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Solar Water Desalination Plant Market to Witness Significant Growth until 2027

Solar Water Desalination Plants: Introduction

A solar water desalination plant produces potable water from saline water through direct or indirect methods of desalination powered by sunlight

The design of a direct (or a passive) plant unit, generically called a solar still, can be quite simple

Solar water desalination plants are powered solely by solar energy. Hence, weather conditions and variable solar intensity led by shifting position of the sun throughout the day can negatively impact the efficiency of these plants.

The heat that drives the desalination process can also be provided by large arrays of sunlight-concentrating mirrors. However, it is expensive to manufacture and install those mirrors.

Factors such as technical simplicity, low maintenance requirements, and ease of operation are highly important for successful installation of distributed solar powered desalination plant systems.

Key Drivers of Global Solar Water Desalination Plant Market

Solar light can be considered a new energy source for desalination of water, primarily in offshore applications. Rising concerns related to climate change, carbon emissions, rapid growth of human population, and contamination of water resources lead to requirement for more amount of fresh water for both commercial and domestic usage.

Growing environment-related concerns and rising usage of clean energy substitutes are estimated to be key factors driving the global solar water desalination plant market during the forecast period

Government policies and initiatives favoring the installation of solar water desalination plant units are projected to provide immense opportunities to the global solar water desalination plant market during the forecast period

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Restraints of Global Solar Water Desalination Plant Market

A large amount of concentrated brine is discharged from saline water desalination plants. This brine is not only salt concentrated, but it also contains chemicals such as anti-scaling agents from pre- and post-treatment. This results in high salt concentration in the area near the brine discharge point. Thus, brine disposal is an issue that challenges all desalination technologies.

Efficiency of solar water desalination plant systems is purely governed by preferably high rates of heat and mass transfer during evaporation and condensation. Thus, surfaces need to be properly designed within planned objectives in terms of heat transfer efficiency, economy, and reliability.

Also, Condensation heat is valuable, as a large amount of solar energy is required to evaporate water and generate saturated, vapor-laden hot air. This amount of solar energy gets transferred to the condenser's surface during condensation. However, in most forms of solar stills, this heat of condensation is expelled from the system as waste heat.

Solar-powered desalination plant installation is highly energy intensive and costly, which makes it economically unfeasible for large- and small-scale installations

Major Developments

In October 2019, REvivED Water consortium and Trunz, in their pilot plant, conducted tests by using the combination of electro dialysis (ED), reverse electro dialysis (RED), and reverse osmosis (RO) for improving the efficiency of solar seawater desalination

In July 2019, researchers from Rice University in the U.S. used 'inexpensive plastic lenses' to concentrate sunlight and create 'hot spots' on solar-powered desalination systems

In April 2019, Niti Aayog announced that India’s first solar-powered desalination plant would be set up in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Under this project, India has planned to build desalination plants along the 7800-kilometer coastline of Tamil Nadu.

In November 2018, a symbolic foundation stone for the 5,200-m3/d desalination facility, which would located on the Red Sea coast at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, was laid by King Salman during his visit to King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Under this project, Saudi Arabia has planned to build a solar-powered desalination plant by using the adsorption technology.

Middle East & Africa to Hold a Major Share of Global Solar Water Desalination Plant Market

Based on region, the global solar water desalination plant market can be classified into North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and Middle East & Africa

Middle East & Africa is likely to dominate the global market during the forecast period. High investments, especially in North Africa, as well as technological advancements are driving the market in the region.

Moreover, favorable government initiatives in GCC and Africa have prompted leading global players to invest in these sub-regions

The market in the Middle East is likely to witness significant growth between 2019 and 2027, as more number of oil- and gas-based economies have turned toward the desalination sector

Leading players in Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia are also interested in using solar power as an alternative to carry out reverse-osmosis desalination, which uses electricity to pump saline water through membrane filters

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Key Players Operating in Global Market

Some of the key players operating in the global solar water desalination plant market are:

Photon Energy Systems Limited

Solar Water Solutions Ltd

Tesla

Sterlitech Corporation

Sinovoltaics Group

Trunz Water Systems AG

AMP

Elemental Water Makers B.V.

F CUBED LIMITED

Photon Energy Systems Ltd.

Waaree Energies Ltd.

Water Office

Global Solar Water Desalination Plant Market, by Membrane Process

Solar-powered Reverse Osmosis

Membrane Distillation

Electro-dialysis and Electro-dialysis Reversal

Global Solar Water Desalination Plant Market, by Method

Solar-powered Humidification-Dehumidification (HDH) Desalination

Solar Diffusion Driven Desalination

Solar Membrane Distillation

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) -based Desalination

Solar Pond Distillation

Global Solar Water Desalination Plant Market, by Region

U.S.

Canada

Germany

France

U.K.

Italy

Spain

Russia & CIS

Rest of Europe

China

Japan

India

ASEAN

Rest of Asia Pacific

Brazil

Mexico

Rest of Latin America

GCC

South Africa

Rest of Middle East & Africa

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Customer Experience Maps

Insights and Tools based on data-driven research

Actionable Results to meet all the business priorities

Strategic Frameworks to boost the growth journey

The study strives to evaluate the current and future growth prospects, untapped avenues, factors shaping their revenue potential, and demand and consumption patterns in the global market by breaking it into region-wise assessment.

The following regional segments are covered comprehensively:

North America

Asia Pacific

Europe

Latin America

The Middle East and Africa

The EIRS quadrant framework in the report sums up our wide spectrum of data-driven research and advisory for CXOs to help them make better decisions for their businesses and stay as leaders.

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The study offers an in-depth assessment of various customers’ journeys pertinent to the market and its segments. It offers various customer impressions about the products and service use. The analysis takes a closer look at their pain points and fears across various customer touchpoints. The consultation and business intelligence solutions will help interested stakeholders, including CXOs, define customer experience maps tailored to their needs. This will help them aim at boosting customer engagement with their brands.

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Woman falls asleep on flight and wakes up in pitch dark on locked and empty plane

A woman has claimed she was left alone in a dark and locked plane after falling asleep on a flight.

Tiffani Adams took a 90-minute Air Canada flight from Quebec to Toronto on 9 June.

Ms Adams fell asleep during the journey but woke up to find the aircraft empty, cleared and parked in Toronto.

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She had somehow been left inside the dark plane, which appeared to have been locked for the night.

“I fell asleep probably less than halfway through my short 1.5 hour flight,” she said, in a message posted on Air Canada’s Facebook page.

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“I wake up around midnight (few hours after flight landed) freezing cold still strapped in my seat in complete darkness (I’m talking pitch black).”

Ms Adams described her ordeal as “terrifying” and said she thought she was having a bad dream.

The stranded passenger called a friend but her phone died around a minute into the call.

Ms Adams then attempted to charge the phone but found that the plane’s power had been switched off.

“I can’t charge my phone to call for help I’m full on panicking [because] I want off this nightmare asap,” she said.

“As someone with an anxiety disorder as is I can tell you how terrifying this was,” she wrote

“I think I’m having a bad dream bc like seriously how is this happening!!?”

Ms Adams said she found a torch in the plane’s cockpit and eventually made her way to the aircraft’s main door.

She eventually opened the door, only to find herself around 50 ft above ground and unable to negotiate the drop beneath her.

The passenger said she sat with her legs dangling out of the aircraft while sending out distress signals with her torch.

Ms Adams said she was unable to tell how much time had passed before she saw a man driving a luggage cart, who passed the plane.

She said she flagged the startled airport employee down, saying he was “in shock” to see her.

“He [asked] how the heck they left me on the plane,” Ms Adams said, describing her rescue.

“I’m wondering the same.”

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The man then accompanied Ms Adams to the airport building, where she was met by Air Canada representatives.

Ms Adams said being forgotten on the plane had left her with recurring “night terrors”.

She said she struggled to sleep and would wake “anxious and afraid [she was] locked up someplace dark”.

An airline spokesperson confirmed the account and told The Independent that Air Canada was reviewing the incident and remained in contact with the passenger.

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In India, Google block, China's application after court order: Report of tiktok

Google is in India with its hugely popular video applications for tiktok in state court in order to comply with the directive to ban the download in order to access the blocked, direct knowledge of this issue, people have told Reuters. The southern part of the movement in Tamil Nadu, a court in China, and the prohibition of the tiktok bytedance technology, the app to pause after the request refused, so without a doubt is one of the important markets in the future, it is time to come. The state court April 3, the federal government to ban the tiktok is being asked to be encouraged, pornography and child predators of the users were affected. A ban on individual lawsuits against the public interest, the judgment after you start. The federal government, according to officials of the Ministry of the state to comply with the court order, Apple and Google to change the letters were sent.

App 25 days late on Apple's platform was still available, but are no longer in India, you can save a google play.

Google said in a statement like the following individual applications to comply with the local laws, said the company does not comment is. Apple tiktok google 's move to a request for comment was not immediately responding to a request for comment during but received no reply. Tiktok, users create a short video with special effects, so that you can share with its hugely popular in India, as well as improper, it insists that the criticism by some politicians. India has been downloaded more than 24000 million times in February," said app analytics firm sensor tower. More than 3000 million users of India in January 2019 if it is installed in the same month, 12 times more than last year. Jokes, clips and India's thriving film industry-related footage of young people and schoolchildren to synchronize the lip - popular music and dance to some along the meme and video has dominated the application platform. Bytedance India's Supreme Court ruling last week, the state court in order for the prohibition of free speech rights of freedom in India." The Challenge of attack. The top court on Tuesday, if you want to return to the state court judge bytedance's pending request for the ban, in the case of a lawyer, K. neelamegam bytedance opposing argument is rejected, he called it. In a statement, the tiktok, formerly India's judicial system and you had to trust to millions of user from the "popular and said he was "optimistic about the results. It is a judge's ruling did not comment on the details of. The company is scheduled to assist in litigation, the court shall appoint a senior lawyer welcomed the decision. In case the state court has written to request submissions from bytedance, April 24, so the next hearings are planned. Techlegis advocates at the law firm of technology &'s lawyer Salman waris bytedance legal action against the social media and other digital content to regulatory intervention on the platform, the Indian courts, it could set a precedent," he said. The Supreme Court of filing with the content of the tiktok bytedance "very slight" proportion is inappropriate or obscene, and it seems. The company has more than 250 people in India to employment, and deployed as a business plan for a lot of investment, he said.

Tiktok prohibited to hilarious meme twitter and a joke to lead

Tiktok created waves on the globe, a popular Chinese video sharing application, you can no longer download in India. Google and Apple, the Indian courts illegal content, the government's concerns, to block the download of the application. Tiktok troubling, including pornographic content published through the concern about children who have recently faced a backlash. News is inhibited the spread of the hashtag #tiktokban started the trend on Twitter, the netizens of memes, celebrated the decision, a joke now. The Best Of The tiktok prohibited. Please take a look at some of the jokes

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2 minute silence for the tiktok users who mentioned 'Actors' in their bio ..!!

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#TikTokban Finally TikTok is going to ban

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#tiktokban *After realising tiktok is going to be banned in India* Me:

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Tiktok here and that is why the app is prohibited in India, as in the following app, could have led the total ban on one of the 5 Critical Incident

To share a platform to create videos and tiktok is new every day and fight the fire. This madras high court injunction later it, high-tech giants like Google and Apple, Android, IOS apps from the App Store have been removed. Opposition to this movement, of increased calls for ban brought to it, is very released by the number of incidents at the bottom of the scanner to increase the heat of the tiktok. In that part of the tiktok is prohibited." India's civil rights to the rest of the Mass ... every day, use the platform to express themselves have to create the content." "The company's content is an inappropriate or obscene percentage of very slight" seems to indicate that it was only a small percentage of the tiktok video flags are set when you move it claims that it is also invoked. To create the application sharing, the popular video, news, the wrong reasons now. Millions of supporters around the world, we are enjoying a loyal following despite criticism that the applications for the fair share, faced with a considerable amount of Madras High Court has banned the domestic applications are the answers displayed -- Call is prohibited by the number of calls about whether the dispute is a seemingly endless stream is secured. In India, for tiktok 12000 million monthly users -- some 5000 million accumulated in the 5 months from 5 months ago, was the light of poor people, appears in the platform, Bangladesh, Indonesia, India and other countries to join the list of growth - with some high-profile incident, so this is facing a headwind. Here, he said, and eventually to the application to India, the prohibition on the application, because it is in use for problems arising from the illegal, the media were reported in one of the 5 incidents. Also read India to tiktok inhibited: Google and Apple, in each of the tiktok application is down from the App Store

24- years old shot of Delhi.

The anger of the tiktok for fuel, and the most recent incident is Mohammad Salman in the 19- year old boys from Delhi, the friend's suhail malik he masquerades as a video of the tiktok countrymade pistol was accidentally shot, reportedly after he lost his life. 2, the report of the accident was reported to have happened when you were driving to India Gate, the incident took place on the night of April 13. Also read: tiktok inhibited: Indian child pornography problem to work for a tiktok application.

Tamil Nadu students tiktok video creation, Incident Response

In February, another incident earlier in the video, the rise in heat of the birth of the shared application. the firearm is set incorrectly in the case off, but there is no one from the Tamil Nadu 1 student in the college of one of his friends, 2 on a scooter accidentally ramming a bus after his life was lost. In this way, while riding the scooter, tiktok video trying to make one of the 3 found that it was a result of the accident. Also read: The Supreme Court in Madras high court to prohibit tiktok app rejected the instruction

The challenge is to lead on a collision of nillu-nillu

Many of us are currently in progress at the time of the election of the possibility of a conflict of political motives while fretting at the end of last year, the Tamil Nadu Malappuram town 2 groups of single tiktok video with each other over a ended up fighting. It was part of a challenge nillu-nillu tiktok video students and local people who fought in the group and 8 people were injured.

Man tiktok during the creation of the video loses life in Punjab

Moving Back to northern India in the Punjab province at the beginning of the year, the man during the creation of the tiktok video at the bottom of the tractor after he comes in his life has been lost. For each report, the man he moves on top of the tractor attempted to retrieve the video on the platform was. However, like destiny, he slipped beneath the tires of the tractor, he quit and is caught in the tractor cultivator machines after retrieving the jammed, and ultimately his life was lost.

Man tiktok video creation, his throat slit

Another is wrong tiktok video incident is in Chennai, in front of a video camera to my throat accidentally slit in the case of people trying to make a report from the last year.

According to media reports, the man pretending to slit his throat was to shoot video.

However, he was making a video, he accidentally ended. In fact, his throat slit, then he will also end the recording to have been trying to stop me from the bleeding of death, the video capture. He is eventually The Ummer tiktok while shooting video in his life is lost in the accident, his attempt was in vain.

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We imposed lockdown in Delhi only once, and then gradually resumed work across fields from June 1 onwards. Probably, Delhi is the only city where lockdown hasn't been imposed again, as we understand work & COVID management can go hand-in-hand: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal pic.twitter.com/VWktQbCwxp

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कब तक आएगी #कोरोना की #vaccine ? पत्रकारों के इस सवाल पर मैंने उम्मीद जताई कि अगर सब कुछ ठीक रहा तो भारत इस साल के आखिर तक #coronavaccine हासिल कर लेगा। @MoHFW_INDIA @CSIR_IND @NDRFHQ pic.twitter.com/zqAxftKUdt

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Choudhary is the seventh minister in Madhya Pradesh, besides Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, to test positive for the infection. In the last week of July, CM Chouhan had tested positive and recovered after treatment.

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मेरी कोविड की रिपोर्ट टेस्ट के बाद पॉजि़टिव आई है।मेरा सभी से निवेदन है जो भी मेरे संपर्क में आए हैं, वह कोरोना टेस्ट करवा लें। मेरे निकट संपर्क वाले लोग क्वारनटीन में चले जाएं।आप सभी की प्रार्थना एवं आशीर्वाद से जल्द आप सभी के बीच उपस्थित होकर फिर जन सेवा के कार्यों में लगेंगे।

— Dr. Prabhuram Choudhary (@DrPRChoudhary) August 23, 2020

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COVID-19 toll in Uttar Pradesh climbs to 2,926

Fifty-nine people succumbed to COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, raising the toll due to the disease to 2,926 in the state, Additional Chief Secretary Amit Mohan Prasad said. Briefing reporters, the official said the case fatality rate stands at 1.56 percent. As many as 5,325 fresh coronavirus cases were reported in the state, taking the state-wide tally to 1,87,781, he said. So far, 1,35,613 COVID-19 patients have been discharged after recovering from the disease with the recovery rate at 72.21 percent, he further said. The count of active cases in the state stands at 49,242.

The senior official said 1.3 lakh samples were tested in UP on Saturday.

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16:33 (IST)

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Recovery rate nears 75%, says health ministry

A steadily increasing number of recoveries has pushed India's recovery rate to nearly 75 percent, said the Union health ministry. With 57,989 COVID-19 patients recuperating in the last 24 hours, the total number of recoveries has reached 22,80,566. The total recoveries in the country now exceed the total active cases (7,07,668) by nearly 16 lakhs (1,572,898), it said in a statement. Active cases now comprise 23.24 percent of the country's total case load, it said. "This has also resulted in a gradually falling mortality rate. Currently at 1.86 percent, India's case fatality rate (CFR) is one of the lowest globally," the ministry said.

The ministry said the average daily number of recoveries is on a "constant upward move" from 15,018 between July 1 and 7 to 60,557 between August 13 and 19.

India’s total recoveries now exceed the total active cases (7,07,668) by nearly 16 lakhs (1,572,898): Ministry of Health https://t.co/upgE9GQ4YF

— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2020

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India has conducted around 3,52 crore COVID-19 tests so far, says health ministry

Testing over eight lakh samples for six days in a row, India's total COVID-19 tests have touched 3.52 crore, while the average daily positivity rate has come down from 9.67 per cent during August 3-9 to 7.67 pc over the last week, the Centre said on Sunday. So far, 3,52,92,220 samples have been tested for detection of COVID-19 with 8,01,147 being tested on Saturday.

The steep rise in testing is a result of effective implementation of the aggressive testing strategy of the Centre through a focussed and graded approach, the ministry said. "The rising average daily tests during the past three weeks present a strong depiction of the progress made in the enhancement of COVID-19 tests across the country. The rise in daily testing has been followed by a decrease in the average daily positivity rate," the health ministry highlighted. Keeping a sharp focus on the 'test, track and treat' policy, tests per million population have seen a boost, touching 25,574 as on date, it further stated.

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No e-pass required to travel to and from Puducherry

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New COVID-19 cluster reported at Singapore's biggest dormitory

A new COVID-19 cluster has been reported in Singapore's biggest dormitory housing foreign workers, including Indian nationals, about a month after it was declared to be fully cleared of the coronavirus.

Two of the new COVID-19 cases reported in Singapore on Saturday were linked to 55 previous cases to form a new cluster at Sungei Tengah Lodge dormitory at 500 Old Choa Chu Kang Road, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.

The cluster at Sungei Tengah Lodge was among the largest in Singapore before the dormitory was declared cleared of COVID-19 by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Jul 21, the Channel News Asia reported.

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RTI finds 1.78 crore rail tickets cancelled in five months due to COVID-19

The Railways has cancelled more than 1.78 crore tickets since March this year due to the coronavirus pandemic and refunded an amount to the tune of Rs 2,727 crore, a RTI has found.

The RTI has found that the Railways, which had suspended its passenger train services since 25 March, cancelled 1,78,70,644 tickets.

PTI has earlier reported how perhaps for the first time the Railways has refunded more than it has earned from ticket bookings, registering a negative passenger segment revenue of Rs 1,066 crore in the COVID-19-hit first quarter of 2020-21.

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Homeopathic drug given to half of Gujarat population since March

The Gujarat health department has said it distributed homeopathic drug Arsenicum Album-30 to more than half of the state's population as prophylaxis since March after the outbreak of COVID-19, reports PTI.

In its presentation made before the World Health Organisation on August 20 on Gujarat's COVID-19 prevention strategy, the health department said it distributed Arsenicum Album-30 to 3.48 crore people, which is more than half of the state's population of 6.6 crore.

There is no scientific evidence that the drug works against COVID-19, a fact stressed not only by medical scientists but by some homeopathic practitioners themselves.

13:51 (IST)

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Media reports over availability of COVID-19 vaccine are false, says Serum Institute of India

Serum Institute of India clarified on Sunday that the current claims over COVISHIELD's availability, in the media are completely false and conjectural.

"Presently, government has granted us permission to only manufacture the vaccine and stockpile it for future use." the company said, reports ANI.

"COVISHIELD will be commercialized once trials are proven successful & requisite regulatory approvals are in place. Phase-3 trials for Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are underway. Only once vaccine is proven immunogenic & efficacious,SII will confirm its availability officially," the company said.

A Business Today report had said that India's first Covid vaccine-Serum Institute's 'Covishield'- will be commercialised in 73 days.

13:43 (IST)

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Children aged 12 and older should wear masks, says WHO

Children aged 12 and older should wear masks like adults while those aged 6-11 should wear them on a “risk-based approach”, the World Health Organisation has said, reports moneycontrol.

Risk-based approach includes considerations such as intensity of transmission in the area, the child's ability to use masks, access to masks, adequate adult supervision, potential impact on learning and psycho-social development and interactions with people at high risk of developing serious illness, the organisation said in a United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) document uploaded on August 21.

13:13 (IST)

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Odisha reports record 2,993 COVID-19 cases, 10 more deaths

Odisha on Sunday registered its highest single-day spike of 2,993 COVID-19 cases and 10 more deaths due to the infection. With this, the state's COVID-19 death toll has mounted to 409 and the infection tally reached 78,530, a health official said.

Fifty-three other coronavirus patients have also died, but the cause of their deaths was attributed to some other reasons. Of the new 2,993 cases, 1,879 were reported from different quarantine centres, while the remaining 1,114 were detected during contact tracing, he said.

The state had last reported its highest single-day surge of 2,924 cases on 15 August.

12:57 (IST)

Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates

No change in Pranab Mukherjee's health, says hospital

There is no change in the health of former President Pranab Mukherjee and he continues to remain on ventilator support, the Army''s Research and Referral hospital told PTI on Sunday. Doctors attending on the 84-year-old Mukherjee said his vital parameters are stable.

Mukherjee was admitted to the hospital in Delhi Cantonment on 10 August and was operated for removal of a clot in the brain. He had also tested positive for COVID-19.

12:51 (IST)

Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates

Prakash Javadekar announces SOPs for resuming film, TV shooting

According to Hindustan Times, Union information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said film and television programme production can be resumed with all the necessary health protocols in place amid Covid-19 pandemic.

After consultation with the home ministry and the health ministry, a standard operating procedure (SOP) has been firmed up, he said. According to the SOP, the actors facing the camera will be exempt from wearing masks. And crew members will have to adhere to the guidelines of the health ministry, reports NDTV.

Read full report here

12:48 (IST)

Coronavirus in Puducherry LATEST Updates

412 new COVID-19 cases push total to 10,522 in Puducherry

The COVID-19 tally in the union territory rose to 10,522 and the toll mounted to 159 with the addition of 412 fresh cases and eight deaths, the Health Department said on Sunday. There were 3,706 active cases after the discharge of 350 patients in the last 24 hours ending at 10 AM.

The cumulative recoveries stood at 6,657, Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar said in a release here. A total of 1,282 samples were tested during the period.

12:37 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak Latest Updates

Experts flag risks in India's use of rapid tests for virus

In June, India began using cheaper, faster but less accurate tests to scale up testing for the coronavirus — a strategy that the United States is now considering.

But India’s experience also highlights the inherent pitfalls of relying too heavily on antigen tests, at the expense of more accurate tests. The danger is that the tests may falsely clear many who are infected with COVID-19, contributing to new spread of the virus in hard-hit areas.

Rapid test results can be backstopped with more accurate laboratory tests, but these are slower and expensive. Experts also warn that since the two types of tests vary in accuracy, they need to be interpreted separately to properly assess the spread of infection -- something India isn’t doing.

12:22 (IST)

Coronavirus in Telangana Latest Updates

2,384 new cases in Telangana

The total number of coronavirus cases in Telangana rose to 1,04,249 after 2,384 new infections were reported on Saturday. The total number of cases includes 22,908 active cases, 80,586 recoveries and 755 deaths.

11:44 (IST)

Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LATEST Updates

Three COVID-19 patients untraceable in UP's Muzaffarnagar

Three people who tested COVID-19 positive in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district cannot be traced as they provided fake information and phone numbers during sample collection, officials said on Sunday.

Two of them claimed to be staffers of a hospital here, while the third person had given his address as Saket Colony, they said.

Health teams went to Saket Colony on Friday and to the hospital mentioned by the other two persons on Saturday to take them for treatment at a medical facility, the officials said. It was found that they had provided fake information, Chief Medical Officer Dr Praveen Chopda said.

11:37 (IST)

Coronavirus in Rajasthan LATEST Updates

Rajasthan reports 697 new cases, 6 deaths today

Rajasthan reports 697 new COVID-19 cases and 6 deaths today, taking the total cases to 69,961 including 950 deaths, 54,252 recoveries and 14,759 active cases

Rajasthan reports 697 new #COVID19 cases and 6 deaths today, taking the total cases to 69,961 including 950 deaths, 54,252 recoveries and 14,759 active cases: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/gr4k8lCXqK

— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2020

11:35 (IST)

Coronavirus in Assam LATEST Updates

Weekend lockdown being observed in Guwahati today

Assam: Weekend lockdown being observed in Guwahati to control the spread of #COVID19. pic.twitter.com/yhEPWKlCvq

— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2020

11:02 (IST)

Coronavirus in Maharashtra LATEST Updates

Thane district reports 1,284 new COVID-19 cases, 26 deaths

The number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 1,13,884 with 1,284 more people testing positive for the disease, a health official told PTI on Sunday. The fatality count in the district has reached 3,240 as 26 more people succumbed to the viral infection on Saturday, he said.

10:33 (IST)

Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates

India's COVID-19 recovery rate rises to 74.9%

India's COVID-19 tally sprinted past the 30-lakh mark, just 16 days after it crossed 20 lakh, while 22,80,566 people have recuperated in the country so far pushing the recovery rate to 74.90 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

With a single-day spike of 69,239 infections, the country's COVID-19 caseload mounted to 30,44,940, while the death toll climbed to 56,706 with 912 fatalities being reported in a span of 24-hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.The COVID-19 case fatality rate has declined to 1.86 percent.

There are 7,07,668 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 23.24 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

10:24 (IST)

Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates

ICMR says over 8.1 lakh samples tested yesterday

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that 3,52,92,220 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the country till yesterday (August 22). Of these, 8,01,147 were tested yesterday.

09:55 (IST)

Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LATEST Updates

23 people test positive for COVID-19 in UP's Shamli district

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district has increased to 150 with 23 people testing positive for the infection, officials told PTI on Sunday. The district also reported a death from the novel coronavirus and the toll now stands at 15, they said.

"Twenty-three people have tested positive for COVID-19. Their reports were received on Saturday evening. On the same day, six patients recovered," District Magistrate Jasjit Kaur said. The officials said that a woman from Thanabhawan town died at a hospital on Saturday, taking the death toll to 15 in the district.

09:35 (IST)

Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates

India's COVID-19 total crosses 30 lakh with over 56,000 deaths

India’s coronavirus tally on Sunday breached the 30-lakh mark after the country reported 69,239 new cases in the last 24 hours. The country’s toll rose by 912 to 56,706. Of the overall tally of 30,44,940, India now has 7,07,668 active cases while more than 22 lakh people have recovered from the infection

09:07 (IST)

Coronavirus in Jharkhand LATEST Updates

Jharkhand Agriculture Minister Badal Patralekh tests COVID-19 positive

सभी राज्यवासियों को जोहार, मैंने ��ल अपना कोरोना जांच कराया, जिसकी रिपोर्ट देर रात्रि पॉजिटिव आई हैं।विगत कुछ दिनों में जो भी लोग मेरे संपर्क में आये हैं उनसे विनम्र अनुरोध है कि अपनी जांच करा लें। आप सभी से अनुरोध हैं घर पर रहे सुरक्षित रहें।

— Badal (बादल) (@Badal_Patralekh) August 23, 2020

09:05 (IST)

Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LATEST Updates

Weekend lockdown being observed in Prayagraj today

Weekend lockdown being observed in Prayagraj, to curb the spread of #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/fjj4uHqCXG

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) August 23, 2020

08:55 (IST)

Coronavirus in Assam LATEST Updates

Toll due to COVID-19 rises to 234 in Assam

The toll in Assam due to the pandemic rose to 234 with seven more succumbing to it, Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday. The seven deceased are from Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Cachar, Kamrup, Sonitpur and Kamrup Metropolitan districts, Sarma tweeted.

The persons affected included a 77-year-old from Kamrup Metropolitan district, which primarily cinsists of the Guwahati city. The others are a 77-year-old and a 60-year old from Dibrugarh district the fourth one is a 46-year old man from Jorhat, Sarma said.

Three more persons aged 63 years, 55 years and 60 years of age lost their lives in Cachar, Kamrup and Sonitpur districts respectively, he added.

#AssamPlasmaHero ~ Aug 21 5. Pratim Talukdar (38), Ganakpara, Azara/ GMCH 6. Surajit Kalita (36), Pathsala, Barpeta/ GMCH 7. Prafulla Deka (53), Guwahati/ MMCH 8. Dr Biswajit Haloi (34)/Narayan Hospital Gratitude 🙏 pic.twitter.com/oAozWZRbGS

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) August 22, 2020

08:18 (IST)

Coronavirus in Indian LATEST Updates

Sharp rise in recoveries and recovery rate key to India's success against COVID-19, says Centre

#CoronaVirusUpdates The key to India's success in its fight against #COVID19: consistently and sharply rising recoveries and Recovery Rate.@PMOIndia @drharshvardhan @AshwiniKChoubey @PIB_India @DDNewslive @airnewsalerts @COVIDNewsByMIB @ICMRDELHI @mygovindia @CovidIndiaSeva pic.twitter.com/NRPPMB1xUs

— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) August 23, 2020

07:49 (IST)

Coronavirus in Italy LATEST Updates

Italy sees over 1,000 new coronavirus cases in a day

Italy recorded 1,071 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the worst daily number since lockdown was lifted in May, the health ministry reported on Saturday.

The ministry's figures showed that three people died from disease caused by the virus, bringing total deaths to 35,430 in Italy since the pandemic began. Total infections number 258,136.

07:40 (IST)

Coronavirus in Odisha LATEST Updates

Odisha's COVID-19 total climbs up to over 75,000 cases

Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 75,537 on Saturday with the detection of 2,819 fresh infections, while nine more fatalities pushed its coronavirus death toll to 399, a health official told PTI.

Three fresh fatalities were registered in Cuttack, two in Sundargarh and one each in Bolangir, Ganjam, Malkangiri and Rayagada districts, he said.

The fresh COVID-19 cases were reported from 29 of the 30 districts of the state.

07:36 (IST)

Coronavirus LATEST Updates

World virus deaths top 8,00,000 as nations ramp up measures

The global toll from the new coronavirus has surpassed 800,000, according to an AFP count on Saturday, with numerous countries ramping up restrictions in an effort to battle an eruption of new cases.

Western Europe, particularly Spain, Italy Germany and France, has been enduring infection levels not seen in many months, sparking fears of a fully-fledged second wave.

And in Asia, South Korea, which had largely brought the virus under control, became the latest country to announce it would boost restrictions to try to stem a new outbreak.

Across the world, the number of deaths has doubled to just over 800,000 since June 6, with 100,000 fatalities in the last 17 days alone, while more than 23 million cases have been registered.

Coronavirus LATEST Updates: China has authorised emergency usage of COVID-19 vaccines developed by some select domestic companies, a Chinese health official has said.

The first serological survey in Assam was launched by the Minister of state for Health and Family Welfare Pijush Hazarika on Sunday to assess whether people surveyed have developed immunity to novel coronavirus.

Children aged 12 and older should wear masks like adults while those aged 6-11 should wear them on a 'risk-based approach', the World Health Organisation has said

According to the SOP, the actors facing the camera will be exempt from wearing masks. And crew members will have to adhere to the guidelines of the health ministry

Of the overall tally of 30,44,940, India now has 7,07,668 active cases while more than 22 lakh people have recovered from the infection

India's coronavirus case count raced past 30 lakh on Saturday, showed an unofficial tally based on information provided by staes and Union territories, while the toll rose to 56,762 and recoveries climbed to 22,71,054.

India is the third-worst affected country by the viral infection, said news agency PTI, which compiled the data.

The virus has claimed over eight lakh lives globally.

However, according to data released by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday morning, the overall case count in India has climbed to 29,75,701 with the country recording its highest single-day spike of 69,874 new coronavirus cases. The toll climbed to 55,794 with 945 fatalities being reported in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.

But the number of recoveries also surged to 22,22,577 pushing the recovery rate to 74.69 percent on Saturday while the fatality rate dipped to 1.87 percent, said the ministry.

India on Saturday also crossed the significant milestone of having conducted over 10 lakh tests in a day for the detection of the novel coronavirus, with more than 3.44 crore such tests conducted so far.

The COVID-19 case count in Telangana crossed the one-lakh mark with 2,474 new cases while the toll touched 744. In Jharkhand, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said his father, veteran Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Shibu Soren, and his mother Roopi, tested positive for the viral infection and are placed in home quarantine.

Recoveries exceed active cases by 15 lakh, says health ministry

The home ministry, in its morning update, said that there are 6,97,330 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country, comprising 23.43 percent of the total caseload in the country.

While the country's COVID-19 case count has surged to 29.75 lakh, the total number of recoveries has surged to 22,22,577 and exceed active cases by over 15 lakh as on date, it said.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, at the inauguration of a make-shift NDRF hospital in Ghaziabad, said that India has the "best" COVID-19 recovery rate, which is improving every day, and the "lowest" mortality rate in the world.

Taking a potshot at government critics, Vardhan said "many intelligent people, scientists and naysayers" had estimated that India, with a population of about 135 crore, will see 30 crore COVID-19 cases and about 50-60 lakh people will die by July-August, and the country's healthcare system was "incapable" to combat the disease.

"However, I am happy to say that in the eighth month of the battle, India has the best recovery rate of 75 percent and against an estimate of 30 crore affected we have not even reached 30 lakh cases."

"In fact, 22 lakh patients have recovered and gone home and another seven lakh are going to be cured very soon," he said.

The minister said these successes were achieved due to the "coordinated" efforts with the participation of everyone — the government and the people.

Centre asks states to ensure unrestricted movement of goods, people

Meanwhile, the Centre asked all states to ensure that there are no restrictions on inter-state and intra-state movement of persons and goods during the ongoing unlocking process. In a communication to chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said there were reports that local level restrictions on movement were being imposed by various districts and states.

Drawing attention to the Unlock-3 guidelines, Bhalla said such restrictions are creating problems in inter-state movement of goods and services and are impacting supply chains, resulting in disruption of economic activity and employment.

The unlock guidelines clearly state that there shall be no restrictions on inter-state and intra-state movement of persons and goods, he said in the letter. The guidelines also stated that no separate permission, approval or e-permit will be required for movement of persons and goods for cross land border trade under treaties with neighbouring countries.

The home secretary said the restrictions amount to violation of the guidelines issued by Ministry of Home Affairs under provisions of Disaster Management Act, 2005.

JMM chief Shibu Soren tests positive

Rajya Sabha MP and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) president Shibu Soren and wife Roopi have tested positive for COVID-19, his son and Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren said.

Taking to Twitter, the chief minister said "respected father Dishom Guru ji" and mother were diagnosed with the disease on Friday night, and they are undergoing home quarantine. The 76-year-old president of the ruling JMM in the state is revered as 'guruji' (master) by his followers.

कल रात आदरणीय बाबा दिशोम गुरु जी और माँ की कोरोना संक्रमण रिपोर्ट पॉजिटिव आयी। वे दोनों होम आइसोलेशन में हैं और स्वास्थ्य लाभ ले रहे हैं।

देश और झारखण्डवासियों की दुआओं के साथ जल्द ही आदरणीय बाबा और माँ हम सभी के बीच होंगे।

— Hemant Soren (घर में रहें - सुरक्षित रहें) (@HemantSorenJMM) August 22, 2020

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Seven other members of the JMM chief's household have also tested positive for the viral infection, reported news agency PTI quoting official sources.

The chief minister, who lives at his official residence, close to the JMM chief's government bungalow, will undertake the test on Monday -- third time in two months. Earlier, Hemant had taken the test on two separate occasions — first time after coming in contact with infected Cabinet colleague Mithilesh Thakur, and the second time after 17 employees at his office were diagnosed with the disease.

On Tuesday, state health minister Banna Gupta was diagnosed with the disease.

Punjab minister tests positive

In Punjab, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said that Cooperation and Jails Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has tested positive for COVID-19.

"I wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to him joining us at work soon," said Singh.

My Cabinet colleague and Cooperation & Jails Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has tested positive for #Covid19. I wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to him joining us at work soon.

— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) August 22, 2020

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Former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's residence in Muktsar district was declared as a micro containment zone after five security personnel posted there tested positive, a health official told PTI.

Punjab on Saturday reported 45 deaths and 1,320 fresh infections, pushing the death count to 1,036 and total infections to 40,643.

Telangana's case count crosses one lakh

Telangana's overall case count rose to 1,01,865 as 2,474 new cases were added. With seven more people succumbing to the virus, the toll in the state mounted to 744. However, the state's recovery rate at 77.29 percent was higher than the country's recovery rate of 74.69 percent.

Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and West Bengal were among the other states which added high numbers to their case tallies.

While Maharashtra reported 14,492 new cases and 297 deaths, Andhra Pradesh reported over 10,000 fresh infections. The overall count in the southern state climbed to 3,45,216 and the toll mounted to 3,189.

Gujarat its highest single-day spike of 1,212 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total count of infections to 85,678, the state health department said. The number of fatalities rose by 14, including six in Surat, which is the highest in the state, to 2,883, it said.

A total of 980 patients were discharged in the day, taking the number of recoveries to 68,257, the department said, adding that the recovery rate has reached 80 percent.

With a record 3,232 new cases in a single day, West Bengal's caseload went up to 1,35,596. The toll reached 2,737 with 48 more people succumbing to the disease, said a bulletin issued by the state health department.

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WHO gears up to solve the world’s antivenom crisis

Clinical trials planned to take on scourge of substandard, untested medicines

Last month, the World Health Assembly in Geneva demanded action on a neglected tropical health problem that receives little attention – even when compared with overlooked diseases – snakebite. This is despite snakebites causing 100,000 deaths every year. The resolution called on countries to join forces to ramp up production of antivenom and tighten regulation around its use.

‘The antivenom crisis is very acute in sub-Saharan Africa,’ explains Julien Potet, policy adviser on neglected tropical diseases at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). ‘Some poor products with a low cost per vial have entered the African markets, including products that are just not prepared with the geographically appropriate venoms.’

Substandard antivenom is one facet of sub-Saharan Africa’s snakebite crisis. ‘Even taking into account the bad products, there is not enough product available to treat everyone who needs it,’ says David Williams, a clinical toxicologist and herpetologist at the University of Melbourne, Australia. ‘Often what is there is also simply too expensive. Patients can’t afford a full treatment and many only receive a partially effective dose or a dose that is not effective at all.’ This leads to a vicious cycle: patients lose confidence in products and go to traditional healers for treatment instead. That drives down sales and consequently less is made.

Africa reports 32,000 snakebite-related deaths every year. While there is more press coverage now, thanks to efforts by MSF and other organisations, the ‘crisis’ has been in the making since the 1990s, says Jean-Philippe Chippaux, a physician at the French Research Institute for Development, France, and honorary president of the African Society of Venomology. One big reason for the ongoing crisis has been African governments’ inability to incentivise local drugmakers to make antivenom. ‘It’s not as simple as producing a drug or vaccine – a snake species can have more than 100 different toxins in the venom. It is very difficult and expensive to produce and no African government is capable of doing that,’ says Chippaux. Moreover, he adds, the majority of doctors in sub-Saharan Africa aren’t sufficiently trained to use serum.

Price point

Added into all this is the issue that the antivenom market simply isn’t that lucrative for big pharma. Market research firm Transparency Market Research put the global antivenom market at $1.7 billion (£1.3 billion) in 2016. Sanofi Pasteur halted production of its FAV-Afrique antivenom, effective for several African snakes, in 2010. Sanofi cited cut-price competition for the withdrawal. Consquently, smaller manufactures have flooded the sub-Saharan market with their products. One reason for the poor quality of these antivenoms is a lack of clinical trials. ‘Many products have been used for decades without actually having gone through formal clinical trials. With products already on the market, we often rely on practical experience and there is no pressure to get formal evidence,’ says Williams. He adds that African governments have a weak regulatory mechanism that manufacturers can exploit. On top of this, many of the antivenoms exported to Africa from other regions are ineffective against African snake species’ venoms, says Williams.

To address the global antivenom crisis, the WHO is taking action, starting in Africa. It is now carrying out a thorough assessment of manufacturers that supply antivenoms to the continent. This assessment includes detailed plant inspections and independent lab test of antivenoms. Williams says that Asia will be the next big region the WHO will focus on.

Williams adds that the priority for the newly formed WHO snakebite working group is to conduct clinical trials of antivenoms that are already on the market.

Few antivenoms used in Africa have been subjected to clinical trials. Even India, which has six pharmaceutical firms producing them, has never formally tested an antivenom in a trial. ‘Studies of Indian antivenoms in Sri Lanka and Nepal raised many red flags, especially regarding effectiveness and safety,’ says Williams. ‘Clinical trials are very important tools – the key things they can tell us are: will this treatment harm the patient, does this treatment actually work and, if so, at what dosage?’

The antivenom shortage doesn’t just affect Africa. It’s a global problem. Last month’s WHO resolution urged member countries to make antivenom therapy more affordable. In India, government hospitals provide antivenom free of cost, but rural hospitals often run out, forcing people to approach private hospitals. One 2013 study found that four out of 10 victims of snakebite in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, had to borrow money to pay for treatment.1 The reasons for shortages in India’s public hospitals are multi-faceted. Soumyadeep Bhaumik, a research fellow at India’s George Institute for Global Health, blames supply chain problems. Bhaumik explains it is part of a bigger problem of the malfunctioning public health sector in India. When stocks of antivenom are low they aren’t replenished by local authorities in time, leading to shortages. ‘India’s regulatory mechanism complicates the problem further,’ Bhaumik says. ‘The government’s price controls might have made it more lucrative for manufacturers to simply export for higher revenues.’

Bhaumik adds that the WHO resolution should push the Indian government to overhaul healthcare and solve the issue of antivenom availability. ‘As almost half of the world’s snakebite-related deaths occur in India, the country is under pressure to act,’ he says.

The next generation

Meanwhile, new approaches to make antivenom production simpler and cheaper are being developed. Currently, anti-venom production is laborious. Venom is extracted from a snake, then administered to a horse or a sheep in small doses to evoke an immune response. The animal’s blood is then drawn and purified to obtain antibodies that act against venoms. One promising approach that would make antivenom production quicker and cheaper is recombinant antivenoms. These antivenoms are produced by expressing therapeutic monoclonal antibodies, which can bind to a specific protein or a toxin in snake venom, in an engineered cell line. As a snake venom is complex and consists of many toxins, mixtures of monoclonal antibodies, called recombinant antivenoms, could neutralise a snake’s venom in the future.

Potet says the WHO needs to closely monitor promising research. ‘It’s important for the WHO to tell researchers what is truly needed: do we need heat stable products? What is the minimum potency of the required product? What is the maximum price we can afford? The researchers have good ideas but they don’t know the field very well,’ he says.

Meanwhile, Williams advises caution. ‘It’s early days, we would be extremely foolish to do away with animal-derived antivenom with no alternative,’ he says. ‘For the next 10 years, people still need to have access to those products, and we should keep improving them.’

This article was published on June 27, 2018 by Dinsa Sachan for Chemistry World. You can find the original post here.

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Zero, Positive or Negative?

zero liquid discharge Treatment

Most Contamination Control Boards in India are actually currently asserting that sectors comply with the regulation on No Liquid Outpouring (ZLD). Thus is the judiciary.

The concept of ZLD is actually to not permit contaminating fluids be discharged in to the setting.

ZLD is driven to markets in sites where there is no acquiring water body for expeling the effluents or the getting water physical bodies are presently drastically toxified. Our team seek ZLD right here as we don’t desire to worry these water body systems any longer!

ZLD implies that outflows are actually ‘included’ within the plant on its own as well as intake of freshwater for development is very little or even near zero. As a result ZLD is commonly imposed on markets at locations where there is poor water accessibility or even the area is actually a water-stressed region. In most cases, ZLD brings about 90- 92% water recovery, which reduces input water needed through commercial procedures by as long as 80%.

Occasionally, ZLD is directed as a part of Stream Action Program. For example, under the Well-maintained Ganga Activity Planning, markets positioned in the crucial extents of the river have actually been actually asked to be ZLD compliant. All effluents need to be actually reused to one hundred%. But is this the best service? Our company require to talk to.

Generally one will count on that for a ZLD up to date sector, no liquid discharge will certainly rise from its premises. Therefore if you perambulated the material wall of the sector or watched the business on Google.com Planet after that you should not essentially view any type of drainpipe spurting except the storm water drain which can not be intercepted. Basically, the sewer and effluent produced at the industrial plot can certainly not be released if the market wishes to be actually ZLD up to date. Can this be actually accomplished through deep as well as guaranteed shot of outflows underground? Some markets perform that. Should this be allowed?

Unfortunately, there is no functional definition of what is actually meant through ZLD. If you recognize one, I will certainly be actually eager to understand.

I have actually been actually talking to a number of the business in Gujarat concerning their adventure along with implementing ZLD units. Many of all of them say that ZLD bodies were really pricey to buy and operate. Accordingly to Durability Outlook, a ZLD vegetation functioning at 5 Million Liters daily will incur between INR 500-600 thousand (USD 4-5mn) in CAPEX and also invest INR 15,000-25,000 (USD 250- 400) as OPEX each day. Hence, the cured and recycled water expenses will work out to approximately INR 200/kl, while the price of water extractionfrom the ground or even from the town would certainly be actually between INR 30-60 every kiloliter. Subsequently you will certainly usually observe concessions being actually made in the component specifications of the ZLD systems to spare funds costs. This leads to issues of very early corrosion, lesser lifestyle of membrane layers and so on resulting in unsatisfactory functionality, non-compliance and high operating costs. For ZLD, routes on cutting expenses do not seem to operate.

The innovations generally utilized in ZLD bodies such as Reverse Osmosis (RO) and A Number Of Result Evaporators (MEE) are the primary energy guzzlers. If our experts made up the usage of nonrenewable fuel sources and also air emissions arising from pumping, heating and burning, at that point on a 3600 assessment, the ZLD solutions may certainly not be actually eco-friendly sound as well as in fact might bring about higher carbon impacts. Additionally, we can not forget the problem of the monitoring of deposits (sodium and also gunges)– costs of residue management (destruction/transport) for a ZLD plant are actually too higher!

Within this case, it will certainly be interesting to carry out product and also energy balance estimations for the ZLD plants. Such assessments, I make sure must, have actually been performed through sectors internally however there is a requirement for these evaluations to be carried out in the design of environmental audit observing a life process structure.

These private assessments should essentially be funded due to the Air pollution Control panel with end results explained along with business in sessions. Undoubtedly, there is a necessity todebunk the ‘really good and unsightly’ part of the ZLD services (You might intend to review post by Rajakumari, S.P./ Kanmani, S. entitled Environmental life process analysis of zero fluid outpouring procedure technologies for cloth business, Tirupur– An example in Diary of Scientific as well as Industrial Analysis; 67, 6; 461-467).

Whether ZLD is applicable and relevant for Tiny and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is actually a question. While on private manner, ZLD for an SME might be nearly inconceivable to obtain, yet on a cumulative basis, SMEs might achieve ZLD. ZLD at the Typical Effluent Treatment Plants Austro Water Tech of Tirupur in Tamil Nadu is an instance where outflows are reused from the CETP back to the participant SMEs.

To cultivate an affordable ZLD answer, essential methods are– segregation, chemical/material replacement, procedure optimization/change for reduction in effluent tons, observed through careful reuse, reprocessing and rehabilitation functions. It is actually the ‘devices approach’ that is actually needed to have. If executed in the best feeling and roughness, an encumbrance of ZLD can trigger cleaner creation opportunities for the industry resulting right into profitability and positive observance. In each of the above, the selection of innovation (present in particular) and economics (specifically on chemical and water rehabilitation) participates in an important job.

Developments are possible by means of ZLD. However after that these options are actually not typically observed as well as stated around business for the objective of direction as well as inspiration. ZLD is actually often confined as an add-on or even a ‘tertiary’ treatment unit. This impression should change as ‘end of pipeline’ steered ZLD devices are actually usually considered economically unviable over the long term. Regrettably, most ZLD answer providers focus on the end of pipeline strategy and so does the business. Refine optimization as well as procedure modifications complied with through healing & recycling should be actually the emphasis of ZLD bodies.

Sometimes, our team see that the business economics of zero liquid discharge textile industry is not ideal because of using particular ‘dirty’ procedures and chemicals (sodiums) as well as because of the ‘scale’ on which the industry functions. If ZLD is troubled such markets after that the industries would rather shut down instead of attempting execution of ZLD. When supported due to the judiciary, such closures do take place. Some claim that within this process, our company attain the objective of ‘environmental innovation’ to benefit the atmosphere over the long-term with the bad of reduction of work to the employees! Thus there is something to acquire (beneficial) as well as something to lose (damaging).

Must a main funding scheme be established for application of ZLD plants is actually consequently a question to ponder over. And should such a plan possess parts of grants and also sponsored finances, particularly for SMEs? But will this not go against the ‘polluter spends’ principle?

Our team extremely need to have a nationwide workshop on ZLD to acquire all essential stakeholders included. We perform find meetings where the concentration is actually ZLD technologies yet the policy, economics and the total cost (environmental) audit viewpoint are seldom explained. zero liquid discharge india experts require to recognize whether in obtaining the ‘absolutely no’ in the ZLD, our experts are actually making one thing adverse or even positive for the sector, atmosphere and also the society.

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Greek national strike causes travel misery for tourists | bus strike

Several State Transport Corporation buses continued to remain off the roads in Tiruchi region on Tuesday. Greek ferry, bus and train services were disrupted and civil servants and doctors stopped work in nationwide walkout on Wednesday, as lawmakers debated austerity measures that lenders want the indebted country to implement. Commuters in Sydney's south and inner west will face a slow slog to work on Thursday, with more than 1000 bus drivers walking off the job all day to protest the NSW government's plans to privatise bus routes. Chennai: The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation employees decided to call off their bus strike on Tuesday night, following an agreement with the government.

While officials claimed that more than 60% of the State transport corporation buses were operated, the striking trade union leaders said only 10% of the buses were on road on Tuesday. The Government has promised that the strike period would be counted as leave days and no action will be taken against those who took part. A nationwide strike has paralyzed Greece on Wednesday, while in parliament government and opposition parties have started a heated discussion over the new austerity measures tabled for voting.TN govt agrees to clear dues worth Rs. 1250 crore, buses back on roads as strike ends. The indefinite strike, which began from Sunday evening, resulted in a fewer state-owned transport corporation fleets hitting the roads.

Their union said they were told in December 2016 that bus routes would not be privatised.

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Speech: Workshop on climate risk management strategies for Kolkata

Ladies and Gentlemen

It is a great pleasure for me to be here at the workshop on climate risk management strategies for Kolkata. It is my first official visit to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). And I must say that like my predecessors I am too very impressed by KMC’s enthusiasm and genuine interest in embracing new concepts and emerging ideas when it comes to addressing climate vulnerability of this great city.

The UN estimates that there are 3,351 cities located in low-elevation coastal zones around the world. The top 10, in terms of population exposed to coastal flood hazard, are Mumbai, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Miami, Ho Chi Minh City, Kolkata, New York, Osaka-Kobe, Alexandria and New Orleans. The cities of Tokyo, New York, Mumbai, Shanghai, Kolkata and Buenos Aires are the most vulnerable to storm surge.

India is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries. It has faced several types of extreme weather events in 2015 and 2016 - from floods to unseasonal rainfalls to deadliest heat-waves to snow storms. As per a report by Earth Security Group, India is incurring losses of about US $9-10 billion annually due to extreme weather incidents.

In 2015, the heaviest rainfall in over a century caused extreme flooding in Tamil Nadu leading to an estimated US$ 710 million in insurance claims.

Climate risks, as we all know, have the potential to severely dent urban systems and pose serious threats to urban infrastructure and importantly the life of citizens. This is especially true for cities like Kolkata that are more susceptible to the effects of climate risk which imposes both social and economic costs. Cyclone Aila, in 2009, left 150,000 people homeless and without livelihood in this part of West Bengal. Lloyd’s City Risk Index has estimated that storms and floods will put a huge burden on Kolkata’s GDP.

Many of you would be aware that under our UK-Kolkata Municipal Corporation Programme on low carbon and climate resilient Kolkata, PwC and TARU conducted a GIS-based and ground level survey to assess the level of climate risks the city is exposed to and came up with a Climate-Induced Disaster Management Plan for the city. You will get a glimpse of this interesting management strategy later in the session when TARU presents key highlights and recommendations. There is one recommendation that I would like to mention here which is directly linked to this workshop today—and that is of climate risk insurance.

With a large urban poor population and majority of urban infrastructure exceedingly vulnerable to climate risks, it is important for cities to prepare for calamities and safeguard citizens and investments through innovative approaches. One such approach is the use of advanced climate modelling and risk assessment at the municipal level coupled with effective insurance tools built into the city’s disaster recovery and relief schemes.

On climate modelling, we are exploring ways of using the expertise of UK Met Office.

And on risk assessment, we have undertaken this study with PWC to:

understand the extent of climate risks faced by urban infrastructure in five pilot Indian cities - Kolkata, Chennai, Pune, Patna and Kochi

sensitise key stakeholders on the importance of and options for mitigating climate induced risks for infrastructure through risk insurance

This workshop is part of this endeavour.

We need to work together to strengthen resilient policies of cities against climatic events. We need to support and help each other to invest in risk reduction and introduce innovative steps and technologies to enable cities cope with disasters.

Further information

Climate Smart Disaster Management Strategy for Kolkata: A project was recently undertaken for preparation of a climate smart disaster management strategy for Kolkata under the UK KMC memorandum of understanding (MoU) for low Carbon and climate resilience Kolkata. The project was implemented by PwC and TARU Leading Edge Pvt Ltd.

The project aimed at analysing implications of climate change for extreme weather in the city, understanding the city’s preparedness for extreme events, and recommending an action plan for better preparedness and management to reduce current and future vulnerabilities taking into account the on-going disaster risk management efforts.

As part of the climate vulnerability assessment under this project, a ward level mapping of climate vulnerabilities was done in a sample of 5 wards in Kolkata. The methodology adopted combined ground level surveys coupled with satellite imagery, as well as community engagement and participation to arrive at conclusions on vulnerability as well as local needs with respect to climatic disaster preparedness.

Key findings of the study depicted the following:

on an average, 2 extreme rainfall (~64 to124 mm) events were found to occur every year ranging from 0 to 11 days per year. Most of the city drains are old and were designed to carry much less volume - probable rainfall of a quarter inch (6 mm) an hour or 150 mm in a day. The absence of adequate drainage infrastructure makes the city highly vulnerable to flooding – with low income settlements being particularly affected during cyclones and floods.

on an average around 21 man days per employee are lost in a year. Poor especially daily wage earners are disproportionately more affected by these events. Skin diseases and water borne diseases affect majority of the households on an annual basis. Informal economies (primarily hawkers) report a revenue loss of 30% during water logging periods.

simulations of Kolkata comparable to rainfall levels in Chennai during recent floods (2015) indicate that more than 90% of the city will be flooded, most affected regions being the west, south and northern parts of the city.

Heat Island Effect evident – The city is also vulnerable to climate induced heat island effect especially in pockets where dense urbanisation has taken place. {The city’s open space has declined from 25% (1990) to 10% (2012)}. Heat island assessment as part of the project indicated a temperature difference to the tune of 2-6 degrees between different areas within the city during peak summers.

Some of the key recommendations include:

establishment of Early warning systems and emergency operation centres

augmenting number of automated weather monitoring stations and river gauge stations across the city

installation of Automated tidal flow prevention systems at locations where storm water drains / sewage connect with the canals / river

effective drainage area planning

widening of roads to ensure minimum access roads for fire brigade and ambulances

ward-level stormwater management measures to encourage preventative action, including behavioral change amongst residents so as to encourage the safe disposal of waste

Heat and Health Action Plan for the city to address public health impacts of heat island effect.

KMC has already gone ahead with implementation plans and would be soon commencing work on establishment of early warning systems, drainage area planning through climate smart landuse planning, and capacity building, with support from an international funding agency.

Similarly, as part of follow up action on the project, UK government has also initiated a project aiming at building financial resilience of 5 Indian cities including Kolkata, through introduction of tools such as climate risk insurance to safeguard infrastructure investments by the city.

The findings of the disaster management study were presented at a stakeholder workshop on climate risk management held at KMC on 16 February 2017. The workshop discussed the key findings and recommendations of the disaster management study and future action plan by KMC for better disaster preparedness of the city.

For further technical information please contact Haimanti Poddar on 0-98314-77692.

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Active cases now comprise 23.24 percent of the country's total case load, it said. "This has also resulted in a gradually falling mortality rate. Currently at 1.86 percent, India's case fatality rate (CFR) is one of the lowest globally," the ministry said. The ministry said the average daily number of recoveries is on a "constant upward move" from 15,018 between July 1 and 7 to 60,557 between August 13 and 19. India’s total recoveries now exceed the total active cases (7,07,668) by nearly 16 lakhs (1,572,898): Ministry of Health https://t.co/upgE9GQ4YF — ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2020 16:12 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates India has conducted around 3,52 crore COVID-19 tests so far, says health ministry Testing over eight lakh samples for six days in a row, India's total COVID-19 tests have touched 3.52 crore, while the average daily positivity rate has come down from 9.67 per cent during August 3-9 to 7.67 pc over the last week, the Centre said on Sunday. 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A Business Today report had said that India's first Covid vaccine-Serum Institute's 'Covishield'- will be commercialised in 73 days. 13:43 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak LATEST Updates Children aged 12 and older should wear masks, says WHO Children aged 12 and older should wear masks like adults while those aged 6-11 should wear them on a “risk-based approach”, the World Health Organisation has said, reports moneycontrol. Risk-based approach includes considerations such as intensity of transmission in the area, the child's ability to use masks, access to masks, adequate adult supervision, potential impact on learning and psycho-social development and interactions with people at high risk of developing serious illness, the organisation said in a United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) document uploaded on August 21. 13:13 (IST) Coronavirus in Odisha LATEST Updates Odisha reports record 2,993 COVID-19 cases, 10 more deaths Odisha on Sunday registered its highest single-day spike of 2,993 COVID-19 cases and 10 more deaths due to the infection. With this, the state's COVID-19 death toll has mounted to 409 and the infection tally reached 78,530, a health official said. Fifty-three other coronavirus patients have also died, but the cause of their deaths was attributed to some other reasons. Of the new 2,993 cases, 1,879 were reported from different quarantine centres, while the remaining 1,114 were detected during contact tracing, he said. The state had last reported its highest single-day surge of 2,924 cases on 15 August. 12:57 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates No change in Pranab Mukherjee's health, says hospital There is no change in the health of former President Pranab Mukherjee and he continues to remain on ventilator support, the Army''s Research and Referral hospital told PTI on Sunday. Doctors attending on the 84-year-old Mukherjee said his vital parameters are stable. Mukherjee was admitted to the hospital in Delhi Cantonment on 10 August and was operated for removal of a clot in the brain. He had also tested positive for COVID-19. 12:51 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates Prakash Javadekar announces SOPs for resuming film, TV shooting According to Hindustan Times, Union information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said film and television programme production can be resumed with all the necessary health protocols in place amid Covid-19 pandemic. After consultation with the home ministry and the health ministry, a standard operating procedure (SOP) has been firmed up, he said. According to the SOP, the actors facing the camera will be exempt from wearing masks. And crew members will have to adhere to the guidelines of the health ministry, reports NDTV. Read full report here 12:48 (IST) Coronavirus in Puducherry LATEST Updates 412 new COVID-19 cases push total to 10,522 in Puducherry The COVID-19 tally in the union territory rose to 10,522 and the toll mounted to 159 with the addition of 412 fresh cases and eight deaths, the Health Department said on Sunday. There were 3,706 active cases after the discharge of 350 patients in the last 24 hours ending at 10 AM. The cumulative recoveries stood at 6,657, Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar said in a release here. A total of 1,282 samples were tested during the period. 12:37 (IST) Coronavirus Outbreak Latest Updates Experts flag risks in India's use of rapid tests for virus In June, India began using cheaper, faster but less accurate tests to scale up testing for the coronavirus — a strategy that the United States is now considering. But India’s experience also highlights the inherent pitfalls of relying too heavily on antigen tests, at the expense of more accurate tests. The danger is that the tests may falsely clear many who are infected with COVID-19, contributing to new spread of the virus in hard-hit areas. Rapid test results can be backstopped with more accurate laboratory tests, but these are slower and expensive. Experts also warn that since the two types of tests vary in accuracy, they need to be interpreted separately to properly assess the spread of infection -- something India isn’t doing. 12:22 (IST) Coronavirus in Telangana Latest Updates 2,384 new cases in Telangana The total number of coronavirus cases in Telangana rose to 1,04,249 after 2,384 new infections were reported on Saturday. The total number of cases includes 22,908 active cases, 80,586 recoveries and 755 deaths. 11:44 (IST) Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LATEST Updates Three COVID-19 patients untraceable in UP's Muzaffarnagar Three people who tested COVID-19 positive in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district cannot be traced as they provided fake information and phone numbers during sample collection, officials said on Sunday. Two of them claimed to be staffers of a hospital here, while the third person had given his address as Saket Colony, they said. Health teams went to Saket Colony on Friday and to the hospital mentioned by the other two persons on Saturday to take them for treatment at a medical facility, the officials said. It was found that they had provided fake information, Chief Medical Officer Dr Praveen Chopda said. 11:37 (IST) Coronavirus in Rajasthan LATEST Updates Rajasthan reports 697 new cases, 6 deaths today Rajasthan reports 697 new COVID-19 cases and 6 deaths today, taking the total cases to 69,961 including 950 deaths, 54,252 recoveries and 14,759 active cases Rajasthan reports 697 new #COVID19 cases and 6 deaths today, taking the total cases to 69,961 including 950 deaths, 54,252 recoveries and 14,759 active cases: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/gr4k8lCXqK — ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2020 11:35 (IST) Coronavirus in Assam LATEST Updates Weekend lockdown being observed in Guwahati today Assam: Weekend lockdown being observed in Guwahati to control the spread of #COVID19. pic.twitter.com/yhEPWKlCvq — ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2020 11:02 (IST) Coronavirus in Maharashtra LATEST Updates Thane district reports 1,284 new COVID-19 cases, 26 deaths The number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra's Thane district has gone up to 1,13,884 with 1,284 more people testing positive for the disease, a health official told PTI on Sunday. The fatality count in the district has reached 3,240 as 26 more people succumbed to the viral infection on Saturday, he said. 10:33 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates India's COVID-19 recovery rate rises to 74.9% India's COVID-19 tally sprinted past the 30-lakh mark, just 16 days after it crossed 20 lakh, while 22,80,566 people have recuperated in the country so far pushing the recovery rate to 74.90 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. With a single-day spike of 69,239 infections, the country's COVID-19 caseload mounted to 30,44,940, while the death toll climbed to 56,706 with 912 fatalities being reported in a span of 24-hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.The COVID-19 case fatality rate has declined to 1.86 percent. There are 7,07,668 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 23.24 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated. 10:24 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates ICMR says over 8.1 lakh samples tested yesterday The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that 3,52,92,220 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the country till yesterday (August 22). Of these, 8,01,147 were tested yesterday. 09:55 (IST) Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LATEST Updates 23 people test positive for COVID-19 in UP's Shamli district The number of active COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district has increased to 150 with 23 people testing positive for the infection, officials told PTI on Sunday. The district also reported a death from the novel coronavirus and the toll now stands at 15, they said. "Twenty-three people have tested positive for COVID-19. Their reports were received on Saturday evening. On the same day, six patients recovered," District Magistrate Jasjit Kaur said. The officials said that a woman from Thanabhawan town died at a hospital on Saturday, taking the death toll to 15 in the district. 09:35 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates India's COVID-19 total crosses 30 lakh with over 56,000 deaths India’s coronavirus tally on Sunday breached the 30-lakh mark after the country reported 69,239 new cases in the last 24 hours. The country’s toll rose by 912 to 56,706. Of the overall tally of 30,44,940, India now has 7,07,668 active cases while more than 22 lakh people have recovered from the infection 09:07 (IST) Coronavirus in Jharkhand LATEST Updates Jharkhand Agriculture Minister Badal Patralekh tests COVID-19 positive सभी राज्यवासियों को जोहार, मैंने कल अपना कोरोना जांच कराया, जिसकी रिपोर्ट देर रात्रि पॉजिटिव आई हैं।विगत कुछ दिनों में जो भी लोग मेरे संपर्क में आये हैं उनसे विनम्र अनुरोध है कि अपनी जांच करा लें। आप सभी से अनुरोध हैं घर पर रहे सुरक्षित रहें। — Badal (बादल) (@Badal_Patralekh) August 23, 2020 09:05 (IST) Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LATEST Updates Weekend lockdown being observed in Prayagraj today Weekend lockdown being observed in Prayagraj, to curb the spread of #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/fjj4uHqCXG — ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) August 23, 2020 08:55 (IST) Coronavirus in Assam LATEST Updates Toll due to COVID-19 rises to 234 in Assam The toll in Assam due to the pandemic rose to 234 with seven more succumbing to it, Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday. The seven deceased are from Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Cachar, Kamrup, Sonitpur and Kamrup Metropolitan districts, Sarma tweeted. The persons affected included a 77-year-old from Kamrup Metropolitan district, which primarily cinsists of the Guwahati city. The others are a 77-year-old and a 60-year old from Dibrugarh district the fourth one is a 46-year old man from Jorhat, Sarma said. Three more persons aged 63 years, 55 years and 60 years of age lost their lives in Cachar, Kamrup and Sonitpur districts respectively, he added. #AssamPlasmaHero ~ Aug 21 5. Pratim Talukdar (38), Ganakpara, Azara/ GMCH 6. Surajit Kalita (36), Pathsala, Barpeta/ GMCH 7. Prafulla Deka (53), Guwahati/ MMCH 8. Dr Biswajit Haloi (34)/Narayan Hospital Gratitude 🙏 pic.twitter.com/oAozWZRbGS — Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) August 22, 2020 08:18 (IST) Coronavirus in Indian LATEST Updates Sharp rise in recoveries and recovery rate key to India's success against COVID-19, says Centre #CoronaVirusUpdates The key to India's success in its fight against #COVID19: consistently and sharply rising recoveries and Recovery Rate.@PMOIndia @drharshvardhan @AshwiniKChoubey @PIB_India @DDNewslive @airnewsalerts @COVIDNewsByMIB @ICMRDELHI @mygovindia @CovidIndiaSeva pic.twitter.com/NRPPMB1xUs — Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) August 23, 2020 07:49 (IST) Coronavirus in Italy LATEST Updates Italy sees over 1,000 new coronavirus cases in a day Italy recorded 1,071 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the worst daily number since lockdown was lifted in May, the health ministry reported on Saturday. The ministry's figures showed that three people died from disease caused by the virus, bringing total deaths to 35,430 in Italy since the pandemic began. Total infections number 258,136. 07:40 (IST) Coronavirus in Odisha LATEST Updates Odisha's COVID-19 total climbs up to over 75,000 cases Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 75,537 on Saturday with the detection of 2,819 fresh infections, while nine more fatalities pushed its coronavirus death toll to 399, a health official told PTI. Three fresh fatalities were registered in Cuttack, two in Sundargarh and one each in Bolangir, Ganjam, Malkangiri and Rayagada districts, he said. The fresh COVID-19 cases were reported from 29 of the 30 districts of the state. 07:36 (IST) Coronavirus LATEST Updates World virus deaths top 8,00,000 as nations ramp up measures The global toll from the new coronavirus has surpassed 800,000, according to an AFP count on Saturday, with numerous countries ramping up restrictions in an effort to battle an eruption of new cases. Western Europe, particularly Spain, Italy Germany and France, has been enduring infection levels not seen in many months, sparking fears of a fully-fledged second wave. And in Asia, South Korea, which had largely brought the virus under control, became the latest country to announce it would boost restrictions to try to stem a new outbreak. Across the world, the number of deaths has doubled to just over 800,000 since June 6, with 100,000 fatalities in the last 17 days alone, while more than 23 million cases have been registered. Coronavirus LATEST Updates: China has authorised emergency usage of COVID-19 vaccines developed by some select domestic companies, a Chinese health official has said. The first serological survey in Assam was launched by the Minister of state for Health and Family Welfare Pijush Hazarika on Sunday to assess whether people surveyed have developed immunity to novel coronavirus. Children aged 12 and older should wear masks like adults while those aged 6-11 should wear them on a 'risk-based approach', the World Health Organisation has said According to the SOP, the actors facing the camera will be exempt from wearing masks. And crew members will have to adhere to the guidelines of the health ministry Of the overall tally of 30,44,940, India now has 7,07,668 active cases while more than 22 lakh people have recovered from the infection India's coronavirus case count raced past 30 lakh on Saturday, showed an unofficial tally based on information provided by staes and Union territories, while the toll rose to 56,762 and recoveries climbed to 22,71,054. India is the third-worst affected country by the viral infection, said news agency PTI, which compiled the data. The virus has claimed over eight lakh lives globally. However, according to data released by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday morning, the overall case count in India has climbed to 29,75,701 with the country recording its highest single-day spike of 69,874 new coronavirus cases. The toll climbed to 55,794 with 945 fatalities being reported in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed. But the number of recoveries also surged to 22,22,577 pushing the recovery rate to 74.69 percent on Saturday while the fatality rate dipped to 1.87 percent, said the ministry. India on Saturday also crossed the significant milestone of having conducted over 10 lakh tests in a day for the detection of the novel coronavirus, with more than 3.44 crore such tests conducted so far. The COVID-19 case count in Telangana crossed the one-lakh mark with 2,474 new cases while the toll touched 744. In Jharkhand, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said his father, veteran Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Shibu Soren, and his mother Roopi, tested positive for the viral infection and are placed in home quarantine. Recoveries exceed active cases by 15 lakh, says health ministry The home ministry, in its morning update, said that there are 6,97,330 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country, comprising 23.43 percent of the total caseload in the country. While the country's COVID-19 case count has surged to 29.75 lakh, the total number of recoveries has surged to 22,22,577 and exceed active cases by over 15 lakh as on date, it said. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, at the inauguration of a make-shift NDRF hospital in Ghaziabad, said that India has the "best" COVID-19 recovery rate, which is improving every day, and the "lowest" mortality rate in the world. Taking a potshot at government critics, Vardhan said "many intelligent people, scientists and naysayers" had estimated that India, with a population of about 135 crore, will see 30 crore COVID-19 cases and about 50-60 lakh people will die by July-August, and the country's healthcare system was "incapable" to combat the disease. "However, I am happy to say that in the eighth month of the battle, India has the best recovery rate of 75 percent and against an estimate of 30 crore affected we have not even reached 30 lakh cases." "In fact, 22 lakh patients have recovered and gone home and another seven lakh are going to be cured very soon," he said. The minister said these successes were achieved due to the "coordinated" efforts with the participation of everyone — the government and the people. Centre asks states to ensure unrestricted movement of goods, people Meanwhile, the Centre asked all states to ensure that there are no restrictions on inter-state and intra-state movement of persons and goods during the ongoing unlocking process. In a communication to chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said there were reports that local level restrictions on movement were being imposed by various districts and states. Drawing attention to the Unlock-3 guidelines, Bhalla said such restrictions are creating problems in inter-state movement of goods and services and are impacting supply chains, resulting in disruption of economic activity and employment. The unlock guidelines clearly state that there shall be no restrictions on inter-state and intra-state movement of persons and goods, he said in the letter. The guidelines also stated that no separate permission, approval or e-permit will be required for movement of persons and goods for cross land border trade under treaties with neighbouring countries. The home secretary said the restrictions amount to violation of the guidelines issued by Ministry of Home Affairs under provisions of Disaster Management Act, 2005. JMM chief Shibu Soren tests positive Rajya Sabha MP and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) president Shibu Soren and wife Roopi have tested positive for COVID-19, his son and Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren said. Taking to Twitter, the chief minister said "respected father Dishom Guru ji" and mother were diagnosed with the disease on Friday night, and they are undergoing home quarantine. The 76-year-old president of the ruling JMM in the state is revered as 'guruji' (master) by his followers. कल रात आदरणीय बाबा दिशोम गुरु जी और माँ की कोरोना संक्रमण रिपोर्ट पॉजिटिव आयी। वे दोन��ं होम आइसोलेशन में हैं और स्वास्थ्य लाभ ले रहे हैं। देश और झारखण्डवासियों की दुआओं के साथ जल्द ही आदरणीय बाबा और माँ हम सभी के बीच होंगे। — Hemant Soren (घर में रहें - सुरक्षित रहें) (@HemantSorenJMM) August 22, 2020 // // ]]> "With the blessings of the people of Jharkhand and the entire country, they will soon be among us, the CM tweeted. Seven other members of the JMM chief's household have also tested positive for the viral infection, reported news agency PTI quoting official sources. The chief minister, who lives at his official residence, close to the JMM chief's government bungalow, will undertake the test on Monday -- third time in two months. Earlier, Hemant had taken the test on two separate occasions — first time after coming in contact with infected Cabinet colleague Mithilesh Thakur, and the second time after 17 employees at his office were diagnosed with the disease. On Tuesday, state health minister Banna Gupta was diagnosed with the disease. Punjab minister tests positive In Punjab, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said that Cooperation and Jails Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has tested positive for COVID-19. "I wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to him joining us at work soon," said Singh. My Cabinet colleague and Cooperation & Jails Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has tested positive for #Covid19. I wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to him joining us at work soon. — Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) August 22, 2020 // // ]]> Former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's residence in Muktsar district was declared as a micro containment zone after five security personnel posted there tested positive, a health official told PTI. Punjab on Saturday reported 45 deaths and 1,320 fresh infections, pushing the death count to 1,036 and total infections to 40,643. Telangana's case count crosses one lakh Telangana's overall case count rose to 1,01,865 as 2,474 new cases were added. With seven more people succumbing to the virus, the toll in the state mounted to 744. However, the state's recovery rate at 77.29 percent was higher than the country's recovery rate of 74.69 percent. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and West Bengal were among the other states which added high numbers to their case tallies. While Maharashtra reported 14,492 new cases and 297 deaths, Andhra Pradesh reported over 10,000 fresh infections. The overall count in the southern state climbed to 3,45,216 and the toll mounted to 3,189. Gujarat its highest single-day spike of 1,212 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total count of infections to 85,678, the state health department said. The number of fatalities rose by 14, including six in Surat, which is the highest in the state, to 2,883, it said. A total of 980 patients were discharged in the day, taking the number of recoveries to 68,257, the department said, adding that the recovery rate has reached 80 percent. With a record 3,232 new cases in a single day, West Bengal's caseload went up to 1,35,596. The toll reached 2,737 with 48 more people succumbing to the disease, said a bulletin issued by the state health department. With inputs from agencies

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Coronavirus Outbreak in Brazil Latest Updates

Jair Bolsonaro says coronavirus restrictions kill economy

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday that lockdown measures used to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus “kill” and have “suffocated” the country’s economy, reports Reuters.

“Without salaries and jobs, people die,” he said referring to restrictions imposed by some states and municipalities. “Lockdown kills,” he added, saying that some politicians have suffocated the economy with forced curfews.

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Coronavirus Outbreak in US Latest Updates

US reports over 75,000 new cases

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 3,630,587 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 74,710 cases, and said the number of deaths had risen by 918 to 138,782, reports Reuters.

The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by a new coronavirus, compared to a day earlier. The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.

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Coronavirus Outbreak in Assam Latest Updates

Assam's COVID-19 total reaches 22,981, toll rises to 53

The toll due to COVID-19 in Assam mounted to 53 after two more people succumbed to the disease, while 1,117 fresh cases pushed the state's tally to 22,981, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

The two men, aged 61 and 62 years, died at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital and the Jorhat Medical College Hospital, respectively, he said.

📌Alert ~ 1117 new #COVID19 ve+ patients in Assam today, with 515 cases from Guwahati City alone. Critical for us to #StayAtHome to Stay Safe! ↗️Total cases 22981 ↗️Recovered 15165 ↗️Active cases 7760 ↗️Deaths 53 11:55 PM/July 18/Day's total 1117#AssamCovidCount pic.twitter.com/aQkUgJLgF3

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) July 18, 2020

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WHO reports record daily increase in global COVID-19 cases

The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases for the second day in a row, with the total rising by 259,848 in 24 hours, reports Reuters.

The biggest increases reported on Saturday were from the United States, Brazil, India and South Africa, according to a daily report. The previous WHO record for new cases was 237,743 on Friday. Deaths rose by 7,360, the biggest one-day increase since May 10. Deaths have been averaging 4,800 a day in July, up slightly from an average of 4,600 a day in June.

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‘Community spread has started': IMA Chairman

With one million people getting affected by Covid-19, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) is of the view that community spread has started and the situation is pretty bad, reports ANI.

While speaking to ANI, Dr V K Monga, the Chairman of IMA Hospital Board of India said, “This is now an exponential growth. Every day the number of cases is increasing by more than around 30,000. This is really a bad situation for the country. There are so many factors connected with it but overall this is now spreading to rural areas. This is a bad sign. It now shows a community spread.”

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EU extends summit to Sunday after deadlock over COVID recovery plan

European Union leaders failed to agree on a massive stimulus fund to revive their coronavirus-hammered economies on Saturday after two days of fraught negotiations, but extended their summit for another day to try and overcome their differences.

“The negotiations were heated,” said Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte of Italy, one of the EU countries most affected by the coronavirus crisis that are seeking generous aid from the bloc. “Europe is under the blackmail of the ‘frugals’.”

“We have to do all what is possible to reach a deal tomorrow. Further delays are not useful to anybody.”

Coronavirus LATEST Updates: The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases for the second day in a row, with the total rising by 259,848 in 24 hours.

With 34,884 people testing positive for COVID-19 in 24 hours, India's coronavirus case count on Saturday soared to 10,38,716 while the death count rose to 26,273 with 671 fatalities, the Union health ministry said in its morning update.

This is the third consecutive day when the number of COVID-19 cases in the country has increased by more than 30,000.

According to figures reported during the day by state governments, many states reported record jumps in daily cases. Maharashtra's overall case count went past three lakh while Mumbai crossed one lakh cases.

Nearly 18,000 recover in 24 hours

The health ministry said that the number of recoveries has also been continuously increasing due to "timely, proactive, and graded strategy initiatives" for effective management and an expansion of hospital infrastructure.

In a statement, the ministry said, "The last 24 hours saw 17,994 COVID-19 patients recovering. The recovery rate is now 63 percent."

The ministry said that as many as 6,53,750 patients have recovered from the disease so far, and at present, there are 3,58,692 active cases in the country. Thus, recoveries outnumber active cases by over 2.95 lakh, it stated.

The recovery rate in Mumbai rose to 70 percent on 15 July, said a release issued by the Press Information Bureau. Mumbai's recovery rate is nearly 15 percent more than that of Maharashtra, which is 55.62 percent, it claimed. The COVID-19 recovery rate in Mumbai stood at 50 percent around mid-June, when the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) launched "Mission Zero" under the Rapid Action Plan to contain the spread of the contagion.

The rate improved to 57 percent on 1 July and further to around 70 percent on 15 July, the PIB statement said.

The Delhi government in its daily bulletin said that more than one lakh people have recovered from the viral infection in the National Capital and the recovery rate has thus risen to 83 percent.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 1,34,33,742 samples have been tested for COVID-19 up to 17 July with 3,61,024 samples being tested on Friday.

Of the 671 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 258 are from Maharashtra, 115 from Karnataka, 79 from Tamil Nadu, 42 from Andhra Pradesh, 38 from Uttar Pradesh, 26 each from West Bengal and Delhi, 17 from Gujarat, nine each from Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, and eight each from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

Of the total 26,273 deaths reported so far, Maharashtra accounted for the highest with 11,452 fatalities followed by Delhi with 3,571 deaths, Tamil Nadu 2,315, Gujarat 2,106, Karnataka 1,147, Uttar Pradesh 1,084, West Bengal 1,049, Madhya Pradesh 697 and Rajasthan 546, according to the health ministry's morning update.

The health ministry stressed that more than 70 percent of deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

Maharashtra has also reported the highest number of cases at 2,92,589 followed by Tamil Nadu at 1,60,907, Delhi at 1,20,107, Karnataka at 55,115, Gujarat at 46,430, Uttar Pradesh at 45,163 and Telangana at 42,496.

"Our figures are being reconciled with the ICMR," the ministry said, adding that 163 cases are being reassigned to states.

Total lockdown in coastal Thiruvananthapuram

Meanwhile, day after Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan sounded the alert over community transmission in two villages of Thiruvananthapuram district, the district administration clamped a complete lockdown for 10 days in the coastal areas of the district from Saturday midnight.

The district's coastal area stretching from Edava in the north to Pozhiyoor in the south has been declared as Critical Containment Zone (CCZ) and will be under complete and strict lockdown from Saturday midnight to 28 July midnight, an order from the district Collector Dr Navjot Khosa said.

During this period, existing lockdown relaxations shall not be apply to the containment areas and strict lockdown measures shall be in force. The district has been divided into three zones, with three IAS officers functioning as 'Incident Commanders' who will oversee implementation of zone-wise cluster containment and intervention strategies. Movement of people within or out of these zones would not be allowed and the police should strictly enforce this, the collector stated.

In Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam, the district collector announced a fortnight-long lockdown starting Saturday, reported news agency ANI. Shops selling essential items including dairies and vegetable shops will remain open between 6 am and 1 pm, it said quoting the Srikakulam Municipal Corporation Commissioner.

Assam prohibits inter-district travel from 22 July

In Assam, the state government has decided to bar inter-district movement of individuals from 22 July till further orders. Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna said that movement will be allowed for last rites and medical emergencies only with written permission from the deputy commissioner of the originating district.

Movement of goods and essentials, however, will continue uninterrupted, he said.

At the same time, the state government announced the easing of some curbs in the Kamrup Metropolitan district, under which Guwahati falls.

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The chief secretary said that night curfew and weekend lockdown will continue in the district which has been under lockdown since 28 June but shops and businesses will be allowed to operate on any one side of any street on any given day and on the opposite side on alternate days between Monday and Friday from 7 am to 5 pm.

Shopkeepers will be allowed to operate only with 50 percent employees and after all staff and owner test negative for COVID-19 with strict compliance of all COVID-19 protocols issued by the health department.

Home delivery of vegetables, meat and fish will be allowed from Monday to Friday, but street and footpath vending of any sort is not allowed and all designated markets under the municipality will remain closed.

Cab aggregators, auto rickshaws and manual rickshaws except e-rickshaws are allowed to operate with only two passengers at any given time.

Technical service providers such as plumbers, electricians, carpenter, AC mechanic and other electronic repairing will be allowed from Monday to Friday during non-curfew hours.

All central and state government offices including banks, insurance companies, NBFCs, Gauhati Tea Auction Centre and private offices shall operate with 30 percent attendance and testing, and maintenance shall be the responsibility of the head of the office.

Night curfew will remain in force from 6 pm to 6 am everyday and these new guidelines will come into effect from 7 pm of 19 July to 7 pm of 2 August.

Maharashtra cases surge past three lakh; Karnataka reports 4,537 new cases

Many states continued reporting increasing numbers during the day, with Maharashtra crossing the grim milestone of three lakh cases.

According to a bulletin issued by the state health department, the state's case count surged to 3,00,937 with the addition of 8,348 while the toll climbed to 11,569 with 144 fatalities. Meanwhile, Mumbai crossed the one lakh cases with the addition of 1,186 new cases in the day. The number of the cases in the city now stands at 1,00,350 while the toll rose by 65, it said.

On Saturday, restrictions were lifted in Maharashtra's Thane city, barring the infection hotspots where they will continue to operate till 31 July, according to order issued by Thane Municipal Commissioner Dr Vipin Sharma.

West Bengal reported over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases on a single-day for the first time as the state's tally breached the 40,000, as per the state health department. The state detected 2,198 new cases, following which its active cases soared to 15,594, it said in a bulletin.

Twenty-seven more people died, taking the state's total fatalities to 1,076, the department said. The state has so far reported 40,209 cases of the viral infection.

Delhi recorded 1,475 fresh infections, taking the total in the city to 1,21,582, while the toll mounted to 3,597 as 26 more succumbed to the disease.

The southern states also continued reporting an upward trend. While Karnataka reported its highest single-day spike of 4,537 new cases and 93 deaths, Andhra Pradesh recorded a high of 3,963 cases and 52 deaths.

Tamil Nadu reported its highest single-day jump infections as well as the number of daily deaths, with the total infection count crossing 1.65 lakh. As many as 4,807 new positive cases of the novel coronavirus infection were reported from different parts of the state while 88 people died due to it. The toll mounted to 2,403, a health department bulletin said.

Kerala's COVID-19 infection count touched 11,659 with 593 fresh cases being reported on Saturday as the toll climbed to 39 with two fatalities.

Central team to reach Bihar on Sunday

The health ministry asked states like Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and Odisha — which have been reporting surge in daily infections— to step up efforts to curb the transmission of the infection and keep the case fatality rate below one percent.

With these states again imposing lockdown restrictions, the health ministry stressed that the curbs should be utilised to focus on containment, surveillance and testing in the containment and buffer zones for early detection of cases and fatality management.

"The focus of the containment strategy remains on house-to-house survey, perimeter control activities, timely contact tracing, surveillance of containment and buffer zones, aided by effective clinical management of severe cases through a standard of care approach," the ministry said.

A central team has been deployed in Bihar to assist the state in the assessment of COVID-19 management and to provide all necessary support. The team comprising Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal, Dr S K Singh, Director, National Centre for Disease Control and Dr Neeraj Nischal, associate professor of medicine at AIIMS, New Delhi, will reach Bihar on Sunday.

AIIMS ethics panel gives nod for Covaxin trial

In another development, the AIIMS Ethics Committee gave its approval for human clinical trial of the indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine candidate COVAXIN following which the premier hospital is likely to begin the exercise by enrolling healthy volunteers from Monday.

AIIMS-Delhi is among the 12 sites selected by the ICMR for conducting phase I and II human trials of COVAXIN. In phase I, the vaccine would be tested on 375 volunteers and the maximum of 100 of them would be from AIIMS.

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Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna said that movement will be allowed for last rites and medical emergencies only with written permission from the deputy commissioner of the originating district. Movement of goods and essentials, however, will continue uninterrupted, he said. At the same time, the state government announced the easing of some curbs in the Kamrup Metropolitan district, under which Guwahati falls. New order for Kamrup Metro district by Chief Secretary #Unlock#Covid_19 pic.twitter.com/Iy1XNNjTmb — AIR News Guwahati (@airnews_ghy) July 18, 2020 // // ]]> The chief secretary said that night curfew and weekend lockdown will continue in the district which has been under lockdown since 28 June but shops and businesses will be allowed to operate on any one side of any street on any given day and on the opposite side on alternate days between Monday and Friday from 7 am to 5 pm. Shopkeepers will be allowed to operate only with 50 percent employees and after all staff and owner test negative for COVID-19 with strict compliance of all COVID-19 protocols issued by the health department. Home delivery of vegetables, meat and fish will be allowed from Monday to Friday, but street and footpath vending of any sort is not allowed and all designated markets under the municipality will remain closed. Cab aggregators, auto rickshaws and manual rickshaws except e-rickshaws are allowed to operate with only two passengers at any given time. Technical service providers such as plumbers, electricians, carpenter, AC mechanic and other electronic repairing will be allowed from Monday to Friday during non-curfew hours. All central and state government offices including banks, insurance companies, NBFCs, Gauhati Tea Auction Centre and private offices shall operate with 30 percent attendance and testing, and maintenance shall be the responsibility of the head of the office. Night curfew will remain in force from 6 pm to 6 am everyday and these new guidelines will come into effect from 7 pm of 19 July to 7 pm of 2 August. Maharashtra cases surge past three lakh; Karnataka reports 4,537 new cases Many states continued reporting increasing numbers during the day, with Maharashtra crossing the grim milestone of three lakh cases. According to a bulletin issued by the state health department, the state's case count surged to 3,00,937 with the addition of 8,348 while the toll climbed to 11,569 with 144 fatalities. Meanwhile, Mumbai crossed the one lakh cases with the addition of 1,186 new cases in the day. The number of the cases in the city now stands at 1,00,350 while the toll rose by 65, it said. On Saturday, restrictions were lifted in Maharashtra's Thane city, barring the infection hotspots where they will continue to operate till 31 July, according to order issued by Thane Municipal Commissioner Dr Vipin Sharma. West Bengal reported over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases on a single-day for the first time as the state's tally breached the 40,000, as per the state health department. The state detected 2,198 new cases, following which its active cases soared to 15,594, it said in a bulletin. Twenty-seven more people died, taking the state's total fatalities to 1,076, the department said. The state has so far reported 40,209 cases of the viral infection. Delhi recorded 1,475 fresh infections, taking the total in the city to 1,21,582, while the toll mounted to 3,597 as 26 more succumbed to the disease. The southern states also continued reporting an upward trend. While Karnataka reported its highest single-day spike of 4,537 new cases and 93 deaths, Andhra Pradesh recorded a high of 3,963 cases and 52 deaths. Tamil Nadu reported its highest single-day jump infections as well as the number of daily deaths, with the total infection count crossing 1.65 lakh. As many as 4,807 new positive cases of the novel coronavirus infection were reported from different parts of the state while 88 people died due to it. The toll mounted to 2,403, a health department bulletin said. Kerala's COVID-19 infection count touched 11,659 with 593 fresh cases being reported on Saturday as the toll climbed to 39 with two fatalities. Central team to reach Bihar on Sunday The health ministry asked states like Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and Odisha — which have been reporting surge in daily infections— to step up efforts to curb the transmission of the infection and keep the case fatality rate below one percent. With these states again imposing lockdown restrictions, the health ministry stressed that the curbs should be utilised to focus on containment, surveillance and testing in the containment and buffer zones for early detection of cases and fatality management. "The focus of the containment strategy remains on house-to-house survey, perimeter control activities, timely contact tracing, surveillance of containment and buffer zones, aided by effective clinical management of severe cases through a standard of care approach," the ministry said. A central team has been deployed in Bihar to assist the state in the assessment of COVID-19 management and to provide all necessary support. The team comprising Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal, Dr S K Singh, Director, National Centre for Disease Control and Dr Neeraj Nischal, associate professor of medicine at AIIMS, New Delhi, will reach Bihar on Sunday. AIIMS ethics panel gives nod for Covaxin trial In another development, the AIIMS Ethics Committee gave its approval for human clinical trial of the indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine candidate COVAXIN following which the premier hospital is likely to begin the exercise by enrolling healthy volunteers from Monday. AIIMS-Delhi is among the 12 sites selected by the ICMR for conducting phase I and II human trials of COVAXIN. In phase I, the vaccine would be tested on 375 volunteers and the maximum of 100 of them would be from AIIMS.

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