coronavirus in telangana

In the first instance of a policeman succumbing to the novel coronavirus in telangana, a 2007 batch constable died on Wednesday while undergoing treatment in Gandhi Hospital.

Days after Telangana witnessed the first death of a police constable due to novel coronavirus, a detective inspector (DI) of Rachakonda police commissionerate has tested positive for Covid-19. The inspector is the ninth cop to have tested positive in the state.

Two more coronavirus suspects tested positive on Saturday, taking the total number of Covid-19 cases in Telangana to 21.

Telangana reported 1,717 new Covid-19 cases, taking the tally to 2,12,063 while five more deaths pushed the toll to 1,222.

Consulate General of India (CGI) officials in Dubai came to the rescue of migrant Telangana workers, who have tested positive for Covid-19 and are locked up in a labour camp at Ajman in the UAE.

With the state government taking up the issue of Telangana students stranded at Almaty airport in Kazakhstan, the Consulate General of India in Astana, Kazakhstan has said it was wrong to say the students were stranded at the airport.

Altogether 200 medical personnel, including doctors and nurses, have tested positive for novel coronavirus in telangana since March, even as dozens of more samples are being tested across the state.

As a precautionary measure for doctors and nurses involved in Covid-19 treatment, the Telangana government is mulling keeping them in private hotels at states expenses in case the situation so demands, a senior official said on Monday.

Three fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported in Telangana on Tuesday, taking the total number of people detected for the coronavirus in the state to 36, the government said.

Few schools in Mahendra Hills neighbourhood in Secunderabad were shut on Wednesday as a precautionary measure as the software engineer who tested positive for Covid-19 has his house here.

Telangana on Tuesday said it has two cases of Covid-19 reinfection among frontline medical professionals and is investigating whether two different strains of the novel coronavirus were responsible for it.

Labour and employment minister Ch Malla Reddy has tested positive for Covid-19. He is under home isolation. He is the second minister to have contracted coronavirus in telangana.

Telangana on Thursday recorded 52 new Covid-19 cases, taking the overall tally so far in the state to 8,43,157. The death toll so far remains at 4,111 as no deaths were recorded.

While detection of a second positive coronavirus case resulted in a series of meetings by authorities, the death of a 76-year-old patient from Kalaburagi on Friday raised several questions over the coordination between private and government hospitals.

With one more person testing positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) in the city, the state government has urged the Centre to permit mandatory quarantine for anyone returning from affected countries.

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, IT companies in the city have started giving their employees an option to work from home and started screening their temperature and as a precautionary measure to keep workplaces safe.

Kerala model of tackling coronavirus is now being emulated by other states. A team comprising the health officials and doctors from the Telangana has reached the state to study the surveillance system that Kerala had adopted when the first positive case was reported.

The Telangana high court on Friday directed the state and its SSC board to postpone all the SSC exams scheduled to be held from March 23 to March 30. The HC however allowed Saturday’s (March 21) exam to be held as per schedule.

Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to extend the 21-day national lockdown to check Covid-19 spread beyond April 14, saying it was essential to save the lives of people.

Stating that the municipal elections could become super spreader of coronavirus infection, Telangana Congress president and Nalgonda MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday urged governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to immediately stop the election process to the seven urban local bodies going to polls on April 30.

Continuing with the trend of a 10% increase in Covid-19 cases each day over the last few days, Telangana on Saturday recorded 364 new cases. Two deaths were also reported.

Underlining the need to readjust to live with novel coronavirus, the Telangana high court on Tuesday gave the green signal to the state to begin SSC examinations from June 8 after reviewing Covid-19 situation on June 3.

Stating that many private hospitals were showing fake occupancy of beds just to block a majority of beds with ventilators for the rich patients who can pay exorbitant bills for coronavirus treatment, the Congress has demanded that the state government conduct inspection of each hospital to verify their claims.