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Japan to lift emergency as daily Covid-19 cases drop below 50

New Delhi (NVI): Japan is set to lift coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and four other prefectures in the country from tomorrow as daily new cases have fallen below 50, a 95 per cent decline from the April peak.

Two new coronavirus infections were reported in Tokyo yesterday, the lowest single-day tally since Japan declared a state of emergency last month, according to Kyodo News.

The number of new cases in Tokyo which grew rapidly in late March and peaked in mid-April, have recently remained below the threshold set by the Japanese government for imposing emergency measures, reports the news agency.

Tokyo has confirmed 5,138 cases so far. With eight new deaths yesterday, the death toll in Japan’s capital rose to 271.

Japan has recorded 16, 543 cases so far, with 13,005 recoveries and 814 deaths.

Meanwhile, the number of cases globally has crossed 5.25 million mark, with more than 339,000 deaths. A total of 5,260,970 cases have been recorded across 196 countries and 339,758 have died of the virus so far.

India records 6,767 new Covid-19 cases, 147 deaths in past 24 hrs

New Delhi (NVI): India today recorded its highest spike in coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, of at least 7,767, while 147 new deaths have been recorded since yesterday, according to Health Ministry.

There are 1,31,868 confirmed Covid-19 cases across the country now and active cases stand at 73,560. 3,867 deaths have been recorded so far.

According to the health ministry, a total of 54,440 people has been cured so far. In the last 24 hours, 2657 patients were found cured. The total recovery rate is 41.28%.

Sikkim has recorded its first Covid-19 positive case after a man recently returned from Delhi tested positive.

India has witnessed a surge in the number of cases in the past five days after lockdown restrictions were eased. The country is now under the fourth phase of lockdown which is slated to end on May 31.

Meanwhile, India will resume domestic flights from tomorrow, with rigorous Covid safety measures in place. Over 1000 flights are scheduled to take off on Monday. The airlines in the country will be airborne after a gap of two months since the lockdown was imposed in late March.

The Ministry of Health today issued new guidelines for domestic travel that include air, train and inter-state bus travel, as well as international arrivals.

In another development, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan today visited Chaudhary Brahma Prakash Ayurved Charak Sansthan, Delhi which is functioning as a Dedicated COVID Health Centre (DCHC), to oversee the preparedness to manage COVID-19 cases. He visited the various facilities and wards and witnessed first-hand the treatment being provided to COVID-19 patients, through a holistic approach as per the directions of Ministry of AYUSH, the health ministry said in a statement.

As per the MoHFW guidelines, the Dedicated COVID Health Centres are hospitals that shall offer care for all cases that have been clinically assigned as moderate. These should either be a full hospital or a separate block in a hospital with preferably separate entry/exit/zoning, the ministry said.

The number of cases globally has crossed 5.25 million mark, with more than 339,000 deaths. A total of 5,260,970 cases have been recorded across 196 countries and 339,758 have died of the virus so far.

Covid-19: J&K records another death, tally reaches 1,569

Abid Bashir

Srinagar (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir today witnessed one more death due to coronavirus while 80 more people including a senior doctor and a pregnant woman were tested positive, taking the total number of positive cases in the Union Territory to 1,569.

Officials said that the deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) was posted in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district was tested positive for coronavirus infection.

The total number of Covid-19 deaths in J&K now stands at 21 of which 19 were reported in Kashmir and two in the Jammu region.

The deceased Covid victim, aged 55, hailed from Uranhal area of South Kashmir.

Among the 80 new cases, 59 belong to Kashmir division while 21 are from Jammu division, the officials said. They said that the total number of positive cases in Kashmir division have reached 1,330 including 702 recoveries and 19 deaths while the total number of positive cases in Jammu division has reached 239 including 72 recoveries and 2 deaths.

Cases tested positive in J&K today include 6 from Anantnag, 5 from Kulgam,3 from Srinagar,1 from Bandipora,4 from Baramulla, 36 from Kupwara  and 4 from Pulwama in Kashmir division while 21 reported cases were reported from Jammu region which includes 4  from Jammu, 1 from Kathua, 14 from Ramban, and one each from Kishtiwar and Poonch.

As per the official figures, 272 positive cases including 4 deaths and 109 recoveries are from Anantnag, 179 including 6 deaths and 119 recoveries are from Srinagar, 198 including 2 deaths and 12 recoveries are from Kulgam, 139 including 1 death and 129 recoveries are from Bandipora, 136 including 98 recoveries and 4 deaths are from Baramulla, 127 including 106 recoveries are from Shopian,  164 including 70 recoveries are from Kupwara, 63 including 35 recoveries and 2 deaths are from Budgam, 27 including 15 recoveries are from Ganderbal and 25 including 9 recoveries are from Pulwama.

In Jammu division, 72 positive cases including 31 recoveries and 1 death are from Jammu district , 41 including 6 recoveries are from Kathua, 33 including 1 death and 21 recoveries are from Udhampur, 44 including 1 recovery are from Ramban, 20 including 7 recoveries from Samba, 10 including 4 recoveries from Rajouri, 6 from Poonch and 4 with 1 recovery in Reasi, 8 from Kishtwar including 1 recovery and 1 from Doda.

As per the daily information bulletin, 1, 30,197 people in Jammu and Kashmir are under observation while 32,056 people have been kept under home quarantine. In addition to this, 774 people are in hospital isolation while 74 people are placed under hospital quarantine.

According to the bulletin, 70,586 people have completed surveillance the period and 26,686  people have been placed under home surveillance. Besides that, so far results of 1,24,074 samples are made available.

Out of 1,24,047 samples, the number of samples tested negative stands at 1,22,505 while 1,569  have tested positive.

 

J&K: Passengers to be quarantined, tested after arrival at Srinagar airport

Abid Bashir

Srinagar (NVI): Once the flight operations resume, at least 90 flights will operate from Srinagar International Airport from May 25 and all the passengers arriving at the airport will be quarantined for a week and later tested for coronavirus before they are discharged, officials said.

Officials said that the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary, BVR Subramanyam, is personally monitoring the new quarantine facilities where the passengers arriving by air will be quarantined.

“Initially only 40 per cent of the flights will operate. We have upgraded the facilities at the airport keeping in view the Covid-19 guidelines. There are certain points where passengers have to strictly follow social distancing norms,” Director of Srinagar Airport, Santosh Dhoke, said.

He also said that elaborate arrangements have been made for the security staff, airport staff and the airlines staff so that there is hassle free travel for passengers.

Sources said that the administration has decided that it will offer only government quarantine facilities to passengers arriving here. “But passengers can avail hotel quarantine facility at minimum fixed payment,” they said. The paid quarantine facilities will be available in Srinagar, Jammu, Gulmarg and Katra.

Sources said that the local administration will fix rates for paid quarantine facilities. Principal Secretary, Housing & Urban Development Department, Dheeraj Gupta, has been appointed as the nodal officer for arrivals at the Srinagar airport.

“Over 3,000 people are expected to arrive daily from May 25. In the beginning, nearly 80-90 flights will operate per week,” sources added.

All flight operations across the country were suspended, in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, from the last week of March, 2020.

 

Bangladesh coronavirus tally surpasses 32,000 mark

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New Delhi (NVI): The total number of deaths from coronavirus in Bangladesh has reached 452 after 20 more people lost their lives in the last 24 hours, according to United News of Bangladesh.

The total number of coronavirus infections rose to 32,078 after 1,873 new infections were reported during this period.

During this period, 296 coronavirus-infected people recovered fully in the country which upped the total number of recoveries to 6,486.

The country has seen a spike in the number of new cases and deaths in recent weeks.

Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Nasima Sultana said, “17 private hospitals and diagnostic centers have been authorised to conduct RT-PCR test to detect COVID-19 infection.”

Coronavirus cases top 53,000 in Pakistan; 1,115 dead

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New Delhi (NVI): The total number of positive coronavirus cases in Pakistan has increased by more than 1,500, taking the overall tally to 53,199 with at least 1,115 fatalities recorded so far.

Looking at the breakdown of cases, Sindh province has reported 21,645 coronavirus cases, highest among all the provinces, while Punjab has 18,730 positive cases.

On the other hand, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has recorded 7,391 cases, Balochistan is at 3,198, Gilgit-Baltistan at 607, Islamabad at 1,457 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is at 171 cases so far, according to Geo News.

Meanwhile, doctors and experts fear the country’s under-funded and creaking healthcare system will crumble under the pressure if the contagion gathers more pace, according to media reports.

On a positive note, 15,201 people have recovered from the malignant virus in the country.

782 new COVID cases in Afghanistan; tally hits 9,998

New Delhi (NVI): Afghanistan witnessed a rise in coronavirus cases with 782 new cases, taking the overall tally to 9,998 across the country, according to Afghan media reports.

In the last 24 hours, 11 COVID-19 patients have died, bringing the total deaths in the country to 216.

Among the new cases, 377 cases were reported in Kabul, the country’s hardest-hit are

In addition, 150 cases were reported in Herat, 59 in Balkh, 47 in Ghazni, 32 in Nangarhar, 28 in Paktia, 21 in Samangan, 12 in Paktika, 10 in Kunar, 11 in Kapisa, 12 in Baghlan, 12 in Logar, 4 in Farah, 4 in Ghor, 6 in Laghman, 4 in Badghis and 3 in Takhar.

The country’s Health Ministry said, over 29,417 samples have been tested so far, which analysts say is too low a number when compared to the country’s population.

So far, 1,040 patients have been cured or discharged across the country.

China reports no new COVID-19 cases for first time since outbreak

New Delhi (NVI): Chinese authorities registered zero new infections of coronavirus in the mainland on May 22, for the first time since they began reporting data in January.

The country’s National Health Commission (NHC) in a statement said, “This compared to four new cases on the previous day. There were two new suspected cases, an imported one in Shanghai and locally transmitted case in the northeastern province of Jilin.”

New asymptomatic cases of the coronavirus fell to 28 from 35 a day earlier, the NHC added.

According to the reports, the country has seen a sharp decline in locally transmitted cases since March.

However, it has continued to see an influx of imported cases, mainly involving Chinese nationals returning from abroad, while new clusters of infections in the northeastern border provinces have emerged in recent weeks.

Wuhan also reported its first cluster of infections this month, since the lockdown on the city ended on April 8, prompting authorities to warn that counter-epidemic measures could not be relaxed and a campaign to test all of Wuhan’s 11 million residents for COVID-19 was launched.

The total number of confirmed cases in the mainland stood at 82,971 and the death toll remained unchanged at 4,634.

Daily carbon emissions fall 17% globally due to coronavirus lockdown

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New Delhi (NVI): Carbon dioxide emissions have fallen to the lowest level since 2006 as lockdowns are imposed around the world due to the coronavirus crisis, a new study shows.

The major slowdown of movement has led to an extreme decline in CO2 emissions — with daily levels recorded 17 per cent lower as compared to averages from last year.

It is estimated that in the first four months of the year, global emissions from burning fossil fuels and cement production were cut by 8.6 per cent, compared with 2019 levels.

In the study published in Nature Climate Change, the findings show the world has experienced the sharpest drop in carbon output since records began, with large sections of the global economy brought to a near standstill. When the lockdown was at its most stringent, in some countries emissions fell by just over a quarter on average. In the UK, the decline was about 31 per cent, while in Australia emissions fell 28.3 per cent for a period during April.

“This is a really big fall, but at the same time, 83 per cent of global emissions are left, which shows how difficult it is to reduce emissions with changes in behaviour,” said Corinne Le Quéré, a professor of climate change at the University of East Anglia, and lead author of the study.

According to the study, largest factor was the lack of vehicles on road, accounting for 43 per cent of the decrease. While air travel’s carbon footprint fell by a staggering 60 per cent, that industry only generally accounts for about 3 per cent of yearly global carbon emissions — making its overall impact far smaller than other industries.

Within the global total, the largest impacts were in China in the first four months of the year, followed by the US, then Europe and India.

However, the unprecedented fall is likely to be only temporary. As countries slowly get back to normal activity, over the course of the year the annual decline is likely to be only about 7 per cent, if some restrictions to halt the virus remain in place. If these restrictions are lifted in mid-June the fall for the year is likely to be only 4 per cent.

Nepal’s COVID-19 tally reaches 584 with 36 new cases

New Delhi (NVI): 36 new positive Covid-19 cases have been reported from Nepal, taking the toll in the Himalayan nation to 584, according to local media reports.

The country’s Ministry of Health and Population said the infections were confirmed through tests carried out at Seti Hospital in Dhangadhi, Koshi Hospital in Biratnagar, and Rapti Academy of Health Sciences in Dang.

Among the new cases, four males between the ages of 20 and 27 years from Baitadi district. A 33-year-old male from Jhapa district, twenty-seven males between the ages of 16-50 from Banke district.

Likewise, a 19-year-old male from Bardiya district and two males and one female from Surkhet have contracted the coronavirus infection, according to the Ministry.

Of the total persons infected, 505 are males while 79 are females.

The coronavirus contagion has been found in forty districts of the country with 86 cases in Province 1,172 cases in Province 2, 32 cases in Bagmati Province, five cases in Gandaki Province, 271 cases in Province 5, four cases in Karnali Province, and 14 cases in Sudurpaschim Province, as per media reports.

Earlier today, 32 fresh cases were reported that took the confirmed tally to 548, as per media reports.

Meanwhile, 45,757 samples have been tested by the PCR method in the country.

So far, 60 people have been cured or recovered from the virus and three persons have died.

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