet”.

However, he says he has some issues with the way he and other inmates lived at the Markaz. He says the allegations that the Markaz is a super-spreader of the virus across India doesn’t surprise him.

“It’s like, if one person has it, it’s guaranteed that others will catch it too,” he says, and explains:

“We ate from the same utensil. We ate in a batch of four and used one big plate to put bread, rice and curry. We all ate from it together and would not use spoon or cutlery. Then we would leave the plate as it was. Another batch of four would come and eat from the same plate. This would continue for six or seven batches,” he says.

The washrooms, he says, were few and common. There is no fixed count of men residing in the Markaz at a given time, he says. “This is because men would keep coming and leaving in between. In my estimate, at its peak, there must have been more than a thousand men in the Markaz.”

“At any given point of time in the day, one could not use the toilet without waiting for at least half-an-hour. That’s how crowded the place was,” he says.

The washrooms, with 'Indian seats', would always stink given the large number of men who used it, he says. “But the toilets would be washed once a day by a cleaner.”

Notably, Dr Nutan Mundeja, who is director general of health services in the Delhi government, has been quoted by The Times of India in today’s edition as saying that one of the reasons that the large number of Markaz evacuees are testing positive for the virus is that the inmates were living in close proximity inside the building.

“They were sharing the same washrooms and utensils. I don’t think the results are surprising,” she told the newspaper.

Of Delhi’s current count of 293 cases, 182 are that of evacuees from the Markaz who attended an iztema (gathering) in March and stayed on after it concluded around mid-March, as per the Times of India report.

Johny further says that the building had a “small swimming pool kind of a water area” for ‘Wudu’. Wudu is a purification ritual among Muslims where they wash their faces, hands, arms and feet with water before performing namaz. “As all of us used the same water for Wudu, spread of such a virus is guaranteed,” he says.

Johny says he returned to Telangana by end of November. “I rented a room and lived separately from my family. I had not told them I was in Delhi,” he says.

“I wanted to live independently and by myself,” he says, and adds that he attended several iztemas of the organisation in Telangana in the coming months.

Through the conversation, Johny repeats that while he has issues with some of their practices, he is deeply attached to the organisation and that is because “they teach him how to live life the right way”.

Johny has no pictures of his stay at the Markaz. “Phones were strictly not permitted inside the building. Even if we took a selfie outside the Markaz, others would taunt us saying, ‘what kind of a Muslim are you’,” he says.

Asked why he uses phone or clicks his pictures now, Johny says rules are different outside of the Markaz. “In some things, they are too orthodox,” he says.

Johny says that in January, he had a bad bout of cough, cold and fever. “I never took any pill throughout. It subsided in 20-25 days on its own. I wonder if it was the virus. In any case, I am out of it now and there is no point of getting myself checked,” he says.

Johny says that in their sermons, the preachers stressed on “prayers” as a cure to every problem. “They taught us that we should be devoted to Allah and avoid visiting doctors and hospitals,” he says.

Does Johny agree? “Not really. If I fall seriously ill, I will go to a hospital. As I said, they can be too orthodox in some things.”

It is pertinent to mention here that it is the March iztema in Delhi Markaz that has come under the scanner of the authorities. Out of more than 13,000 people estimated to have attended the 10-day Tablighi Jamaat meeting in Delhi in mid-March, nearly 8,000 have been identified as high risk who may spread the virus across India.


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[captscooby81]

If someone here wants to know how mobility trends across world going on you can check the below link


https://www.google.com/covid19/mobility/

 

[mehrotraprince]

Librandu Reporter

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[Roshan]

Questionable Hygiene Practices At Delhi Centre Of Tablighi Jamaat May Have Played A Role In It Being A ‘Super-Spreader’ Of Covid-19
by Swati Goel Sharma - Apr 03, 2020, 4:51 pm

Tablighi Jamaat
Snapshot

• 
  Here’s what a Telangana man who stayed at the Delhi Markaz of Tablighi Jamaat in November told us about the lifestyle of inmates.

Inmates at the New Delhi headquarters of Islamic organisation Tablighi Jamaat follow practices that “guarantee” the spread of the virus to other inmates, says a man from Telangana who stayed at the Nizamuddin-based building for three weeks in November.

Johny (name changed), who spoke to this correspondent over the phone, requested to be anonymous.

Johny, born a Christian, converted to Islam in June 2019 to win over his girlfriend’s family. Soon after the mandatory circumcision, which he got done in August, he joined Tablighi Jamaat on the advice of a “doctor”.

He stayed in several mosques across Telangana, before going to Delhi Markaz (markaz means centre) in November. The organisation, he says, teaches members to “imitate the life of Muhammad peace be upon him”.

“They teach us how to follow the tenets of Quran strictly and tell us to live as Muhammad peace be upon him lived. We follow him in everything we do – the way we eat and drink, and even urinate,” he says.

“There are guidelines even for sexual intercourse.”

Johny says he is deeply connected to the “orthodox” organisation and “strongly attached to Prophet”.

However, he says he has some issues with the way he and other inmates lived at the Markaz. He says the allegations that the Markaz is a super-spreader of the virus across India doesn’t surprise him.

“It’s like, if one person has it, it’s guaranteed that others will catch it too,” he says, and explains:

“We ate from the same utensil. We ate in a batch of four and used one big plate to put bread, rice and curry. We all ate from it together and would not use spoon or cutlery. Then we would leave the plate as it was. Another batch of four would come and eat from the same plate. This would continue for six or seven batches,” he says.

The washrooms, he says, were few and common. There is no fixed count of men residing in the Markaz at a given time, he says. “This is because men would keep coming and leaving in between. In my estimate, at its peak, there must have been more than a thousand men in the Markaz.”

“At any given point of time in the day, one could not use the toilet without waiting for at least half-an-hour. That’s how crowded the place was,” he says.

The washrooms, with 'Indian seats', would always stink given the large number of men who used it, he says. “But the toilets would be washed once a day by a cleaner.”

Notably, Dr Nutan Mundeja, who is director general of health services in the Delhi government, has been quoted by The Times of India in today’s edition as saying that one of the reasons that the large number of Markaz evacuees are testing positive for the virus is that the inmates were living in close proximity inside the building.

“They were sharing the same washrooms and utensils. I don’t think the results are surprising,” she told the newspaper.

Of Delhi’s current count of 293 cases, 182 are that of evacuees from the Markaz who attended an iztema (gathering) in March and stayed on after it concluded around mid-March, as per the Times of India report.

Johny further says that the building had a “small swimming pool kind of a water area” for ‘Wudu’. Wudu is a purification ritual among Muslims where they wash their faces, hands, arms and feet with water before performing namaz. “As all of us used the same water for Wudu, spread of such a virus is guaranteed,” he says.

Johny says he returned to Telangana by end of November. “I rented a room and lived separately from my family. I had not told them I was in Delhi,” he says.

“I wanted to live independently and by myself,” he says, and adds that he attended several iztemas of the organisation in Telangana in the coming months.

Through the conversation, Johny repeats that while he has issues with some of their practices, he is deeply attached to the organisation and that is because “they teach him how to live life the right way”.

Johny has no pictures of his stay at the Markaz. “Phones were strictly not permitted inside the building. Even if we took a selfie outside the Markaz, others would taunt us saying, ‘what kind of a Muslim are you’,” he says.

Asked why he uses phone or clicks his pictures now, Johny says rules are different outside of the Markaz. “In some things, they are too orthodox,” he says.

Johny says that in January, he had a bad bout of cough, cold and fever. “I never took any pill throughout. It subsided in 20-25 days on its own. I wonder if it was the virus. In any case, I am out of it now and there is no point of getting myself checked,” he says.

Johny says that in their sermons, the preachers stressed on “prayers” as a cure to every problem. “They taught us that we should be devoted to Allah and avoid visiting doctors and hospitals,” he says.

Does Johny agree? “Not really. If I fall seriously ill, I will go to a hospital. As I said, they can be too orthodox in some things.”

It is pertinent to mention here that it is the March iztema in Delhi Markaz that has come under the scanner of the authorities. Out of more than 13,000 people estimated to have attended the 10-day Tablighi Jamaat meeting in Delhi in mid-March, nearly 8,000 have been identified as high risk who may spread the virus across India.


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Questionable Hygiene Practices At Delhi Centre Of Tablighi Jamaat May Have Played A Role In It Being A ‘Super-Spreader’ Of Covid-19
by Swati Goel Sharma - Apr 03, 2020, 4:51 pm

Tablighi Jamaat
Snapshot

• 
  Here’s what a Telangana man who stayed at the Delhi Markaz of Tablighi Jamaat in November told us about the lifestyle of inmates.

Inmates at the New Delhi headquarters of Islamic organisation Tablighi Jamaat follow practices that “guarantee” the spread of the virus to other inmates, says a man from Telangana who stayed at the Nizamuddin-based building for three weeks in November.

Johny (name changed), who spoke to this correspondent over the phone, requested to be anonymous.

Johny, born a Christian, converted to Islam in June 2019 to win over his girlfriend’s family. Soon after the mandatory circumcision, which he got done in August, he joined Tablighi Jamaat on the advice of a “doctor”.

He stayed in several mosques across Telangana, before going to Delhi Markaz (markaz means centre) in November. The organisation, he says, teaches members to “imitate the life of Muhammad peace be upon him”.

“They teach us how to follow the tenets of Quran strictly and tell us to live as Muhammad peace be upon him lived. We follow him in everything we do – the way we eat and drink, and even urinate,” he says.

“There are guidelines even for sexual intercourse.”

Johny says he is deeply connected to the “orthodox” organisation and “strongly attached to Prophet”.

However, he says he has some issues with the way he and other inmates lived at the Markaz. He says the allegations that the Markaz is a super-spreader of the virus across India doesn’t surprise him.

“It’s like, if one person has it, it’s guaranteed that others will catch it too,” he says, and explains:

“We ate from the same utensil. We ate in a batch of four and used one big plate to put bread, rice and curry. We all ate from it together and would not use spoon or cutlery. Then we would leave the plate as it was. Another batch of four would come and eat from the same plate. This would continue for six or seven batches,” he says.

The washrooms, he says, were few and common. There is no fixed count of men residing in the Markaz at a given time, he says. “This is because men would keep coming and leaving in between. In my estimate, at its peak, there must have been more than a thousand men in the Markaz.”

“At any given point of time in the day, one could not use the toilet without waiting for at least half-an-hour. That’s how crowded the place was,” he says.

The washrooms, with 'Indian seats', would always stink given the large number of men who used it, he says. “But the toilets would be washed once a day by a cleaner.”

Notably, Dr Nutan Mundeja, who is director general of health services in the Delhi government, has been quoted by The Times of India in today’s edition as saying that one of the reasons that the large number of Markaz evacuees are testing positive for the virus is that the inmates were living in close proximity inside the building.

“They were sharing the same washrooms and utensils. I don’t think the results are surprising,” she told the newspaper.

Of Delhi’s current count of 293 cases, 182 are that of evacuees from the Markaz who attended an iztema (gathering) in March and stayed on after it concluded around mid-March, as per the Times of India report.

Johny further says that the building had a “small swimming pool kind of a water area” for ‘Wudu’. Wudu is a purification ritual among Muslims where they wash their faces, hands, arms and feet with water before performing namaz. “As all of us used the same water for Wudu, spread of such a virus is guaranteed,” he says.

Johny says he returned to Telangana by end of November. “I rented a room and lived separately from my family. I had not told them I was in Delhi,” he says.

“I wanted to live independently and by myself,” he says, and adds that he attended several iztemas of the organisation in Telangana in the coming months.

Through the conversation, Johny repeats that while he has issues with some of their practices, he is deeply attached to the organisation and that is because “they teach him how to live life the right way”.

Johny has no pictures of his stay at the Markaz. “Phones were strictly not permitted inside the building. Even if we took a selfie outside the Markaz, others would taunt us saying, ‘what kind of a Muslim are you’,” he says.

Asked why he uses phone or clicks his pictures now, Johny says rules are different outside of the Markaz. “In some things, they are too orthodox,” he says.

Johny says that in January, he had a bad bout of cough, cold and fever. “I never took any pill throughout. It subsided in 20-25 days on its own. I wonder if it was the virus. In any case, I am out of it now and there is no point of getting myself checked,” he says.

Johny says that in their sermons, the preachers stressed on “prayers” as a cure to every problem. “They taught us that we should be devoted to Allah and avoid visiting doctors and hospitals,” he says.

Does Johny agree? “Not really. If I fall seriously ill, I will go to a hospital. As I said, they can be too orthodox in some things.”

It is pertinent to mention here that it is the March iztema in Delhi Markaz that has come under the scanner of the authorities. Out of more than 13,000 people estimated to have attended the 10-day Tablighi Jamaat meeting in Delhi in mid-March, nearly 8,000 have been identified as high risk who may spread the virus across India.


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Another one of the love jihad victim party. Figures.

 

[ezsasa]

Mumbai during Coronavirus Lockdown

 

[Assassin 2.0]

:biggrin2:

 

[HindaviSwarajya]

Bhai log is Modi following astrology??

5 tarikh ko 9baje9 minute diye jalana
Exact lockdown from 25th march jab hindu nav-varsh start hua... to 14th april jab surya rashi parivartan karke Mesh me jayege... is it all coincidence.

Yes

Modi speech today is based on numerology...
And the sunday lighting event is also based on numerology...

Today he gave soeech at 9 am for 9 min .. 9th day

5 Apr (5+4)= 9*
9*pm
For 9* Min
9* number is Mars ( मंगल ).

Light, Fire = Mars

Modi ji Activating energy of planet.

*सब का मंगल हो*।

Also this fast spread is due to Mangal only which will transit somewhere on mid april

 

[indiatester]

After 21 days lockdown, I see steps as below:

The restriction will be lifted in those Districts which have "zero" cases, but no INTER-DISTRICT movements will be allowed this will be for next 15 Days.

If no further cases reported in these "zero" case districts inter-district movement will be allowed, but with in State only.

Districts Showing cases will be remain in Lockdown-Curfew for next 15 days to monitor hotspots and to monitor further spread.

If situation stabilizes in those hotspots and not further out spread is reported then, movement within the District will be allowed beholding HOTSPOTS & BUFFER ZONES.

HOTSPOTS will remain close till last single person is been screened and quarantined.

This is why the massage is for 3 MONTHS time line for various SUBSIDIES & SERVICES.

These are my thoughts, I can be wrong on many fronts.

My in-laws are stuck with us in our house because of this lockdown. They want to rush back to their place if possible tomorrow.
Some concessions must be allowed for people to reach back their homes which are in other states.

 

[Bhoot Pishach]

My in-laws are stuck with us in our house because of this lockdown. They want to rush back to their place if possible tomorrow.
Some concessions must be allowed for people to reach back their homes which are in other states.

My goodness, what position you are in!!!

Cannot say about opening of lockdown, but I will never forget miserable plight of our friend @indiatester got locked with his in-laws in lockdown.

On Serious note:

Bro nobody knows what will happen, and how they will loosen up the Lockdown. But I, think this is the only way to stop the contagion.

Everybody do have some genuine issues with this lockdown, but we have to live with it, for greater safety of our society and nation.

Our friend @Aaj ka hero is stuck alone in Chandigarh without much of supplies, he is in most precarious condition.

I have Mother who is Diabetic and have Hyper Tension and Father having chronic Asthma. I had to stock medicines for both for atleast for 3 month. I also stored Grocery of atleast 3 months. Sorry but had to stock because, I knew if contagion gets out of hand then, its anybody's guess how bad the situation will be.

We as family maintaining Social Distancing with my parents so that no health issue arise in the period of lockdown.

We as human race has to face it, if we want to overcome Wuhan-Chinese-Virus without much collateral damages. Some personal sacrifices, means nothing in this dire circumstances.

 

[yourgodisweak]

left retards may pay someone to pull a stunt like this in India very soon!

 

[DivineLight]

Guys mere ghar ke peche wali gali me ek corona positive (sayad ) ko le gye hai.. I live in sector 37 faridabad... Very afraid now...

Forget about going outside for next 5 days. Make outing minimal.

Virus entry is through mouth, nose and eyes. Keep them protected all times. Keep the weak of your pack under much strict quarantine. Especially males.

Stock food too, bet you already did all those things. You just need to be extra vigilant. Given the infected guy is cutlet, better sanitize your gates and whatever stuff there outside your house.

 

[ganesh177]

India has managed to flatten the Coronavirus curve despite Tablighi Jamaat cases: Here are the facts and charts

https://www.opindia.com/2020/04/ind...curve-flatten-despite-tablighi-jamaat-graphs/

 

[Indrajit]

1,023 COVID-19 positive cases with links to Tablighi Jamaat reported from 17 states: Health ministry

https://www.businessinsider.in/indi...ates-health-ministry/articleshow/74982879.cms

 

[Indrajit]

Covid-19: Going against trend, most patients in India are millennials
2 min read . Updated: 04 Apr 2020, 05:47 PM ISTNeetu Chandra Sharma

• India reported 58 critical cases of covid-19 and these were found in Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, and Delhi
• Advanced age and co-morbidities such as diabetes, kidney and cardiac ailments crucial factors in covid-19-related deaths
  NEW DELHI: The maximum number of people affected by covid-19 in India are in the age group of 21-40, the Union health ministry said on Saturday.
  
  While the elderly are said to be the most vulnerable to the disease, people above 60 years accounted for only 17% of total cases in the country.
  
  “We have done the age profile analysis of covid-19 cases in India. We found that 9% of positive cases are in between 0- 20 years, 42% cases are in the age group of 21-40, 33% in 41-60 and 17% in the people above 60 years of age," said Lav Agarwal, joint secretary, ministry of health and family welfare.
  
  Also, India reported 58 critical cases of covid-19 and these were found in Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, and Delhi. “As far as deaths are concerned, we have noticed that advanced age and co-morbidities such as diabetes, kidney and cardiac ailments played an important role in deaths," said Agarwal. “We are dealing with a highly infectious and communicable disease. We are battling with this on a day-to-day basis. Still, the case doubling rate in India is lesser than other countries," he added........
  
  

https://www.livemint.com/news/india...-in-india-are-millennials-11586000044825.html

 

[sorcerer]

Pakistan trying to ‘influence’ Indian Muslims to violate the Covid-19 lockdown: Delhi Police

New Delhi: As India continues to fight the onslaught of coronavirus, a ‘deliberate disinformation campaign’ is being run by Pakistan to ‘instigate’ Indian Muslims to violate the nationwide lockdown announced by the government, a Delhi Police report claims.

Earlier, Indian police officials had found that Pakistani social media handles had spread fake news among Muslims in India during the riots in northeast Delhi in February end. According to Delhi Police sources, a similar campaign is now being carried out to disrupt the 21-day lockdown.

A report, titled ‘Project Digital Vaccine: Weaponising Disinformation to Destroy COVID19 Lockdowns’, prepared by cyber experts of Delhi Police’s Special Branch, stated: “Several of the videos (circulated on social media in the last one week) appear to be shot in Pakistan and Middle East but audio in Hindi has been superimposed to create a Hindi video.”


“Videos of Muslims refusing to get themselves tested and beating medical personnel are also being spread with request to do the same and inspire other Muslim brothers. These disinformation/fake news videos watched by millions of users may end up influencing the thoughts of a large section of people in the targeted religion,” the report stated.

“Timely removal and quick rebuttal of such deliberate disinformation campaigns/fake news is required to ensure Indian citizens from all religions strictly follow the national mission of social distancing and adhere to the lockdown guidelines to avoid large gatherings,” according to the report, which has been accessed by this writer.

 

[sorcerer]

• Confirmed*
  3290
• Cases As Per MoHFW*
  2902
• Deaths
  86
• Recovered
  206
• Treatment Ongoing
  2998
• No. Of Tests Done*
  69245

 

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Japanese Deputy PM says WHO should be called 'Chinese Health Organization' - Decries its complicity in shielding China


https://www.organiser.org/Encyc/202...ecries-its-complicity-in-shielding-China.html

FIR Against a JNU student who threatened to spit on the security guard and spread Corona Virus


https://www.organiser.org/Encyc/202...-security-guard-and-spread-Corona-Virus-.html

 

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Covid-19 Now Covered Under Ayushman Bharat Scheme; Free Test, Treatment For 50 Crore PMJAY Beneficiaries

https://swarajyamag.com/insta/covid...st-treatment-for-50-crore-pmjay-beneficiaries

 

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Indian Railways Gears Up For Resuming Services From 15 April; Shares Restoration Plan With Seventeen Zones

https://swarajyamag.com/insta/india...-shares-restoration-plan-with-seventeen-zones