2 Kolkata women disregard home quarantine advice; get admitted to hospital by police
4 years, 9 months ago

2 Kolkata women disregard home quarantine advice; get admitted to hospital by police

India TV News  

Amid the rising number of cases in the country, two women residing in a housing complex in Kolkata's Ballygunge area were shifted by police to a quarantined facility for not following the guidelines of home quarantine after returning from abroad. Sharma said: "Two ladies were shifted by police to hospital from a housing complex in Ballygunge for not adhering to the protocol of home quarantine after coming back from abroad." The Health and Family Welfare Department of West Bengal government on Friday appealed to citizens, who have recently returned from abroad, to home quarantined for 14 days. "The government urged all person who have recently returned from foreign nations, especially the UK, the USA, Europe and the Gulf countries to necessarily confime themselves in quarantine at home for a period of 14 days," he added.

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COVID-19: State does a U-turn on seven-day home quarantine norm
2 years ago

COVID-19: State does a U-turn on seven-day home quarantine norm

The Hindu  

Three days after making seven days home quarantine mandatory for asymptomatic international passengers arriving in the State from five high risk countries — China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand — besides Hong Kong, Karnataka on Tuesday withdrew this norm. Following recommendations by the State’s COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee, the Health Department had issued a circular on December 31 mandating …

West Bengal to Allow Flights From Mumbai, Delhi Only Twice a Week From Today
3 years ago

West Bengal to Allow Flights From Mumbai, Delhi Only Twice a Week From Today

News 18  

As cases of Covid-19 reflect a fresh surge, the West Bengal government has announced that flights to Kolkata from Delhi and Mumbai will be allowed to operate only twice a week– on Monday and Friday. According to data from the ministry of health and family welfare, Kolkata’s weekly positivity rate increased to 12.5 per cent, while the state’s increased to …

International Passengers from High-risk Countries Need to Undergo 14-day Quarantine, Says Kerala Minister
3 years, 1 month ago

International Passengers from High-risk Countries Need to Undergo 14-day Quarantine, Says Kerala Minister

News 18  

International passengers from high-risk nations, which have reported cases of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, will have to undergo 14 days quarantine when they reach the state, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said on Monday. George said those passengers found positive will be shifted to a treatment centre, set up by the state government on the directions of the union …

Containment zones back in Bengal as Covid-19 cases shoot up after Durga puja
3 years, 2 months ago

Containment zones back in Bengal as Covid-19 cases shoot up after Durga puja

Hindustan Times  

With the daily count of Covid-19 cases shooting up in West Bengal once again after the festive season, the state administration has started re-introducing containment zones to check the spread of the virus and prevent a possible third wave. Containment zones have already come up in Howrah and North 24 Parganas, the districts with the highest number of daily cases …

Karnataka makes 7-day institutional quarantine must for those coming from Kerala
3 years, 4 months ago

Karnataka makes 7-day institutional quarantine must for those coming from Kerala

Firstpost  

A COVID-19 test will be carried out on the sixth day and if the report is negative, they will be allowed to go People entering Karnataka from neighbouring Kerala will have to remain in institutional quarantine for a week even if they are vaccinated and carry a negative RT-PCR test report, Karnataka health minister K Sudhakar said. Such travellers undergoing …

Bengaluru: Institutional quarantine must for those coming from other states
3 years, 5 months ago

Bengaluru: Institutional quarantine must for those coming from other states

India TV News  

The civic agency of Bengaluru has made institutional quarantine mandatory for those coming from outside Karnataka to contain the spread of COVID-19. Till the time their test report arrives, they will be under institutional quarantine," the Chief Commissioner of the agency Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Gaurav Gupta told reporters. To a query, the Chief Commissioner said the institutional quarantine has …

Bengal to use quacks as first line of defence against Covid-19
3 years, 8 months ago

Bengal to use quacks as first line of defence against Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

The West Bengal government will use the state’s 275,000 quacks as the first line of defence against the second wave of Covid-19, which has registered a 5- 8 times jump in rural Bengal over last year’s peak. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee took stock of Covid-19 situation in the state on Wednesday. We can name them ‘Swasthya Suraksha Bondhu’ …

Delhi government makes 14-day home quarantine mandatory for Kumbh Mela visitors
3 years, 8 months ago

Delhi government makes 14-day home quarantine mandatory for Kumbh Mela visitors

India Today  

Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases, the Delhi government issued an order on Saturday making it mandatory for all residents of Delhi who visit the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar to quarantine themselves at home for fourteen days on return. Residents of Delhi who visited the Kumbh Mela between April 4 and April 17 are required to upload their details on …

Mumbai man booked for flouting 14-day quarantine after testing Covid positive
3 years, 10 months ago

Mumbai man booked for flouting 14-day quarantine after testing Covid positive

India Today  

A case has been registered against a 37-year-old Mumbai resident for flouting the mandatory 14-day quarantine rule after having tested positive for Covid-19. The Chembur area itself has seen a surge in Covid-19 cases along with the rest of Maharashtra and the local BMC ward office is taking all possible measures to contain the spread. Last week, the civic body …

Covid-19 Cases Spike, Violence on Frontline Workers: Bengal Doctors Want You to Stay Home This Durga Puja
4 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 Cases Spike, Violence on Frontline Workers: Bengal Doctors Want You to Stay Home This Durga Puja

News 18  

With Durga Puja around the corner, the situation in West Bengal remains tense as health experts have warned that the festive season could result in a “tsunami of coronavirus infections”. Joint Platform of Doctors West Bengal, an association representing multiple platforms for medical workers in the state, has started a petition on Change.org urging Banerjee to impose stricter restrictions during …

Centre revises quarantine period for doctors, health workers in COVID facilities
4 years, 6 months ago

Centre revises quarantine period for doctors, health workers in COVID facilities

India TV News  

The Union Health Ministry on Thursday revised to one week, against 14 days earlier, the quarantine period for doctors, nursing officers and other health workers with high-risk exposure to confirmed COVID-19 cases or respiratory specimens. A decision on extending the quarantine period further by one week will be taken by the nodal officer or head of the department after taking …

Travellers from Chennai, Delhi to Karnataka will have to undergo 3-day institutional quarantine
4 years, 7 months ago

Travellers from Chennai, Delhi to Karnataka will have to undergo 3-day institutional quarantine

India TV News  

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday said those coming to the state from Chennai and Delhi will have to undergo three days of institutional quarantine followed by 11 days of home isolation. "Those coming from Maharashtra are subjected to seven days of institutional quarantine followed by seven days of home quarantine, while those coming from Chennai and Delhi …

Air passengers: I didn't know there's such a thing as compulsory quarantine
4 years, 7 months ago

Air passengers: I didn't know there's such a thing as compulsory quarantine

Deccan Chronicle  

Kadapa: One of the less reported aspect of the current flight resumption is that many of the passengers are unaware that they have to go for mandatory quarantine for seven days. Sai Teja, a software engineer in Chennai, came to Kadapa by a Trujet flight on Wednesday and was surprised when she was made to undergo a COVID test and …

Bengal records 100+ cases of Covid-19 on a single day for first time
4 years, 8 months ago

Bengal records 100+ cases of Covid-19 on a single day for first time

Hindustan Times  

West Bengal reported 112 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, reporting more than a hundred cases on a single day for the first time that took the state’s tally to 1,456, the government said. “Our number of tests has significantly increased and we hope to conduct 2,500 statewide tests on an average from now on,” state home secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay …

91,515 Influenza and 872 SARI cases found in West Bengal govt survey
4 years, 8 months ago

91,515 Influenza and 872 SARI cases found in West Bengal govt survey

Op India  

After receiving loads of allegations from the opposition, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has finally opened up about the state of the health crisis in the West Bengal. She informed on Tuesday that 91,515 cases of Influenza-like Illness and 872 cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Illness were found in 5.57 crore households as a result of door-to-door surveillance conducted …

‘Why Are We in Quarantine for Over A Month?’ Tablighi Members Ask
4 years, 8 months ago

‘Why Are We in Quarantine for Over A Month?’ Tablighi Members Ask

The Quint  

"I at least live in Delhi, these people will go back home to Mumbai and Tamil Nadu, etc. Siraj says he deserves to see his reports, "Either way at least they should tell us what the reports say, we can't keep guessing for ourselves. He says there are over 700 people at the quarantine centre in Sultanpuri of which 190 …

Indian woman gang raped after being quarantined alone in school, say police
4 years, 8 months ago

Indian woman gang raped after being quarantined alone in school, say police

The Independent  

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Coronavirus Outbreak: Kolkata Police arrests 912 people for violating lockdown; West Bengal reported 188 positive cases, 10 deaths so far
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Kolkata Police arrests 912 people for violating lockdown; West Bengal reported 188 positive cases, 10 deaths so far

Firstpost  

Although major parts of the state wore a deserted look, people in some parts of the city were seen jostling with each other in markets to buy essential commodities, disregarding social distancing norms Kolkata: Several incidents of lockdown violation were reported from various parts of the city on Thursday and more than 900 people were arrested in the state capital …

3 people escape coronavirus quarantine centre in Kolkata, nabbed
4 years, 9 months ago

3 people escape coronavirus quarantine centre in Kolkata, nabbed

Op India  

In a shocking incident, 3 people suspected of carrying Wuhan coronavirus, managed to escape from the government quarantine centre in Kolkata late last night, setting alarm bells ringing about the security of the containment centres. #Breaking | 3 people have managed to flee from quarantine centre in Kolkata last night. pic.twitter.com/6UzPpFAqtk — TIMES NOW April 8, 2020 1 woman and …

Coronavirus Outbreak: FIR against 33 Delhi residents for flouting home-quarantine; violators booked under Section 3 of Epidemic Diseases Act
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: FIR against 33 Delhi residents for flouting home-quarantine; violators booked under Section 3 of Epidemic Diseases Act

Firstpost  

The violators have been booked under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act New Delhi: Thirty-three FIRs have been registered across the National Capital against people for flouting home-quarantine rules, police said on Friday. The violators have been booked under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 …

Five Malaysian couples kept under quarantine since 3 weeks in Karnataka
4 years, 9 months ago

Five Malaysian couples kept under quarantine since 3 weeks in Karnataka

Deccan Chronicle  

Hubballi: At least ten Malaysian persons who comprise five couples have been kept under quarantine since more than 20 days in Karnataka’s Belagavi in the backdrop of outbreak of coronavirus. Meanwhile, the officials in 6 districts of Mumbai-Karnataka region have stepped up their effort to trace the persons who had attended Nizamuddin religious function though only one coronavirus case has …

588 report to officials overnight
4 years, 9 months ago

588 report to officials overnight

The Hindu  

After the State government made an appeal to those persons who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat conference in Nizamuddin, Delhi, but remained untraceable, to voluntarily report to the authorities on Tuesday evening, 588 people approached district officials overnight. “The containment plan was centred around all 1,103 persons in question, and involved District Collectors demarcating a 5-km radius as a containment …

Pay to be quarantined: 31 hotels in and around Kolkata to offer rooms to people asked to self-isolate
4 years, 9 months ago

Pay to be quarantined: 31 hotels in and around Kolkata to offer rooms to people asked to self-isolate

Firstpost  

Amid the spurt in COVID-19 cases, a total of 31 hotels in the city and nearby Rajarhat and New Town areas have agreed to offer pay-and use rooms to people who have been asked to live in isolation for 14 days Kolkata: Amid the spurt in COVID-19 cases, a total of 31 hotels in the city and nearby Rajarhat and …

West Bengal converts state-run hospital in Kolkata into COVID-19 isolation and treatment facility
4 years, 9 months ago

West Bengal converts state-run hospital in Kolkata into COVID-19 isolation and treatment facility

Firstpost  

The West Bengal government has started discharging patients from a state-run hospital and stopped admitting new ones to the institute to convert the entire facility into an isolation and treatment centre for people suspected to be infected with coronavirus Kolkata: The West Bengal government has started discharging patients from a state-run hospital and stopped admitting new ones to the institute …

2 foreign returned women refuse isolation, forcibly hospitalised in Kolkata
4 years, 9 months ago

2 foreign returned women refuse isolation, forcibly hospitalised in Kolkata

Op India  

Two women returnees from abroad were forcibly taken to the hospital in Kolkata after they violated the safety norms set by the government in view of spreading coronavirus scare. The Kolkata Police admitted the two women to a hospital for defying the coronavirus isolation protocol. The clear warning of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee came just after reports of two coronavirus …

Persons under home quarantine should follow advisory: Health officials
4 years, 11 months ago

Persons under home quarantine should follow advisory: Health officials

The Hindu  

In the last few weeks, at least 20 persons - suspected to have symptoms of novel coronavirus - were kept under observation and discharged from isolation wards of government hospitals after they tested negative for nCoV in the State. As on Sunday, a total of 1,856 persons, who had returned from China and any of the other countries that had …

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