Delhi has lowest Covid positivity rate of 1% in India, says health minister Satyendra Jain
Delhi has lowest Covid positivity rate of 1% in India, says health minister Satyendra Jain
People, who have arrived in Delhi from the UK, are being rigorously traced and those showing even the slightest of Covid-19 symptoms are being tested, Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain said on Wednesday.
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UPDATED: December 24, 2020 07:18 IST
Delhi recorded 871 fresh Covid-19 cases and 18 fatalities on Wednesday, even as the positivity rate slipped to 0.99 per cent, authorities said. (Photo: PTI)
People, who have arrived in Delhi from the UK, are being rigorously traced and those showing even the slightest of Covid-19 symptoms are being tested, Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain said on Wednesday.
Updated Dec 24, 2020 | 16:00 IST
Their swab samples are being sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune to determine whether she contracted the new strain of Covid-19. Representational Image. | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Amaravati: A COVID-19 positive woman who allegedly managed to give the slip to authorities in Delhi after her arrival from the UK recently and reach AP by train has been picked up from Rajamahendravaram and admitted to a hospital along with her son, officials said on Thursday.
Their swab samples are being sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune to determine whether she contracted the new strain of COVID-19, detected in the United Kingdom, a Health department official said.
Woman Who Flew From UK Tests Positive For COVID-19, Flees Delhi, Takes Train To Andhra Woman Who Flew From UK Tests Positive For COVID-19, Flees Delhi, Takes Train To Andhra The woman, who reached her hometown Rajamahendravaram in Andhra Pradesh after allegedly running away from a quarantine facility in Delhi was held by the Railway police and health authorities and admitted to a local hospital after Wednesday midnight.
A woman who returned from UK, tested Covid +ve, ran away from quarantine and caught a train
Amaravati:
A COVID-19 positive woman who allegedly managed to give the slip to authorities in Delhi after her arrival from the UK recently and reach Andhra Pradesh by train has been traced to Rajamahendravaram and admitted to a hospital along with her son, officials said today.
Biman MD Mokabbir made railways ministry secretary
Mokabbir Hossain. File photo
Star Online Report
Star Online Report
The government today appointed Biman Managing Director and CEO M Mokabbir Hossain as the new secretary to the railways ministry.
The government also appointed Mokammel Hossain, additional secretary of public administration ministry, as the new secretary of Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry, said a circular of the public administration ministry.
Talking to The Daily Star, M Mohibul Haque, senior secretary of Civil Aviation Ministry, said he will go to retirement on January 5, next year.
The government is yet to appoint anyone as new MD and CEO of the national flag carrier.
Reshuffle in top tier of bureaucracy
Confusion over Biman MD’s appointment as railways secy
Mokabbir Hossain. File photo
Staff Correspondent
Staff Correspondent
The Public Administration Ministry in a gazette yesterday announced that some of the top bureaucrats have been transferred.
The gazette mentioned that Biman Managing Director and CEO M Mokabbir Hossain was among the officials transferred. But the ministry issued a similar gazette about an hour later without mentioning Mokabbir.
The official did not answer the phone when The Daily Star called to ask him whether he had been transferred to the Railways Ministry, as the gazette mentioned.