Donation Overloaded

****India cricketer Suresh Raina has stepped up in the times of need and announced that he would be donating Rs 52 lakh to combat novel coronavirus which has claimed almost 20 lives in India is affected closed to 900 people.

****The left-hand batsman took to Twitter to make the announcement and said that he would be transferring Rs 31 lakh to Prime Minister National Relief Fund and Rs 21 lakh to UP CM’s Disaster Relief Fund.

"It’s time we all do our bit to help defeat Covid-19: Raina"

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****On March 28, PM Modi announced the CARES fund requesting for donations to fight the coronavirus war. Akshay Kumar, who has been vocal about Covid-19, is one of the first actors to pitch in and donate a sum of Rs 25 crore to the PM-CARES fund.

"This is that time when all that matters is the lives of our people. And we need to do anything and everything it takes. I pledge to contribute Rs 25 crores from my savings to @narendramodi ji’s PM-CARES Fund. Let’s save lives, Jaan hai toh jahaan hai."

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COVID-19

WHO posted "India ramps up efforts to contain the spread of novel coranavirus".

Lets overlook into it.

On 11 March 2020, WHO declared Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak as a pandemic and reiterated the call for countries to take immediate actions and scale up response to treat, detect and reduce transmission to save people’s lives.

Situation update

As of 28 March 2020 (9:30 AM), according to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), a total of 873 COVID-19 cases (826 Indians and 47 foreign nationals) have been reported in 27 states/union territories. These include 78 who have been cured/discharged, 1 who has migrated and 19 reported deaths. Hospital isolation of all confirmed cases, tracing and home quarantine of the contacts is ongoing.

On 24 March 2020, the Prime Minister announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown: “In order to protect the country, and each of its citizens, from midnight tonight, a complete ban is being imposed on people from stepping out of their homes.”

WHO Country Office for India support

WHO Country Office for India has been working closely with MoHFW on preparedness and response measures for COVID-19, including surveillance and contact tracing, laboratory diagnosis, risk communications and community engagement, hospital preparedness, infection prevention and control, and implementation of containment plan.

"India stands at an important turning point in its fight against COVID-19. Extraordinary situations demand extraordinary measures. The Prime Minister has taken bold and decisive steps to break the chain of transmission. It is equally vital that this window is used for further ramping up measures to find, isolate, test, treat and trace. WHO stands together in solidarity with India and its people and is committed to providing all the support that is needed," says Dr Henk Bekedam, WHO Representative to India.