Dr M Khalid's global village blog

Those who do not need any movement passes *  Individuals going to nearby stores to buy essential food items and medicines or going for emergency health consultation. Not more than two persons can be together *  Individuals engaged in ongoing agricultural, animal husbandry and fisheries activities Following require ID cards issued by their employers only *  Medical personnel, nurses, para-medical staff and other personnel of all healthcare establishments *  Workers of electricity, water, conservancy services, banks and other public utilities, including those dealing with petroleum, LPG, CNG *  Employees of print and electronic media as well as those associated with delivery of newspapers *  Railway/port/airport personnel and vehicles in connection with the movement of essential commodities and cargo Those who require authorization letters by employers, endorsed by police/local SDO *  Personnel associated with distribution of essential commodities under PDS, hyper marts, super stores, e-...

26 March 2020 . (25 March PDT) . An attempt to understand the extent of population which can get affected if strict measures are not taken !!  Image: A govt worker sanitizes public place in S Korea. We will take examples of countries who are being appreciated to control Covid 19 well. At the time of writing this article, there were 327,999 active cases in the world and 134649 closed cases. Closed cases means they either recovered or died. 113,802 (84%) recovered and 20,877 (16%) died.   In China, the recovered people are 73650 while the active cases are 4287 . Total cases till date = 9137. Also, in South Korea, affected no. is 175 cases per millon. Cases per million = 56.  In South Korea the recovered people are 70%(3730) of the active (5281). Total cases till date = 9137. Also, in South Korea, cases per million = 178 .  In Germany where they have done the largest number of tests to  screen the population, coron...

Emails to report cases/ take help etc. 1. ncov2019@gmail.com   ( Ref  https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/coronavirus-live-updates-march-16-2020/article31079393.ece   ) 2. ncov2019@gov [dot] in   ( Ref https://mohfw.gov.in/   ) 3. covid19@mea.gov.in   ( Ref https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-live-updates-kashmir-reports-first-positive-case-indias-tally-rises-to-157-799686.html  ) Helpline Numbers  Central Helpline Number for corona-virus: - +91-11-23978046 . Helpline Numbers of States & Union Territories (UTs):  Andhra Pradesh 0866-2410978 Arunachal Pradesh 9436055743 Assam 6913347770 Bihar 104 Chhattisgarh 104 Goa 104 Gujarat 104 Haryana 8558893911 Himachal Pradesh 104 Jammu & Kashmir 01912520982, 0194-2440283 Jharkhand 104  Karnataka 104 Kerala 0471-2552056 Madhya Pradesh 0755-2527177 Maharashtra 020-26127394 Manipur 3852411668 Meghalaya 108 Mizoram ...

I could not sleep after reading this news story. You may ignore it, but the depth of the problem should be understood so that proper steps taken to stop things from going out of control. This is an excerpt from news story dated Saturday 14 March 2020. Reference at the end. On January 29, when Italy detected and isolated its first coronavirus cases – two Chinese tourists – authorities were sure they had put together the safest protection system in Europe. The following day, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte immediately declared a state of emergency for six months, and made Italy the first country to block flights from China. "We can reassure all the citizens, the situation is under control," he said. "We expected cases in Italy too." But by March 11, the country had the second-highest number of infections outside China. In a press conference where the number of journalists was limited to prevent the spread of the virus, the head of the Italian Civil ...