441 people brought out of Delhi mosque are symptomatic, says Kejriwal
Over 6 lakh migrants have been accommodated in 61,000 relief camps, the health ministry said in a press briefing Tuesday, adding that routine health services such as immunisation should not be suspended. When asked to reveal list of hotspots, Lav Aggarwal, joint secretary, Health Ministry, said the situation at present is very dynamic and a […]
Corona Outbreak Afflicted By Communal Virus? Blaming Tablighi Jamaat Could Be Misdirected
“The Markaz mayhem explodes,” read the breaking news ticker of an English news channel on Tuesday morning after at least seven deaths — six in Telangana and one in Jammu and Kashmir — linked with a religious congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area sent the national media into overdrive. The religious gathering was organised by Tablighi […]
SC to Centre: Arrange bhajan, namaz to prevent panic among migrants
SC to Centre: Arrange bhajan, namaz to prevent panic among migrants New Delhi, March 31 The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to rope in community leaders of various faiths to conduct ”bhajan-kirtan” and ”namaz” to check panic among migrant workers in shelter homes amid the coronavirus outbreak. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the […]
How Tablighi Jamaat emerged as the ‘largest known’ Covid-19 source in South Asia
New Delhi: Tablighi Jamaat, a non-political global Sunni Islamic evangelical movement of Indian origin, has emerged as the “largest known viral vector” of the novel coronavirus in South Asia. Its religious congregations are said to be the source of hundreds of positive cases of the disease in the region. In India, the Ministry of Home Affairs […]
What we know about Nizamuddin mosque congregation: 10 points
Delhi’s Nizamuddin area has emerged as the hotspot of coronavirus disease after several cases of Covid-19 emerged in people who were a part of a religious congregation in the area earlier this month. Here’s a quick guide on the development: 1. According to reports, more than 2,000 delegates from countries like Indonesia and Malaysia attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation […]
India lockdown day 6: Govt zeroes in on 10 hotspots
As the number of COVID-19 cases reached 1,251 across the country (101 recovered, 32 dead), India is set to ramp up testing in 10 identified “hotspots” where “unusual” transmission has been detected. Of these, two — Dilshad Garden and Nizamuddin — are in Delhi, the others being Noida, Meerut, Bhilwara, Ahmedabad, Kasaragod, Pathanamthitta, Mumbai and Pune. In the last 24 hours, […]
‘My Mother Is Dead. I Am Stuck In Coronavirus Lockdown’: Bihar Labourer Cries For Help In Delhi
Like thousands of others, Tipu Yadav, a migrant labourer from Bihar, is also stuck in Delhi following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s declaration for a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus, which continues to wreak havoc across the world. On Monday, Yadav was seen crying after he learnt of his mother’s death. […]
India needs package of Rs 5 lakh crore to save businesses from collapsing due to Covid-19
Measures taken to contain and eliminate passive transmission risk, more than the manifested active risk of the COVID-19 virus to human factors of production- both the owners/entrepreneurs and workers- have disrupted the economic and financial systems the world over. Few countries like South Korea and Japan decided to track down the carriers- symptomatic or asymptomatic […]
Covid-19: 200 quarantined, contact tracing on after Delhi mosque gathering
A day after six people who attended a religious gathering near Nizamuddin Dargah tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), authorities are on the lookout for others who took part in the event amid increased police presence in the area. Over the past two days, the Delhi Police and the health department have taken at […]
Health Ministry confirms 92 new cases & 4 deaths in 24 hours, stresses no community transfer
New Delhi: Ninety-two new cases and four deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in India since Sunday, the Health Ministry said on Monday while reiterating that there has been no community transmission of the virus as of now. Technically, COVID-19 is still in the local transmission stage in the country as there has been no […]
