Evening News - 26 March, 2020
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To facilitate movement and delivery of essential items, Assam Police will be issuing Essential Service Passes through the local Police. The State government has spelt it out in clear terms that any violation of the 21-day lockdown is punishable under the Disaster Management Act. The government has also assured the people of the State that there won’t be any dearth of essential commodities in the State during the lockdown.

Purabi Dairy of the West Assam Milk Producers’ Cooperative Union Ltd., Guwahati, on Thursday said that it has taken adequate measures to ensure that there would be no disruption in the supply of milk and milk products in Guwahati and outstation markets where Purabi has been present.

Bhubaneswar Kalita of BJP has pledged Rs 1 cr 10 lakh towards fighting coronavirus pandemic. He sent out a tweet on this.

Gaurav Vohra, a 40-year-old man, has been arrested by Delhi police for attacking a woman from Manipur and calling her “corona” a few days ago. Vohra, who works at a pressure cooker manufacturing unit, even spat at her. The woman had filed a complaint with the police after which investigations began. Police caught him after analyzing CCTV footage from the area. A white scooty was also seized from his possession. Netizens have condemned the incident. Some even shared details of the incident on Twitter.

The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court granted bail to KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi. Along with him Dhajya Konwar, Bitu Sonowal, Manas Konwar have also been granted bail.

Due to three-week lockdown, toll collection across National Highways has been suspended. A tweet was sent out by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India in this regard.

CBSE and NIOS will postpone exams and evaluation until 31March due to lockdown because of coronavirus pandemic.

A British national tested negative for coronavirus after going through HIV antiretroviral drug treatment in Kerala. The Ernakulam Medical College Hospital informed that the British patient responded well to a combination of drugs Ritonavir and Lopinavir. The patient was given the drugs for seven days but after three days he tested negative for the virus. The man along with a group of tourists was holidaying in Munnar, Kerala. Now the entire group has been put under quarantine at a hotel.

Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has written to finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the possibility of spread of coronavirus through currency notes. “Various credible studies have revealed that currency notes carry major risk of containing various virus, which may lead to number of infectious diseases. In the wake of coronavirus and for other precautionary reasons, we request you to order ‘a larger investigation’ to assess the chances of diseases spreading via notes,” said CAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal. The Confederation has also asked Sitharaman to consider change in policies to focus on discovering alternative modes of payment as well as considering polymer notes.WHO has also urged people to use contactless technology instead of using cash notes amid coronavirus pandemic.

As countries face lockdown, people are binging on Netflix. Viewers have now pointed out bizarre similarities between sub-plots of a Korean drama and the current coronavirus epidemic. In 2018, Terrius Behind Me or My Secret Terrius had started airing. In the 53rd minute of the show’s 10th episode a scene unfolds around manmade virus. The doctors in the scene are seen talking about coronavirus, MERS, SARS and common flu “all fall in the same family with the same gene information” and that coronavirus causes respiratory disease