Three deaths — two in Howrah on Monday and another at NRS Hospital on Tuesday — were declared to be because of Covid-19. The three death pronouncements brought the number of fatalities over the last 48 hours to four and Bengal’s toll to five so far. from https://ift.tt/3aAYbCC via IFTTT
An Air India Dreamliner aircraft carrying Europeans took off from Kolkata airport at 10.10am on Tuesday. The flight was part of nine sorties that AI will run between Tuesday and Thursday to repatriate Germans, British, French, Italian, Dutch, Danes and other citizens of EU nations stranded in India. from https://ift.tt/2Uyrd0g via IFTTT
As many as 1,03,391 people have been asked to go on home isolation just on Tuesday when the home quarantine figures stood at 47,301 on Monday, a West Bengal health bulletin released by Swasthya Bhawan states. People sent on home isolation forms a major part of the total 1,03,419 people enlisted for observation on Tuesday. from https://ift.tt/2JuxKTo via IFTTT
A man died of coronavirus at a state-run hospital in Kolkata on Tuesday, taking the total number of Covid-19 deaths in West Bengal to 4, officials said. from https://ift.tt/3dJ9gDW via IFTTT
মঙ্গলবার অবস্থার অবনতি হলে পরিবার বেলভিউ নিয়ে যেতে চেয়েছিল তার পরিবার। কিন্তু নভেল করোনা আক্রান্ত সন্দেহে আইসোলেশন থাকায় সেই অনুমতি দেয়নি হাসপাতাল কর্তৃপক্ষ। এই মৃত্যুর ঘটনায় আতঙ্ক ছড়িয়েছে হাসপাতালে। from https://ift.tt/2WZzufk via IFTTT
A woman infected with the coronavirus died at a hospital in West Bengal's Howrah district, taking the total number of COVID-19 deaths to three in the state, a health department official said on Tuesday. from https://ift.tt/2Re1FUj via IFTTT
While the state struggles to fight the novel coronavirus, people from the Northeast living in Kolkata are battling racism. Several reports of linking people from the Northeast to the virus are pouring in. While most ignored the racist comments, some nurses attached with a hospital said they will lodge a police complaint. from https://ift.tt/2w4tWVS via IFTTT
Seven people were arrested in connection with a clash between two factions of Trinamool at Ramnagar in Garden Reach for two hours on Sunday night over distribution of food to locals stuck at homes due to the lockdown. from https://ift.tt/3auRPER via IFTTT
The rising number of Covid-19 patients and suspects has put private hospitals in Kolkata in a bind. It is a tightrope walk for them, who are serving to these patients on one hand, while keeping the rest of their patients insulated on the other. from https://ift.tt/33XTIre via IFTTT
Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city. from https://ift.tt/2Jt8I7e via IFTTT
When Piyush Padgil, 33, embarked on his dream trip to Peru, little did he know that it would turn into his worst nightmare. A young professional from Ballygunge, Padgil had decided to take a trip to Machu Picchu last month. Now, he finds himself stranded in the South American country that is under curfew, with 39 other Indians. The group is currently surviving on one free meal per day. from https://ift.tt/2vZrqQA via IFTTT
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday called for the strictest enforcement of the lockdown along Bengal’s borders to keep migrant workers out of the state. She even directed the administration not to entertain requests from MLAs and MPs on this issue. from https://ift.tt/39up9un via IFTTT
The 44-year-old Kalimpong woman, who tested positive for Covid-19 at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital on Saturday, died early on Monday morning, taking Bengal’s toll to two. Another 77-year-old man from Sovabazar tested positive for the disease on Monday, taking the number of Covid-19-positive people in the state to 22. from https://ift.tt/39ywj0K via IFTTT
In keeping with the latest directive from the State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC), all bank branches in the state have been asked to resume normal operations — for full banking hours till 4pm — from Monday. However, the circular has put bank employees and officers in a fix as no transport arrangement has been made to ferry them to and from their offices during the 21-day lockdown. Additionally, many bank staffers are worried that regular contact with customers, especially during the first few days of the new-month rush, could prove to be hazardous for them. from https://ift.tt/3dILM1p via IFTTT
A 29-year-old homemaker in Behala was arrested on Monday for sending a false message on a kindergarten school guardians’ group about multiple Covid-19 cases being detected in New Alipore area. from https://ift.tt/3bE1r0q via IFTTT
With three children — aged nine months, six years and 11 years — from an extended family in Bengal testing positive to Covid-19 on Friday, it seems clear that the disease has now started affecting kids. All three children and their mothers are being treated at ID Hospital. However, though doctors have said the virus is known act less severely on children, they are being flooded with calls from anxious parents on how to keep their wards safe. from https://ift.tt/3athWMF via IFTTT
On Tuesday, a passenger aircraft will touch down at Kolkata airport for the first time since international flight operations were suspended on March 22, followed by domestic flights three days later. Only cargo aircraft have been flying to the city since. from https://ift.tt/2vYiz1A via IFTTT
A 77-year-old man from the city tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, taking the total number of people afflicted with the dreaded virus to 22, a senior health official said. from https://ift.tt/39uzS8j via IFTTT
চোখে মোটা কালো ফ্রেমের চশমা। পরনে সাদা ধুতি ও পঞ্জাবি, তার উপর আলতো একটা কাশ্মীরি শাল জড়ানো। হাতে চারমিনার নিয়ে যে লোকটা বসে আছেন উনিই তো ব্যোমকেশ বক্সী। তবে তাঁকে লোক বলা চলে না, প্রত্যেক বাঙালির 'ঘরের মানুষ' এই সত্যান্বেষী। from https://ift.tt/2WUWBb4 via IFTTT
Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you updates from your city. from https://ift.tt/39pCowp via IFTTT
At a time when the world is fighting Covid-19 pandemic and several countries are grappling with the rising cases of coronavirus, WHO has come up with guidelines on how to protect yourself from the virus. from https://ift.tt/2Usj9y3 via IFTTT
অভিযোগ, 'স্মার্ট জুনিয়র্স' নামে ওই অভিবাবক গ্রুপে পল্লবী শিবানি লেখেন, এই মুহূর্তে নিউ আলিপুর হটস্পট হয়ে উঠেছে করোনার জন্য from https://ift.tt/2UOR9Un via IFTTT
A woman infected with the coronavirus died at a state-run hospital in north Bengal on Monday, taking the total number of Covid-19 deaths in West Bengal to two, hospital sources said. The 44-year-old woman from Kalimpong in Darjeeling district breathed her last around 2am at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, where she was admitted. from https://ift.tt/2Jp40au via IFTTT
With two private hospitals — Apollo Gleneagles Hospital and Tata Medical Centre — receiving the nod to test samples of Covid-19 suspects, the city’s capacity to test samples is set to double in the next one week. While NICED, IPGMER and North Bengal and Midnapore Medical Colleges are already conducting tests, School of Tropical Medicine in Kolkata is set to start on Monday. Each of these centres can handle 30-40 samples a day. At present, 50-60 samples are being collected on an average per day. from https://ift.tt/3dDSTID via IFTTT
Milk supply in Kolkata and its adjoining areas is likely to become normal from Monday after dairy owners met animal husbandry department officials at an emergency meeting in Nabanna on Sunday. The rationing of two packets for each buyer, imposed by the retailers in view of the supply shortage, is also likely to be lifted. from https://ift.tt/2JncwGO via IFTTT
Depleting liquor stocks at homes have given the bootleggers an opportunity to make a fortune by selling whisky and rum at a huge premium. With more than a fortnight still to go before the lockdown is either lifted or extended further, suggestions have emerged on how to make a restricted availability of liquor for home consumption to not only rein in the risk of adulteration but also resolve the issue of stocks that retailers and clubs have as the excise department’s deadline of March 31 looms large. from https://ift.tt/33V8pLG via IFTTT
At a time when the entire country is under lockdown to beat the novel coronavirus, a section of elderly people, whose children stay away from them, are finding it difficult to manage groceries themselves. from https://ift.tt/2JlpBAH via IFTTT
Desperate times have necessitated some desperate innovations but, on the ground, some of the intended beneficiaries have not been impressed. from https://ift.tt/2UvvtxH via IFTTT
এই পর্যন্ত যা তথ্য মিলেছে, তা হল, খুব সাদামাটা অস্ত্র সময়মতো সঠিক মাত্রায় প্রয়োগ করেই নভেল করোনা ভাইরাস আক্রান্তদের সুস্থ করার লড়াই চালাচ্ছেন বেলেঘাটা আইডি হাসপাতালের বিশেষজ্ঞ চিকিৎসকেরা। from https://ift.tt/2xu7Mg2 via IFTTT
In a major technological breakthrough research by Indian scientists, a research team comprising of experts from the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong and Adamas University, Kolkata has expedited works to plug gaps in Covid-19 testing by developing 'less-harmful' and 'cost-effective' Terahertz radiation (T-Ray) Thermography device. from https://ift.tt/2UFPFM2 via IFTTT
চাহিদা অনুসারে রক্তের জোগান নেই। সঙ্কট মোকাবিলায় এগিয়ে এল কলকাতা পুরসভা। মঙ্গলবার থেকে শহরের প্রতিটি ব্লাড ব্যাঙ্কে ঘণ্টায় চারজন করে রক্ত দেবেন। from https://ift.tt/2QTlzUh via IFTTT
চাহিদা অনুসারে রক্তের জোগান নেই। সঙ্কট মোকাবিলায় এগিয়ে এল কলকাতা পুরসভা। মঙ্গলবার থেকে শহরের প্রতিটি ব্লাড ব্যাঙ্কে ঘণ্টায় চারজন করে রক্ত দেবেন। from https://ift.tt/39rWxC6 via IFTTT
করোনা মুক্ত হলেন রাজ্যের ৩ জন। হাসপাতাল সূত্রে খবর, দ্বিতীয়বার নমুনা পরীক্ষার পর আক্রান্ত ওই ৩ জনের শরীরের কোনও সংক্রমণ মেলেনি। কাজেই বলার অপেক্ষা রাখে না। from https://ift.tt/3bAMqMQ via IFTTT
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) health department top brass is in search of hotels and guest houses in the city to book rooms to offer accommodation to medical officers who will run civic health clinics across the city in the wake of novel coronavirus threat. from https://ift.tt/3au4Mij via IFTTT
Six labourers from Maharashtra, engaged in road-laying in Bu-rdwan before lockdown was imposed, had to walk nearly 250km before help arrived. from https://ift.tt/39q13AY via IFTTT
Several individuals and groups have come forth to help the police and the district administrations provide safe cooked food to several thousand homeless and destitute, who have been moved to night and makeshift shelters in Kolkata, Salt Lake, the city’s northern fringes and Howrah. The beneficiaries include several hundred migrant workers stuck in various city pockets and outside railway stations, unable to return home due to the lockdown. from https://ift.tt/2wNLGoC via IFTTT
সেই খবর zee 24 ঘন্টার প্রতিনিধি তুলে ধরতেই নড়েচড়ে বসল পুলিশ প্রশাসন। মুর্শিদাবাদের রেজিনগর থেকে ২০ তারিখ অসুস্থ শিশুকে নিয়ে কলকাতায় আসেন সুখদেব from https://ift.tt/3bzLNTM via IFTTT
Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city. from https://ift.tt/3bCa7V5 via IFTTT
The Enforcement Branch (EB) of Kolkata Police has nabbed two men for hoarding over 17,000kg of rice — meant to be distributed through the Public Distribution System (PDS) — at a warehouse at Cossipore on a specific tip-off. Cops said they were raiding at least two other places in the Chitpore-Cossipore area. from https://ift.tt/2JjaveS via IFTTT
Several restaurants and fast-food outlets will resume home delivery following a Kolkata Police initiative to sort out logistical issues that had been blocking the service. Police stations across the city have asked restaurants and food chains to write to them seeking permission to operate in their respective areas. from https://ift.tt/39swieS via IFTTT
Food delivery aggregators Swiggy and Zomato can now tie up with hypermarts and large grocery stores to get essentials home delivered in Kolkata. This will not only help hypermarts service more customers, it will also ensure people don’t leave their homes and queue up at stores, thereby risking the spread of coronavirus. The move will also benefit the partners who deliver as their earnings had dipped substantially following the lockdown with only a handful restaurant kitchens operating now and order count declining sharply. from https://ift.tt/3an4w4C via IFTTT
Police commissioner Anuj Sharma on Saturday launched the e-verification portal for essential services to ensure the service providers get the passes without physically visiting police stations. from https://ift.tt/2QR2MJ2 via IFTTT