NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, MAY 8
With as many as 390 more people testing coronaviruses positive since the previous night, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Gujarat reached 7,403 on Friday, a health official said.
During the same period, 24 patients succumbed to the infection, taking the death toll due to the pandemic in the state to 449, said Principal Secretary, Health, Jayanti Ravi.
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Out of the total 390 new cases that were detected during the day, 269 were from Ahmedabad. Other major centres include Vadodara (25), Surat (25), and Aravalli (20).
Of the total 24 patients, who succumbed to the infection in the 24 hours, as many as 22 died in different hospitals of Ahmedabad, while one each died in Bhavnagar and Surat.
જિલ્લા વહીવટી તંત્ર દ્વારા મેઘરજ ખાતે કોરોના કેસ નોંધાતા #ContainmentZone તેમજ તેની આસપાસના વિસ્તારમાં સસ્તા અનાજની દુકાન દ્વારા લોકોના ઘરે જઈને હોમ ડિલિવરી કરીને અનાજનું વિતરણ કરવામાં આવ્યું.@pkumarias @CMOGuj @PatkarRamanlal @InfoGujarat @AravalliGog @GujHFWDept @PS_HFWD_GUJ pic.twitter.com/VfQ1IWnoHs
— Collector & District Magistrate, Arvalli (@CollectorArvali) May 8, 2020
Till now, 449 people have died due to coronavirus in Gujarat.
As many as 163 patients recovered in the past 24 hours and discharged from different hospitals, taking the total number of such patients to 1,872.
સાવલીના લાલપરી, માતા ભાગોળ વિસ્તારમાં આજે 1 શાકભાજીના વેપારીનો કૉરૉના ટેસ્ટ પૉઝિટિવ આવતા સમગ્ર લાલપરી વિસ્તારને કન્ટેઇનમેન્ટ ઝોન જાહેર કરી સીલ કરવામાં આવેલ છે.#GujaratFightsCovid19 @vijayrupanibjp @pkumarias @DARPG_GoI @InfoGujarat pic.twitter.com/IJcWSu9YTk
— Collector & DM Vadodara (@CollectorVad) May 8, 2020
Of the total 1,05,387 tests conduct so far in Gujarat, results of 7,403 have come positive, while 97,984 have tested negative.
“As requested by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, the Centre has decided to send AIIMS director Rajdeep Guleria and Dr Manish Sureja to Gujarat on Saturday, to help the state in reducing the mortality rate,” said Ravi.
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“Both these experts will reach here by a special flight from Delhi. They will visit Ahmedabad civil hospital and SVP Hospital to take stock of the situation. These experts will interact with our doctors and share their feedback with us before leaving,” she added.
According to Ravi, Gujarat does not figure in the list of top five states that have registered the highest increase in positive cases between April 30 and May 6.
#GujaratFightsCovid19 મહેસાણા જિલાના ઉપેરા ગામના મહેશકુમાર ચમાર છૂટક કડિયાકામ કરીને જીવનનિર્વાહ કરે છે. સરકારે લોકડાઉનમાં અમૂક નિયમોને આધીન બાંધકામના કામો શરૂ કરવાની છૂટ આપી, અને એમને કામ મળ્યું. સરકારના નિર્ણય બદલ આભાર.@PIB_India pic.twitter.com/cClXUgKMev
— PIB in Gujarat 🇮🇳 (@PIBAhmedabad) May 8, 2020
She added that the state’s COVID-19 cases growth rate was 50.7 percent and the case doubling rate now stands at 12 days.
Of the 449 persons who died so far due to the infection, as many as 343 have succumbed in Ahmedabad alone.
પાટણ જિલ્લાની ધારપુર જનરલ હોસ્પિટલ ખાતે ટેક્નોલોજીના ઉપયોગથી અનોખો પ્રયોગ કરવામાં આવ્યો છે. COVID19 પોઝીટીવ દર્દીઓ સાથે મેડિકલ અને પેરા-મેડિકલ સ્ટાફના સંપર્કની ફ્રિક્વન્સીમાં ઘટાડો કરી શકાય તે માટે ‘ધાર-બૉટ’ નામનો રોબૉટ તૈયાર કરવામાં આવ્યો છે. pic.twitter.com/UvHQTKkrFf
— Gujarat Information (@InfoGujarat) May 8, 2020
Similarly, of the total 7,403 cases registered in Gujarat till now, as many as 5,260 cases were reported in Ahmedabad alone, followed by 824 cases in Surat and 465 in Vadodara.
Gujarat’s COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 7,403, new cases 390, deaths 449, discharged 1,872 active cases 5,082 and people tested so far 1,05,387.
Foodbasket distribution going on smoothly with all due safety measures….. @CMOGuj @pkumarias @PS_HFWD_GUJ #IndiaFightsCorona #AhmedabadFightsCorona https://t.co/MSwMSvNX6Q
— Ahmedabad Collector (@CollectorAhd) May 8, 2020
Cases jump to 5,260, death toll stands at 343 in Ahmedabad
The number of COVID-19 patients in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat surged to 5,260 on Friday with the detection of 269 cases in the last 24 hours, an official said.
With the death of as many as 22 patients, the number of persons who died due to the infection rose to 343, the official said.
In Gujarat, VCE of Santalpur (Patan) is giving services to customer by using AePS in eGram Project following COVID safetyprotocol @PMOIndia @CMOGuj @InfoGujarat @rsprasad,@Nitinbhai_Patel sir,@imBhupendrasinh sir,@Jaydrathsinhji sir,@NITIAayog @mopr_goi @Gramoday_MOPR @GoI_MeitY pic.twitter.com/29HeN8KRg0
— Panchayat, Rural Housing & Rural Dev. Department (@GujPRHDept) May 7, 2020
“As many as 22 persons, who were receiving treatment at different hospitals in the city, succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours,” Principal Secretary, Health, Jayanti Ravi said.
The 5,260 cases found in Ahmedabad district alone form the biggest chunk of the total 7,403 cases reported in Gujarat so far.
Police detain 15 for stone-pelting in Shahpur
An agitated mob pelted stones at policemen who were enforcing lockdown in Shahpur area of Ahmedabad city on Friday evening, a senior official said.
गुजरात के भावनगर से श्रमिक ट्रेन के द्रारा अपने घर उत्तर प्रदेश लौट रहें है श्रमिक. आज भावनगर से गोरखपुर के लिए हुई ट्रैन रवाना. लॉकडाउन के चलते फंसे हुए थे श्रमिक. @DDNewsHindi @Collectorbhav pic.twitter.com/3A0yhlkDH6
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) May 8, 2020
Shahpur, a minority community-dominated area, is in ‘Red Zone’ as several coronavirus cases have been found in the locality.
While a police inspector was injured in the stone-pelting, 15 persons were detained by police.
પાટણમાં સ્ટાર્ટઅપ અને સ્કિલ ઇન્ડિયા અંતર્ગત અનોખી પહેલ.
બે યુવાનોએ કોરોના વોરિયર્સની સલામતી માટે બનાવ્યું રોબોટ.
ધારપુર હોસ્પિટલને અર્પણ કરવામાં આવ્યો રોબોટ.
રોબોટ દ્રારા ઈન્ટરનેટની મદદથી દર્દી સાથે વાત પણ થઇ શકે છે @CollectorPatan @InfoGujarat pic.twitter.com/75r1avmj02— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) May 8, 2020
Police lobbed 30 teargas shells to disperse the mob, said Deputy Commissioner of Police Vijay Patel.
“A police team visited Shahpur after learning that locals were coming out in large numbers despite lockdown. When policeasked them to stay indoors, people got angry and started throwing stones,” he said.
2 Ahmedabad hospitals among 5 approved to join WHO’s Solidarity Trial to find treatment for COVID-19
Five hospitals, two from Ahmedabad and one each from Chennai, Jodhpur and Bhopal, have so far been approved to conduct randomised controlled clinical trials under WHO’s Solidarity Trial to find an effective treatment for COVID-19.
ભાવનગરના દિપુબેન રઘુવંશીના પતિ હૃદયરોગના કારણે નવ વર્ષ પહેલાં અવસાન પામ્યા. દીકરો મજૂરીનું કામ કરીને ઘર ચલાવે છે પણ લોકડાઉનના સમયમાં કામ ન મળતાં મૂશ્કેલ સમય હતો. ત્યાં જ ભારત સરકાર તરફથી વિધવા સહાય રૂપે એક સાથે બે મહિનાના રૂપિયા ૨૫૦૦ મળ્યા, એ માટે ભારત સરકારનો આભાર.@PIB_India pic.twitter.com/TIePbf16jo
— PIB in Gujarat 🇮🇳 (@PIBAhmedabad) May 8, 2020
The hospitals, including the AIIMS in Jodhpur, Apollo Hospital in Chennai and the B J Medical College and Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, will be conducting clinical trials on four treatment protocols — remdesivir, combination of lopinavir and ritonavir, hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir and ritonavir with Interferon beta-1a.
According to Dr Sheela Godbole, national coordinator of the WHO-India Solidarity Trial and head of the Division of Epidemiology at ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, there is a plan to enrol at least 20 clinical sites across India.
The clinical trials on any of the treatment protocols would be discontinued if it showed any adverse effects on any of the patients, Godbole said.
The health facilities need to get regulatory approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) and have to be registered on the Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI) for this.
Four of the hospitals have already begun the trial.
“We want as many patients as possible to be quickly enrolled in the randomised controlled clinical trial so that results also can come out soon,” she said, adding the sample size has to be at least 1,500 in total from all clinical sites.
Patients are being enrolled in several countries in these clinical trials to generate enough strong evidence on their efficacy to treat COVID-19 patients, Godbole said.
“The Solidarity Trial aims to rapidly discover whether any of the drugs slows the disease”s progression or improves survival. Other drugs can be added based on emerging evidence,” she said.
Godbole further said the drug remdesivir and Interferon beta-1a have been provided by the global health body to India to conduct clinical trials. US-based pharma company Gilead Sciences has donated the antiviral drug to the WHO.
Over 100 countries are working together to find effective therapeutics as soon as possible, via the Trial, according to the WHO website.
The global data safety and monitoring boards will periodically be reviewing the trials and accordingly, inform the WHO.
Foot patrolling is the best way to understand the area and social environment of the beat & zone.
BSF & RAF jawans patrolling in red Zone areas. @BSF_India #RAF #BSF #lockdownindia #AhmedabadPolice pic.twitter.com/HNeRpnDmk4
— Shamsher Singh IPS (@Shamsher_IPS) May 8, 2020
Man thrashes migrant labour over train tickets in Surat
A man was arrested in Surat city of Gujarat on Friday for allegedly beating up a migrant from Jharkhand over booking of train tickets.
While opposition Congress claimed that accused Rajesh Verma is a BJP worker, the ruling party denied it.
A video of the incident which took place outside the accused”s office went viral on social media.
“Vasudev Verma, who hails from Jharkhand, had given money to Rajesh to buy train tickets for his native state,” said assistant commissioner of police A M Parmar.
“Rajesh beat up Vasudev after he went to the collect the tickets on Thursday and they had a heated argument. We have arrested Rajesh,” the ACP said.
The Congress alleged that Rajesh was a BJP worker and fleecing helpless migrant workers who wanted to go home by Shramik Special trains.
But the BJP said he had nothing to do with the party.
“Rajesh Verma is not a BJP worker. The party has not asked any of its workers to book tickets. The party has nothing to do with this,” said Surat BJP president Nitin Bhajiawala.
