Health

Kochi, Apr 14 (PTI) The Indian Navy's Naval Aircraft Yard here has developed a smart evacuation pod for evacuation of COVID-19 patients safely from remote areas such as islands and ships.

The indigenously designed and fabricated an Air Evacuation Pod (AEP) will help the evacuation team to safely shift coronavirus-infected persons from ships and islands in a fully sealed patient transfer capsule.

NEW DELHI, April 14 (NNN-BERNAMA) — India on Tuesday extended the nationwide shutdown to contain the coronavirus until May 3 as the number of infections crossed 10,000.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the measure was needed to stop the pandemic’s spread to new areas and urged people to maintain discipline during the lockdown that would keep 1.3 billion people indoors.

The lockdown was initially announced for 21 days starting March 25, but many Indian states were in favour of continuing it for some more time.

BRASILIA, Apr 14 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Brazil’s total number of COVID-19 cases rose to 23,430, and the death toll climbed to 1,328, for a mortality rate of 5.7 percent, the Health Ministry said, on Monday.

The total figures rose after 1,261 new infections were detected in the past 24 hours, and 105 more people died.

The epicentre of Brazil’s outbreak continues to be the southeast state of Sao Paulo, followed by the states of Rio de Janeiro, Ceara, Amazonas, Pernambuco and Minas Gerais.

According to authorities, Brazil has 111 infections per million inhabitants.

KANPUR: Complete lockdown has been effective in different areas of Jajmau. During the morning time, people's activity and movement remain visible. Medicine shops, petrol pumps, mobile recharge kiosks are opened. On the roads,  vegetable vendors along with fruits sellers also appear.

ISTANBUL, Apr 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced a new two-day curfew, which would be put into effect on Apr 17, to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Speaking in Istanbul, after attending a cabinet meeting via teleconference, Erdogan said, the lock-down would start at midnight on Friday, and would last until midnight on Apr 19.

“We decided to continue to impose these bans, if necessary,” the Turkish leader added.

ROME, Apr 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – The COVID-19 pandemic claimed 20,465 lives, in locked-down Italy as of Monday, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities and recoveries to 159,516, according to the latest data released by the country’s Civil Protection Department.

Civil Protection Department Chief, Angelo Borrelli, explained that, there were 566 new fatalities, compared with 431 registered on Sunday.

Active infections increased by 1,363 from Sunday to a tally of 103,616.

JERUSALEM, Apr 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – The number of COVID-19 cases rose to 11,586 in Israel, after 441 new ones were added on Monday.

The ministry also reported 11 new deaths, bringing the death toll to 116.

Among the 11 death cases is a 41-year-old woman, one of the youngest COVID-19 victims in Israel so far.

Currently, 744 patients are hospitalised, 7,222 treated at home, and 1,181 at hotels, converted to quarantine facilities, while the remaining 468 will be treated at home or hotel according to decisions to be made soon.

Karachi; 14 April 2020 (UMM): A team of scientists in Pakistan’s Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) claimed to have made a significant breakthrough in the treatment against Covid-19 by using plasma obtained from recovered coronavirus patients.

13 April 2020; MEMO:Saudi Arabia indefinitely extended a curfew due to the coronavirus on Sunday amid a surge of new infections, and the United Arab Emirates warned of possible action against countries refusing to allow migrant workers to be repatriated.

13 April 2020; MEMO: Jordan on Sunday extended a month-long lockdown that has closed schools, universities and government agencies until the end of the month to stem the spread of coronavirus, the government spokesman said.

Amjad Adailah said Prime Minister Omar Razzaz took the decision in light of “developments and recommendations” related to the pandemic. Medical and essential public services were exempt.