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Three aides working for US President Donald Trump, vice-president Mike Pence, and first daughter Ivanka Trump have tested positive for the novel coronavirus this week. This has brought the pandemic to within a degree of the center of power in the US.

The Trump administration is tightening visa guidelines for Chinese journalists in response to the treatment of US journalists in China, as tensions flare between the two nations over the coronavirus.

Former president Barack Obama has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, calling it an "absolute chaotic disaster."

Three members of the White House coronavirus task force, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, placed themselves in quarantine after contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, another stark reminder that not even one of the nation's most secure buildings is immune from the virus.

Work on the 37-bedded ICU at the new super specialty block of district Wenlock Hospital is in final stages of completion. Part of area-based development of Mangaluru Smart City mission, new ICU that is being set up will initially be used to handle need for this critical life support system that the global pandemic could bring forth

Arrival of a migrant labourer from Bagalkot in a truck has created panic among residents of Urwa in the city. People in the area insisted that he should be quarantined and undergo tests for Covid-19. In fact, the migrant labourer, who is a native of Bagalkot, was working in Mangaluru. He had gone to his native place in Bagalkot before the lockdown announcement in March.

In what could be a relief to thousands of people who have registered through Seva Sindhu portal and have sought government transport to get back to their home states, the state transport undertakings in Karnataka have decided to operate non-AC inter-state services to neighbouring south Indian states.

With 41 new cases of Covid-19 reported on Saturday, the total number of positive cases in Karnataka has reached 794, said the state health department.

Responding to a demand from industries - many of which are struggling without labour even after relaxation - the government has instructed officials in the districts to facilitate movement of workers from various parts of Karnataka to Bengaluru and other industrial districts to kickstart the recovery process.

The Karnataka government said it'll work with industry associations and workers' unions to arrive at amicable solutions on the number of working hours and wage arrears in the current scenario.

The Karnataka government has allowed garment units in red zones but outside containment zones to resume operations with 33% work force.

Seventeen construction workers from Sarjapur walked for six hours, covering 35km, on Friday after a WhatsApp text claimed that a train from Yelahanka railway station would take migrants to Uttar Pradesh.

A three-year-old boy, who was sleeping next to his mother in their house near Magadi, was dragged out and killed by a leopard on Friday midnight. The child’s family had kept the door open as it was too hot when the leopard sneaked in

To protect both cabbies and passengers during the Covid-19 pandemic, some taxi operators in the city have installed plastic sheets in their vehicles to separate the driver and rear seats.

(This story originally appeared in BangaloreMirror on May 10, 2020)

Karnataka’s efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus have ensured that healthcare systems are not overwhelmed with cases. This is evident from the low bed occupancy in dedicated Covid-19 hospitals. Ninety-eight per cent of the beds earmarked for coronavirus patients across the state are vacant.

Marwar Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the district administration to allow businessmen and traders having shops in areas under curfew to visit their establishments and take stock of the condition of material and goods.

A 23-year-old youth was arrested on Friday for repeatedly raping and blackmailing a 17-year-old girl at a village in Khanpur police station area of Jhalawar district. He was produced before a local court on Saturday that sent him to police remand for two days.

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said the state borders were sealed not to deny entry to migrants but for their systematic entry into the state.

33 more Covid-19 cases have been reported from Rajasthan, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 3,741, said the state health department on Sunday.

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Universities in Bengal would hold undergraduate and postgraduate end-semester examinations within a month of the lockdown being lifted, education minister Partha Chatterjee said on Saturday after a discussion with vice-chancellors of state varsities.

Services are crawling back to normal at eye hospitals across the city that had been forced to suspend emergency surgeries and outpatient (OPD) services since the lockdown started. While some have resumed elective surgeries in a restricted way following screening of patients, others are on the way to reviving OPD services even as they continue telephone consultations and online advice.

A woman living in a high profile highrise off Ballygunge Phanri filed an FIR at Ballygunge police station on May 7, alleging torture and abuse by her husband.

More private hospitals in the city are trying to acquire the advanced GeneXpert point-of-care testing system that can detect coronavirus in 45 minutes or less. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had earlier approved the use of this US-grown rapid molecular diagnostic technology to detect Covid-19.

From now on, only those with severe Covid-19 symptoms will need to undergo RT-PCR tests, that too only one and not two consecutive tests that were mandatory earlier, for their release from the hospital after treatment. Covid-positive patients with mild and moderate symptoms will no longer require the mandatory negative confirmatory tests before they are sent home.

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To curb the increasing number of corona positive cases and the spread of virus infection, the Gandhinagar Collector on Saturday said there would be a total lockdown in Gandhinagar city and Kalol municipality on the lines of Ahmedabad and Surat.

Five persons of a family were brutally hacked to death in Hamirpur village, 27 km from Rapar town of Kutch, as the simmering animosity between members of two communities came to a boil on Saturday.

Shahpur police, on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, detained 29 persons in connection with the violence which erupted on Friday evening in the area.

As a mother of newborn baby, this 24-year-old emergency medical technician (EMT) working with the 108 emergency ambulance service was eligible for six months maternity leave. But made of sterner stuff, Riddhi Chavda, couldn’t wait to rejoin duty.

(This story originally appeared in AhmedabadMirror on May 10, 2020)

Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi (AIIMS-D), Dr Randeep Guleria on Saturday said that late hospitalization of Covid-19 patients due to fear of stigma and higher prevalence of co-morbid conditions like diabetes, hypertension, heart and kidney disease were key reasons behind the high number of Civid-19 deaths in Gujarat.

Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city.

The Covid-19 count of Haryana on Saturday reached 675 as 28 new cases, which includes 25 from the national capital region (NCR) were reported. A 22-year-old TB patient also succumbed to Covid-19 in Panipat taking death toll to 9 in the state.

Five days after nearly 5,500 cases of liquor seized by police went missing in Sonipat, Haryana Police on Saturday raided the Chandigarh hideout of the godown owner's husband and seized Rs 97 lakh, a Range Rover car, two pistols and a three mobile phones.

Three people, including two brothers running a narco terrorism network linked to Hizbul Mujahideen commander Naikoo, who was killed by security forces in Kashmir recently, were on Saturday arrested in a joint operation conducted by Haryana Police, National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Punjab Police.

Thieves broke into a liquor vend in Manimajra and stole 204 liquor boxes worth around Rs 13 lakh on Friday.