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Aarogya Setu is not a surveillance app: Govt

New Delhi (NVI): The central government has issued a clarification and termed a prominent newspaper’s Op-Ed, which alleges Aarogya Setu app will be used for surveillance, as baseless.

The Aarogya Setu app, was launched by the government to keep people informed about COVID-19, and help them self-evaluate their risk of catching the virus.

In the clarification issued, the government has assured people that Aarogya Setu is not a surveillance app and is only a safe mobile application to help people stay notified about latest coronavirus updates or assist them in self-assessing their current health-condition.

The clarification was tweeted on Press Information Bureau’s (PIB) twitter handle, to fact check the claim that is doing rounds on the internet.

The app uses location, Bluetooth and basic personal information of the users to function. But it does not link user location and user data with any sensitive personal data. Neither does it make users vulnerable to hacking.

This app was launched a few days ago, in order to bring the citizens together in the fight against COVID-19.

World Health Day 2020: Highlighting the critical role of nurses and midwives

The emergency fund is aimed at strengthening healthcare systems. (Representational Image)

New Delhi (NVI): World Health Day is observed every year on April 7, by the World Health Organisation. It is also marked as the foundation day of WHO.

Every year, a particular health theme is decided to highlight the area of concern. This year, as COVID-19 pandemic has created panic all around the world, the tagline for World Health Day 2020 is – Support nurses and midwives.

The theme recognises the efforts of nurses and other health workers who are doing their best to help the victims of COVID-19. It is to celebrate the work of these healthcare workers and remind world leaders of the critical role they play in keeping the world healthy.

Nurses and other health workers are at the forefront of COVID-19 response, providing high quality, respectful treatment and care, leading community dialogue to address fears and questions and, in some instances, collecting data for clinical studies.

Today, on World Health Day, the current status of nursing around the world is being highlighted.

WHO and its partners are making a series of recommendations to strengthen nursing and midwifery workforce.

This is going to be important if one had to achieve national and global targets related to universal health coverage, maternal and child health, infectious and non-communicable diseases including mental health, emergency preparedness and response, patient safety etc.

As the theme says, it must also be considered that it is the health workers and nurses who are in the front line combating the deadly widespread pandemic caused by coronavirus.

However, they are not only providing the best possible care but are also leading community dialogue to address questions and fears about the COVID-19 disease.

Coronavirus cases top 13,47,800 globally; 74,808 deaths reported

Coronavirus cases

New Delhi (NVI): The novel coronavirus has infected more than 1.34 million people and killed over 74,800 worldwide, where more than 184 countries have reported COVID-19 cases.

A total of 2,84,802 people have completely cured and recovered from the deadly virus.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was diagnosed with coronavirus on March 26, has been admitted in intensive care in a London hospital after his condition worsened.

Meanwhile, death toll due to coronavirus in the US has surpassed 10,000 with more than 3,56,000 posotive coronavirus cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University data.

Although Europe is showing signs of slowdown in the virus spread for the fourth consecutive day.

The total death toll due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy has reached 16,523, Spain has a total of 13,341, deaths in France have been reported at 8,911, according to John Hopkins tally.

Death toll in United Kingdom has also surpassed 5,000-mark with more than 52,000 postive cases.

In addition to this, much of Japan will enter a state of emergency today as the country struggles to rein in the pandemic, months after the first domestic cases were reported, according to media reports.

World Health Day: PM urges Indians to show gratitude towards healthcare staff

New Delhi (NVI): On the occasion of World Health Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today led the nation in paying gratitude to the healthcare staff in leading the fight against coronavirus.

“Today on World Health Day, let us not only pray for each other’s good health and well-being but also reaffirm our gratitude towards all those doctors, nurses, medical staff and healthcare workers who are bravely leading the battle against the COVID-19 menace,” PM said in a tweet.

Modi also asked the citizens to ensure that they follow practices like social distancing which will protect their own lives as well as the lives of others.

“May this day also inspire us towards focusing on personal fitness through the year, which would help improve our overall health,” he added.

Mata Amritanandamayi’s message on COVID-19 outbreak

Spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi, also known as ‘Amma’, has urged people to pray sincerely and practice due diligence and caution against coronavirus. She has asked people to abandon fear and gather courage at this time. “The antivirus that can kill this virus is courage. Courage is our mind’s antivirus,” she said.

COVID-19 death toll in India rises to 111, total 4281 cases

New Delhi (NVI): As the 13th day of the nationwide lockdown in India came to an end, the death toll due to coronavirus rose to 111, while total confirmed cases reached 4,281, according to Union Health Ministry.

As per the latest data available with the Ministry, there are 3,851 active cases in the country and 318 cured or discharged.

In another update, the Health Ministry today came up with the gender distribution of COVID-19 cases as on April 6, 9 pm. According to the analysis, 76 per cent positive cases have been reported in males, while 24 per cent positive cases have been reported in females.

Majority of the cases in India have been linked to the religious gathering at Nizamuddin, links to which have been traced across 17 states so far.
Apart from this, Maharashtra leads the country in the maximum number of cases, with Tamil Nadu at second spot and Delhi is at third.
Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 cases across the globe crossed the 1.3 million mark as the global death toll topped 70,000.

J&K: Cyber police outsmarts hackers, recovers over Rs 1 lakh

Srinagar (NVI): Srinagar cyber cell has recovered over one lakh rupees from hackers, which they had stolen from the accounts of several people while posing as bank officials and owners of online business centers, the J&K police said today.

The cyber police station in Srinagar launched an operation to recover the money from hackers and succeeded in recovering an amount of Rs 1,10,000 from them.

The UT police, while tweeting on the development in the case, also advised people to be cautious of such hackers.

“Cyber Police Station Srinagar outsmarts hackers by recovering  Rs 1,10000. Hackers targeted several people, posing as bank officials & owners of online business centers. Public is advised to remain cautious & shouldn’t share account details, credit/ debit card details with anybody,” the J&K police said in a tweet.

Integrated data dashboards for COVID-19

New Delhi (NVI): Four smart cities in the country are using integrated data dashboards to provide up-to-date information about the status of coronavirus in their different administrative zones.

Pune, Surat, Bengaluru and Tumakuru are using these dashboards, developed by the data analysts and data experts working with their ICCCs (also functioning as COVID-19 War Rooms in many cities), the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs said in a statement today.

These dashboards provide a range of information which includes the number of cases, the areas where these cases were found, buffer zones where maximum cases have been reported and also information about the overall statistics on tested, confirmed, active, recovered and death cases.

In addition to this, the dashboards also facilitate surveillance of the area where the cases have been found, so as to contain the spread of the virus.

Various technologies including heat-mapping, predictive analysis, geo-spatial information systems etc. are being used to analyse, interpret and collect this data.

Modi speaks to Australian PM

New Delhi (NVI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spoke to his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison over the phone as both the leaders agreed to cooperate against COVID-19, including through collaborative research.

Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said that the Australian Prime Minister assured him about the well-being of the Indian community in that country, including students.

“Spoke on phone to PM @ScottMorrisonMP of Australia. We agreed to cooperate against COVID-19, including through collaborative research. PM Morrison assured me about well-being of the vibrant Indian community, including students, in Australia,” he tweeted.


The Australian PM also tweeted regarded his conversation with the Indian Prime Minister.

“A warm discussion by phone today with my good friend Prime Minister @narendramodi on our responses to the #coronavirus crisis. We shared our experiences on managing the crisis and will continue to share knowledge on treatment for the virus and as we work towards a vaccine,” he tweeted.

Coronavirus cases in Bangladesh reach 123; death toll at 12

Bangladesh lockdown

New Delhi (NVI): The total number of COVID-19 fatalities have reached 12 in Bangladesh as three more deaths were confirmed today, according to the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).

The total number of positive cases has reached 123 with 35 new infections being reported in the last 24 hours.

Dhaka city has the highest number of infected in the country so far. A total of 64 among the 123 infected patients are from here, United News of Bangladesh reported.

The second highest, a total of 23 infected patients, are in Narayanganj.

In addition to this, Jalal Saifur Rahman, one of the directors of Anti-Corruption Commission was admitted to a hospital after having tested positive for coronavirus one week ago. according to the media reports.

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