NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, APRIL 25
Despite its spread in 30 districts of Gujarat, the administration under the guidance of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has been able to decrease the rate of transmission of COVID-19. The Chief Minister has ensured the strict implementation of lockdown and other safety measures necessary to curb the transmission of the virus, says a senior health department official.
ભારત સરકારના જાહેરનામાના અનુસંધાને મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી વિજયભાઈ રૂપાણીનો સમગ્ર રાજ્યના લાખો નાના-મોટા દુકાનધારકો, ધંધા-વ્યવસાયકારોને આવતીકાલ, રવિવાર તા.ર૬ એપ્રિલથી પોતાના ધંધા-વ્યવસાય શરૂ કરવા માટે છૂટ આપવાનો મહત્વપૂર્ણ નિર્ણય. pic.twitter.com/aBDuQtCLSY
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) April 25, 2020
The number of coronavirus positive patients in Gujarat doubled from 617 after April 14 to 1,272 on April 17, but this rate slowed down in the subsequent six days up to April 23 during which 1,352 more cases were detected, as per the analysis by Health department.
કોરોના સંક્રમણથી બચવા ભારતીય પરંપરાગત ચિકિત્સા પધ્ધતિ અપનાવવામાં આવી રહી છે અને તે ખૂબ કારગત સાબિત થઈ રહી છે. શરીરની રોગપ્રતિકારક શક્તિ વધારવા ઘરગથ્થુ ઉપચારો તથા આયુર્વેદ અને હોમીયોપેથી દવાઓને વધુને વધુ નાગરિકો પ્રાથમિકતા આપી રહ્યા છે. pic.twitter.com/EP6JZEUAN6
— Gujarat Information (@InfoGujarat) April 25, 2020
The total number of coronavirus positive cases in Gujarat stood at 2,815 by April 24 evening.
“The number of COVID-19 patients nearly-doubled from 617 cases after April 13 to 1,272 cases on April 17, which was a sharp rise,” Principal Secretary (Health) Jayanti Ravi said on Saturday.
However, the doubling rate of cases slowed down to six days after April 17 up to April 23, when the number of cases rose from 1,272 to 2,624, as per the data.
એફ ટ્રાફિક પોલીસ સ્ટેશનના તમામ કર્મચારીઓનું મેડિકલ ચેક-અપ કરાવામાં આવ્યું અને કોરોના વાઇરસથી કેવી રીતે બચી શકાય તેનું માર્ગદર્શન આપ્યું.#AmdavadFightsCorona #AhmedabadPolice pic.twitter.com/APQf3orQsd
— Ahmedabad Police અમદાવાદ પોલીસ (@AhmedabadPolice) April 25, 2020
The state recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours ended on April 18 when 332 persons had tested positive for coronavirus, it said.
In Gujarat, 30 of the 33 districts have reported coronavirus positive cases.
High Powered Committee from Government of India , had a meeting with officials of Ahmedabad regarding #COVID19. @CMOGuj @Nitinbhai_Patel @pkumarias @GujHFWDept @MoHFW_GUJARAT @PS_HFWD_GUJ @ahmedabad_info @nirala_kk pic.twitter.com/aSzmijNUl9
— Ahmedabad Collector (@CollectorAhd) April 25, 2020
Ravi said, “Social distancing measures such as lockdown, containment and curfew have delayed or controlled the possible exponential curve”.
She said 80 percent of the total COVID-19 patients are silent carriers of the virus and asymptomatic, while 15 percent are symptomatic.
અમદાવાદ સિવિલ હોસ્પિટલમાં,હોસ્પિટલ તંત્ર દ્વારા કોરોના પોઝિટિવ દર્દીઓ માં રોગ પ્રતિકારક શક્તિ વધે તથા તેમનું માનસિક સંતુલન વધે તે માટે યોગ અને પ્રાણાયમ કરાવવાનો આજથી પ્રારંભ કરાયો છે.#AhmedabadFightsCorona#GujaratCoronaUpdate@pkumarias @civilhospamd @InfoGujarat @JayantiRavi pic.twitter.com/gUGgXUgJ4U
— Info Ahmedabad GoG (@ahmedabad_info) April 25, 2020
“The fight is most important for the remaining 5 percent of the patients who are suffering from serious ailments like diabetes, hypertension, cancer, TB, asthma, HIV, heart and lung diseases, mental diseases, among others,” Ravi added.
In terms of testing, the state government conducted 3,028 tests in the last 24 hours ending on Saturday, Ravi said.
MGNREGA works have been started in unaffected areas of Arvalli district with proper care and precautions. Masks, sanitizer and soaps have been provided and workers are engaged in livelihood activities with keeping social distancing between them. *Jaan bhi, Jahan bhi* pic.twitter.com/g2la6vvIDc
— DDO Arvalli Modasa (@DdoArvalli) April 25, 2020
She said 3,280 rapid anti-body tests were conducted in various districts.
“In terms of the test per million, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has achieved 2,701 tests per million, which is the highest in the country, compared to 1,491.97 in the Union Territory of Delhi, 930.7 in Tamil Nadu, and 836.34 in Rajasthan. The country’s average test per million rates is 392.5,” Ravi said.
અમદાવાદની સૌથી મોટી સિવિલ હોસ્પિટલ કમ્પાઉન્ડમાં ૧૨૦૦ બેડની હોસ્પિટલને કોવીડ હોસ્પિટલમાં ફેરવવામાં આવી છે.કોરોનાના સંકટ વચ્ચે કોવિડ ડેડીકેટેડ આ સિવિલ હોસ્પિટલમાં તંત્ર ૨૪ x ૭ ખડે પગે કોરોના યોધ્ધાઓ પોતાના ઘર-પરિવારની ચિંતા કર્યા વિના અવિરત સેવા બજાવે જો માતા-પિતા બન્ને… pic.twitter.com/q1mPba0toR
— Gujarat Information (@InfoGujarat) April 25, 2020
Gujarat has reported the average test per million rates of 721, she added.
Ravi said Gujarat is among the states which have the largest number of laboratories – 21 – for testing coronavirus cases.
According to Ravi, 45,621 persons placed under quarantine in the state have taken AYUSH medicines while 27,895 consumed Ayurvedic medicines. A total of 17,725 persons under quarantine consumed Homeopathic medicines.
“Only 15 COVID-19 cases have been reported from quarantine facilities,” Ravi added.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had on Friday assessed as “especially serious” the situation in emerging hotspots of Ahmedabad and Surat.
