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3 more positive cases of coronavirus in Bengaluru, total 4 in the city
Health Minister B Sriramulu stated that all four people and their families have been isolated and their health is being monitored.
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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has confirmed three more positive cases of coronavirus in Bengaluru. In a press release dated 10am on Tuesday, ICMR stated that in the last 24 hours “3 positives from Bengaluru, Karnataka” were confirmed. This was in addition to the earlier confirmed case of the infection, which was reported on Monday evening by stated health department officials. The Bengaluru-based techie, in his 40s, had recently returned to India from Austin, Texas in the US via Dubai on March 1. This has also been confirmed by state Health Minister B Sriramulu. “4 people in Karnataka have tested positive for the COVID-19. All 4 people and their families have been isolated and their health is being monitored. I request the public to take measures to ensure the infection does not spread,” he tweeted. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಇದುವರೆಗೆ 4 ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ #COVID19 ಸೋಂಕು ದೃಢಪಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು, ಅವರನ್ನು ಹಾಗೂ ಅವರ ಕುಟುಂಬ ಸದಸ್ಯರನ್ನು ಪ್ರತ್ಯೇಕವಾಗಿರಿಸಿ ಅವರ ಆರೋಗ್ಯದ ಮೇಲೆ ನಿಗಾ ವಹಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ನಾಗರಿಕರು ಮುಂಜಾಗೃತ ಕ್ರಮ ವಹಿಸಿ ಸೋಂಕು ಹರಡದಂತೆ ಸಹಕರಿಸಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ಕೋರುತ್ತೇನೆ #CoronavirusOutbreak — B Sriramulu (@sriramulubjp) March 10, 2020 The techie was admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (RGICD) in Bengaluru on March 8 after developing a mild cough, cold and fever. He was placed under isolation and his samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology’s (NIV) field unit in Bengaluru. The results arrived Monday morning and confirmed that he was positive for coronavirus disease. Speaking to the media on Monday evening, Dr Sudhakar, Minister of Medical Education, stated that three teams had been formed to undertake contact tracing of those the man may have come in contact with at work, in his travels and at his child’s school in Whitefield. His wife, and daughter have also been admitted to the isolation ward at RGICD as a precaution. Another colleague of the man who had been on the same flight had also been placed under home quarantine. The total of positive cases in Karnataka now stands at 4, with the nationwide total at 55. As of Monday evening, over 900 people were placed under home quarantine in the state with around 266 having completed the full 28 days mandated isolation time. Officials had a scare on Monday after a man who had arrived in Mangaluru was admitted to Wenlock District hospital after flying in from Dubai, had fled from the hospital. He was later tracked down.
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Mangaluru trans woman featured in US exhibition among 100 women who empower
Neysara was featured at the John F Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts among 100 women.
If one walks into the Hall of Nations at the John F Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts in Washington DC in the US till March 21, 2020, they will be able to see an exhibition featuring 100 women who ‘used their power to empower’. And among there 100 women is Neysara, founder of transgenderindia.com and a trans woman from Mangaluru. The ‘Vital Voices: 100 Women Using their Power to Empower’ exhibition opened at the John F Kennedy Centre on March 8, 2020 and will be displayed for a fortnight. It features portraits of women from across the world, such as girls’ education crusader Malala Yousafzai; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad; Chief Kachindamoto, a chief in Malawi working to end child marriage; Lina Khalifeh, founder of Midd-East’s first women’s self-defence group called SheFighter and so on. View this post on Instagram We are SO excited to launch our new exhibit Vital Voices: 100 Women Using their #PowertoEmpower at the @Kennedycenter THIS SUNDAY! These women are all redefining power: from household names to unsung heroes, these 100 voices collectively illustrate the transformative power of women’s leadership across cultures, industries and generations. Check out this behind the scenes sneak peek at the new exhibit, and come see it for yourself to celebrate #InternationalWomensDay in style. Swipe for the progress and process! All art by @gaylekabaker. . . . . #timelapse #timelapseart #art #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #artwork #artoftheday #woman #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #women #empoweredwomenempowerwomen #eachforequal #iwd2020 #iwd #womenleaders #portrait #portraitpainting #painting #paintings #painting #paintingoftheday #kennedycenter #directcurrent #directcurrentdc A post shared by Vital Voices (@vitalvoices) on Mar 6, 2020 at 7:59am PST The full list is not out yet as Vital Voices – a global non-profit working to support and empower women leaders and champions – is working to put together a coffee table book on the women. Neysara tells TNM that Indian tech entrepreneur Akanksha Hazari is also on the list. Being featured among these 100 women means a lot to Neysara, she says. “It means a lot for the transgender community too. It’s yet another affirmation that trans women are women, and trans men are men. It amplifies our reach, giving us the power to empower others,” she shares. Neysara's portrait on display at John F Kennedy Centre Neysara founded transgenderindia.com, a platform that aims to be a safe space for transgender persons in India to discuss their issues, and share their personal stories and experiences. A glance through the website reveals a talk forum, some options for trans people to seek medical as well as mental health care, articles on the regressive Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, information on gender dysphoria and so on. Neysara knows how difficult things can be all too well. When she came out to her family at the age of 23, they threatened to kill her out of shame. “I lost my human privileges in an attempt to be myself. My struggle showed how dangerous transition is in India. People lose their human status and rights, and then, all that happens to them, are human wrongs. I had to do something. I founded transgenderindia.com to empower people to understand their choices.” These lines, narrated by Neysara, along with an animation of her story, is what one sees when they point their phone camera using Google Lens at her portrait at the exhibition at John F Kennedy Centre. This portrait of hers, along with 99 others, are all created by artist and illustrator Gayle Kabaker, who is renowned for her New Yorker covers. Neysara was acquainted with Vital Voices two years ago, when she was invited by the organisation to speak at a programme against trafficking. Neysara had spoken about how transgender persons are vulnerable to the same. In 2019, she was among the list of 100 women using their power to empower, and now, her portrait is displayed along with theirs at the John F Kennedy Centre. The exhibition itself is part of an initiative to commemorate 100 years of the 19th amendment to the American Constitution that gave women the right to vote. Neysara stays in Amsterdam now with her husband. And while she has not been able to see the exhibit in Washington herself, she is happy with the photos and videos her friends are sharing with her.
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Mysuru forest dept staff take to hand-feeding to save two rescued leopard cubs
If the rescued cubs manage to survive with the cow’s milk being offered to them, forest officials will take a decision on shifting them to a zoo.
Forest officials at the T Narasipura range have taken to hand-feeding two male leopard cubs in an effort to save them while another rescued cub died on Sunday morning. If the two cubs manage to survive with the cow’s milk offered to them, forest officials will take a decision on shifting them to a zoo. The cubs, found in a sugarcane field at Battahalli Hundi in T Narasipura taluk on March 3, are being raised by forest department staff after their mother failed to turn up to retrieve the cubs. When the forest officials rescued the cubs, their eyes had not yet opened and they were probably a week old. According to forest officials, they were informed about the cubs by labourers who were harvesting sugarcane in the field. By the time the workers discovered the cubs, most of the sugarcane field was cleared. Officials said the mother might have fed the cubs in the morning and left but before she could return to the spot, local people had found them. The cubs were rescued under the guidance of Forest Range Officer Girish. The cub that died on Sunday was weak when it was found and hand-feeding was not successful, but the two other cubs are doing well as of now, said a forest official monitoring the cubs’ health. He added, “We are giving them cow’s milk and hope that it will sustain them. Mother’s milk is what they need but let’s hope they survive with cow’s milk.” “The two surviving cubs are under close observation by the staff and away from any sort of disturbance,” the officer said. After rescuing the cubs, the forest officials did their best to re-unite them with their mother in the sugarcane field, but the mother did not return to look for them. The reason for the mother staying away is human interference in the region. “Local residents had touched these cubs and there was a lot of movement near the field which might have led the mother to abandon its cubs,” the officer observed. Forest officials left the cubs at the spot from where they were rescued and kept watch from a fair distance from 6 pm to 6 am for three days, but there was no sign of the mother in the vicinity. It was then that they decided to hand-feed them cow’s milk with a feeding bottle. The cubs are doing fine in the custody of the forest staff. “They are playful,” said a staff member attending to the cubs. If they manage to survive through hand-feeding, the staff said that senior officials will decide on shifting them to a zoo in the state. However, sources said that Mysuru’s Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens does not have space to accommodate newcomers so the cubs might have to be shifted to another zoo. Girisha is a freelancer who reports on wildlife and the environment.
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Karnataka advances exams for students of classes 1-9 after first COVID-19 case in state
The exams for class 10 will be held as per schedule since it is a public examination.
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The Department of Public Instruction on Monday advanced the examination schedule in schools across Karnataka, except in Bengaluru. The exams for classes 1 to 5 will be held between March 11 and 16 while examinations for classes 6 to 9 will end before March 23. The exams for class 10 will be held as per schedule since it is a public examination. The decision to advance exams for primary and high school students in the state was taken after a techie in his 40s, who returned from Austin, Texas in the US, tested positive for the coronavirus in Bengaluru. This is Karnataka's first case of coronavirus. "In all remaining working days, students will be reminded of the precautions to be taken to stop the spread of the virus during the morning prayer," reads a circular issued by the Department of Public Instruction. The circular added that students will be allowed to write exams wearing masks. The decision was taken during a meeting on Monday which was attended via video conference by all Deputy Commissioners in the state. This is part of efforts from the state government to ensure students stay home and do not come in contact with the virus. Meanwhile, an indefinite holiday was declared for students of classes 1 to 5 studying in schools in Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural. Earlier, students in kindergarten and playschool were asked to stay home. The Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr Sudhakar on Monday announced the first case of coronavirus in the state. Health authorities in the state are now tracing as many as 2,666 people the techie may have come in primary or secondary contact with. Teams were dispatched to trace contacts at his residence, workplace and on the flights he travelled in to India. Along with tracing contacts, passengers at the Bengaluru International Airport and Manglauru International Airport are being screened. A total of 91,911 passengers have been screened including 61,585 passengers in Bengaluru and 25,003 passengers in Mangaluru. 5,323 passengers at the Mangaluru and Karwar seaports were screened. 982 people have been identified for observation.
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The mammoth task of tracing contacts of coronavirus-affected Bengaluru techie
The Bengaluru techie who tested positive works in an MNC and has had primary or secondary contact with around 2,666 people since his return from the USA.
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Karnataka recorded its first case of coronavirus in the state with a software engineer in Bengaluru with a travel history to USA testing positive for the disease. While the techie has been isolated at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (RGICD) in Bengaluru, his wife and daughter, and his colleague have been quarantined at the hospital. The techie’s driver, the driver’s wife and his two children have been placed under home isolation as well. The colleague had travelled with the techie from Austin in Texas to New York, and then to India via Dubai. According to officials, they sat next to each other in the flight. However, a daunting task now lies ahead of the health officials in Karnataka, as Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar announced on Monday that the techie had primary or secondary contact with around 2,666 people since his return from the USA. The techie, who works with multi national company went to his place of work for two days before he developed symptoms and the Karnataka health department has formed three teams for contact tracing — one team for his residence, one to trace contacts at his workplace and one to track travel history and the passengers who came in contact with him on the Emirates flight back to India. The health officials stated that the passengers seated two rows in front and two rows behind him, as well as the crew, have been identified. “Work is on to isolate them and they will be kept under surveillance,” Dr K Sudhakar told the media on Monday. Around 16 people on the flight are under home isolation, he added. At the techie’s workplace too, those who came in contact with him are being identified, since the techie attended work on March 2 and March 3, the days before he developed symptoms. “The patient is healthy. There is no need to panic. There is no aggrieved condition reported, he is doing fine,” Dr Sudhakar told the media. The school in which the techie's child studies had already declared a holiday since the child had been attending school till last Friday. Health officials added that till date, a total of 982 people have been identified for observation, out of which 266 people have completed 28 days of observation and 700 persons are currently under home quarantine. These include persons who have travelled to COVID-19 affected countries and the contacts of COVID-19 positive cases. As of Monday, 12 persons have been admitted to selected isolation wards in hospitals. Till date, 432 samples of symptomatic persons have been sent for testing, out of which 364 samples have returned negative. The sample results for the remaining 68 are awaited. Officials added that till date, a total of 91,911 passengers have been screened in Karnataka. 61,585 passengers have been screened at Kempegowda International Airport, 25,003 passengers were screened at Mangalore International airport and 5,323 passengers have been screened at Mangaluru and Karwar seaports.
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Mangaluru man who fled COVID-19 isolation ward traced, samples taken for testing
The man, who flew in from Dubai, had an argument with officials at the Wenlock District Hospital and refused to allow his samples to be taken for testing on Sunday.
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A man from Mangaluru, who fled the isolation ward of a hospital before he was tested for COVID-19, was traced by health authorities on Monday evening. "We have traced him to his home and isolated him. His samples were taken for testing. He is cooperating with authorities and there is no issue," Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sindhu Rupesh told TNM. He had flown in to Mangaluru from Dubai on Sunday night. He was screened at the Mangaluru International Airport before he was taken to the Wenlock District Hospital for testing. Health officials in Dakshina Kannada said that he had a mild temperature but he was not showing symptoms of COVID-19. The man had an argument with officials at the hospital and refused to allow his samples to be taken for testing. He told doctors at Wenlock District Hospital that he will get tested at a private facility. Sources in the Health department stated that he was irked by the fact that he was treated like a patient and taken to the hospital in an ambulance. His passport was photocopied before he fled the hospital around 9 pm on Sunday. A missing persons case was registered against him on Monday morning at the Pandeshwara police station. Surveillance teams tracked the man's relatives and eventually found him in his home on Monday evening. Dakshina Kannada DC Sindhu Rupesh confirmed that he was found by authorities and had agreed to cooperate so that his samples are tested. Earlier, an official at the Wenlock District Hospital had told TNM that that man had given in writing that he does not want to be tested in a government hospital and that he wants to get himself tested at a private facility.
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