Trump Says US ‘Through Pandemic’ as Cases Near 1.9 Million | President Donald Trump asserted on Friday that the United States has made it through the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. However, cases and deaths continue to rise in the country. Read more here.
US Police May Help Spread Coronavirus: Expert | An Emory University infectious disease specialist says he has serious concerns that police could be spreading the coronavirus by spraying tear gas on demonstrators. (Image: Reuters)
◕ Mass arrests and confining people in small spaces dramatically increases the risk of infecting others with the coronavirus, Dr. Jay Varkey said Friday.
◕ Tear gas and other chemical agents causes people to rub their eyes, putting demonstrators at risk of being infected, Varkey said.
‘Reports of Bed Shortage in Delhi False’ | Delhi Heath Minister Satyendar on Friday said reports that there is a “shortage of beds” for coronavirus patients in city hospitals were “misleading”. Read more here.
West Bengal Changes Norms for Kin of Deceased | The West Bengal health department on Friday said it has decided to allow relatives of a person who died due to the coronavirus infection to see the body after following certain protocols.
◕ According to the protocol, family members of a coronavirus victim are not handed over the body and also not allowed to see it.
◕ “Relatives of a person who died of COVID-19 will be allowed to see the body from a distance. The bag in which the body will be placed will be made of a transparent material so that family members can see it, the official said.
Surat’s Textile Market Faces Labour Shortage | The textile market in Surat, Gujarat, has reopened amid relaxations in lockdown but according to businessmen, they are facing shortage of labourers. They are also urging the government to provide some relaxations in the guidelines, especially pertaining to quarantine upon labourers’ return, ANI reports.
UP Police Personnel Crushes Vegetable Sellers With Jeep | A Police Sub Inspector Sumit Anand has been suspended, and departmental action is being taken against him after he crushed vegetables of sellers with his jeep, at a bi-weekly market in Ghoorpur, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, when they did not comply with his order of leaving from the spot.
Global Coronavirus Cases | According to the John Hopkins University tracker, 6,731,770 cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) have been reported from around the world till now. Deaths are at 394,787.
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