Evening News - 16 March, 2020
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A patient with travel history to Malaysia has been admitted to the Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH), according to reports.The doctor told media that the person had fever, cough and fatigue and is currently under observation.The government of Assam has ordered to shut all the educational institutes till March 29 to check the spread of the dreaded coronavirus in the state. Earlier, the state government had taken some precautionary measures to thwart spreading of this highly infectious viral disease. However, a large number of social media users had criticised the government, alleging that the latter did not take convincing measure to protect the students from the impending havoc.

BJP city committee organized Coronavirus awareness programme in Guwahati on Monday. Dr. Pranjal Bharali and Dr. Niranjal Kalita, who participated in the programme, elaborated on precautionary as well as preventive measures that should be taken to deal with coronavirus. Mrigen Sarania, president of the Guwahati district BJP committee, presided over the meeting.  Some prominent leaders of the party including State BJP organising secretary Phanindra Nath Sarma attended the awareness programme and addressed the gathering.

State level body building and fitness competition was organized  at Jagiroad. Bitumoni Chetia, a BSF personnel and Bipansha Bora won the title of Mr. Muscle Man 2020 and the championship title in the women section of the competition respectively. The completion was held under the aegis of the Muscle World Gym (Jagiroad), a recognised body of the WABBA Assam. Some prominent bodybuilders participated the competition as judges.

Popular Assamese actress and producer of a prominent mobile theatre group Prastuti Parasar has urged the state government to lift the restriction imposed upon holding shows by the mobile theatres. Earlier, the government had ordered the mobile theatre groups to holding shows as a part of its coronavirus precautionary measures. Expressing concern over the government move, the actress said to media that it will create livelihood problem within 150 families.

Three Nirbhaya convicts—Akshay Singh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma—have approached the International Court of Justice  (the main judicial body of the United Nations ) to seek a stay on their execution.This comes after, Vinay Sharma, one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case approached the Delhi High Court on Friday alleging constitutional irregularities committed by the Delhi government while recommending his mercy plea to the President.

While India gears up to deal with coronavirus infections by rigorously tracing contact and patients with symptoms, pics from some quarantine facilities from the country have drawn criticism from people. Infact, some people with symptoms of infection are fleeing isolation wards with worries of not getting proper treatment. Some are even concerned about hygiene. Meanwhile, Rohit Dutta, the first patient from Delhi, who tested positive for coronavirus, said that he watched Netflix on his phone and did Pranayam during his isolation period at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital.He also said that the facility at the hospital was no less than a “luxury hotel.”

India has successfully managed to bring back Indian citizens from Iran.Most of them are students and pilgrims who were stranded in Iran amid coronavirus scare.

Twitter users have slammed an advertisement by a company trying to sell Anti-Corona Virus Mattress. Citizens have been asked to be aware of such products that individuals and companies are trying to sell. Health organizations have also come up with a list of myth busters around coronavirus.