India reports more than 14,000 COVID cases within 24 hours

India recorded 14516 new cases of COVID19 in its biggest singleday spike so far taking the countrys infection tally to 395048 the Union health ministry data showed on SaturdayThere were 375 fatalities between Friday and Saturday morning the health ministrys dashboard showed which pushed the death toll in the country to 12948 On Friday the recovery rate which is the ratio of the number of patients recovered to the number of patients infected was 5379 per centMedicos recalled from leaveAmid increasing number of cases in the national capital Delhi government on Saturday issued an order directing hospitals and medical institutions to recall their staff who are on leave to report for duty immediatelySpecial Secretary SM Ali said that leave of any kind will only be granted under most compelling circumstancesAll MSs MDs Deans and Directors of the hospitals and medical institutions under the Health and Family Welfare Department are advised to issue directions to all the staff working under their control who are on leave of any kind to immediately report for their duties the order statedDelhi is under immense pressure to improve the health infrastructure as the city government expects cases to climb up to 55 lakh by JulyendNew scheme for migrantsPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an employment scheme for migrant workers saying that during the lockdown the talent from cities returned to villages and it will now give a boost to development in rural areasLaunching the Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan Modi said there are some people who may not appreciate efforts of villagers in the fight against the Coronavirus but he applauds them for their efforts The way villages have fought the virus has taught a big lesson to the cities he addedHelpline staff test positiveSix people working in the Uttar Pradesh Helpline 112 have tested positive following which the office has been closed for sanitisation till Monday a police officer saidThey are of the technical team and work in the server area he said adding that all of them are asymptomatic After one of the personnel working in UP112 tested positive for COVID19 on Thursday samples of 30 people were taken Five of them have tested positive for COVID19 ADG UP112 Asim Kumar Arun said in a statementCOVID19 drug in IndiaGlenmark Pharmaceuticals on Saturday launched antiviral drug Favipiravir for treatment of mildtomoderate COVID19 cases after it received the Indian drug regulators approvalIt will be available under the brand name FabiFlu as a prescriptionbased medication for R103 per tablet with recommended dose of 1800 mg twice a day on the first day and 800 mg twice a day up to 14th day according to the global pharmaceutical companyShramik train babyA 23yearold woman experienced labour pain in a Shramik Special train just as it was about to reach her destination Titlagarh railway station in Odishas Bolangir district and delivered a baby girl in a hospital in the town a railway official said Medical personnel rushed to the aid of the woman who was travelling by the TirupatiNawapara Road Shramik Special and admitted her to a staterun hospital in Titlagarh he said The woman Pinki Chhatar of Ghantbahali village in Titilagarh police station area gave birth to a baby girl in the hospital the official saidCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever