March 2020

Narendra Modi on Coronavirus outbreak live updates: PM Modi announces 21-day complete lockdown from midnight tonight



PM Narendra Modi is tending to the country for the second time in under seven days, as India thinks about the seething coronavirus pandemic, that has now influenced 190 nations around the world.

He had tended to the country on endeavors to battle the pandemic on March 19, and given a call for 'Janata time limitation' on March 22, that got an animating reaction from the nation over.

All you need to know about the nationwide lockdown


  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a complete lockdown across the country for 21 days from Tuesday midnight.
  • In his second address to the nation on the pandemic raging across much of the world.
  • Modi said the decision will have an economic cost but saving people's lives is of the paramount interest to his government.
  • "If we don't handle these 21 days well, then our country, your family will go backwards by 21 years," he said.
  • There will be complete bar on people from stepping outsides their homes, he said and even folded his hands to emphasise his request.
  • Experts and the experience of countries fighting the deadly virus make it clear that the social distancing is the only way to combat the disease, he asserted.

Big announcement of PM Modi. Said- listen to the whole country from 12 o'clock tonight, listen carefully, all over the country, from 12 o'clock tonight, the entire lockdown is going to happen.

PM Modi said that some people are in the misconception that social distancing is only necessary for sick people. It is not right to think. Social distancing is for every citizen, for every family, for every member of the family.
PM Modi said that the conclusions drawn from the two months study of all these countries, and experts are also saying that the only option for effective combat against Corona is Social Distancing. There is no other way to avoid Corona, there is no other way. If the corona is to stop spreading, then the cycle of infection has to be broken.

PM Modi said that I am confident that every Indian will follow the instructions of the government, local administration in this hour of crisis. The 21-day lockdown is a long time, but to protect your life, to protect your family, is equally important.

PM Modi said that the coming 21 days are very important for us. According to health experts, at least 21 days time is very important to break the corona virus infection cycle.

PM Modi said that I pray you that wherever you are in the country, stay there. In view of the present situation, this lockdown will be 21 days in the country.

PM Modi said that I request you not to take any medicine during the symptoms of this disease, without the advice of doctors. Any kind of mess can put your life in more danger.

PM Modi said that with this, the number of testing facilities related to corona, personal protective equipment, isolation beds, ICU beds, ventilators, and other necessary tools will be increased rapidly. I have requested the state governments that at this time their first priority should be health care only and health care should be the priority

PM Modi said that now for the treatment of patients of Corona, the Union Government has made a provision of Rs.15 thousand crore today to further strengthen the health infrastructure of the country.

PM Modi said that in the midst of the conditions created by the Corona global epidemic, the state governments at the Center and across the country are working fast. People are constantly trying to ensure that there is no inconvenience in everyday life.

PM Modi said that think of those doctors, those nurses, para-medical staff, pathologists, who are working day and night in the hospital to save each and every life from this epidemic. You pray for those people who are engaged in the work of sanitizing your society, your neighborhoods, your roads, public places, so that the virus is not detected.

PM Modi said that India today is at that stage where our today's action will decide how much we can reduce the impact of this major disaster. This is the time to strengthen our resolve again and again. This is a time of patience and discipline. As long as there is a lockdown in the country, we have to keep our resolve, keep our promise.

PM Modi said that we should also assume that this is the only path in front of us - we should not get out of the house. Whatever happens, stay at home.

PM Modi said that this is the reason that when the corona virus started spreading in countries like China, America, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Iran, the situation became uncontrollable. What is the solution, what is the alternative? The silver lining for dealing with Corona is the experience from countries that could control the corona to some extent.

PM Modi said that first it took 67 days to get one lakh people infected and then it took only 11 days to reach 2 lakh people. It is even more frightening that it takes just four days to reach two lakh infected people to three lakh people.

PM Modi said that you have to remember that many times, a person infected with corona seems to be healthy in the beginning, it is not known that he is infected. So take precaution, stay in your homes.

PM Modi said that stay at home, stay at home and do the same thing that stay at home. Today's decision, nationwide lockdown has drawn a Lakshman Rekha at the door of your house.

PM Modi said that you are also listening to the situation of the whole world on the Corona global epidemic through news and watching it. You are also seeing how this epidemic has completely destroyed even the most capable countries of the world.

PM Modi said that children - elderly, small and big, poor - middle class - high class, everyone came together in this hour of examination. With one day Janata curfew, India showed that when the country is in crisis, when the crisis comes on humanity, then how do all of us together meet and fight against it.









Delhi Lockdown: Here's What's Still Open



Delhi lockdown over coronavirus: All kinds of transport such as private buses, taxis, autorickshaws, rickshaws and e-rickshaws other than Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses will not run.


New Delhi: The Delhi government has requested all organizations to pull down their screens and private vehicle administrators to remain off the streets in a full lockdown of the national capital in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The outskirts will be fixed and just those individuals who are in a rundown of what is considered "basic administrations" will be permitted to move unreservedly. 



"For preventive measures to contain spread of covid-19 episode, bearings have been given for lockdown in the entire regional purview of NCT of Delhi from 0600 hrs on Monday 23rd March 2020 to 12 PM 31st March 2020," Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal tweeted on Sunday.


The Delhi Metro will stay shut till March 31. A wide range of transport, for example, private transports, taxis, autorickshaws, rickshaws and e-rickshaws other than transports of the state-run Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) won't run. The DTC armada that is sent on the streets, notwithstanding, will be just 25 percent of its full ability to ship individuals who are working in administrations thought about fundamental.

All the services and businesses that are considered essential and which will remain open are:

  • Offices charged with law and order and magisterial duties
  • Police
  • Health
  • Fire
  • Prisons
  • Fair price shops (public distribution system)
  • Electricity
  • Water
  • Municipal services
  • Activities related to functioning of legislative assembly of Delhi
  • Pay and accounts office (only for salary/wages/contingent/health and essential services related expenditure)
  • Print and electronic media
  • Cashier/teller operations of banks (including ATMs)
  • Telecom, internet and postal services
  • E-commerce of all essential goods including food, pharmaceutical and medical equipment
  • Food items, groceries (fruit/vegetables/milk/bakery items, meat, fish, etc)
  • Milk plants
  • General provision stores
  • Takeaway/home delivery in restaurants
  • Chemists and pharmacies
  • Petrol pumps, LPG/oil agencies (including their godown and transportation-related activities)
  • Animal fodder
  • Manufacturing, processing, transportation, distribution, storage, trade/commerce and logistics related to all the above services/establishments and commodities required for delivery of these above services
  • Any other essential service/establishment that may be exempted by the government
The government has said it will ensure essential items are available across Delhi and has asked people to guard against panic-buying.

"Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures," Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday. "We have been fortunate. In our country, the virus came late. We had the advantage of watching and learning from the experiences of Italy and China. But if we still cannot take the right step at the right time, we would never forgive ourselves," he added.


Delhi Lockdown Begins": Arvind Kejriwal's Message To Residents



The national capital - which has detailed 30 coronavirus cases, including one demise - has closed open vehicle, fixed its fringes and shut shops, permitting in just the fundamental things, Mr Kejriwal declared on Sunday.

New Delhi: As the lock-down in Delhi starts today - some portion of the burden of across the nation limitations to fight the profoundly infectious novel coronavirus or COVID-19 - Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted toward the beginning of today and encouraged individuals in the city to "join the battle against COVID-19

The lockdown in Delhi starts today. My dear Delhiites, you confronted inconveniences and contributed in battle against contamination at whatever point odd-even was executed. You grasped the monstrous crusade against dengue. I am really certain that you will join this battle against COVID-19 and bolster the lockdown to ensure your families," he tweeted in Hindi.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal additionally bid individuals early today to abstain from leaving homes, except if "totally important". "I bid to every one of you to abstain from venturing out of their homes, except if totally vital. Remain safe and protect others as well. Remain alert, remain safe," he tweeted in Hindi.

The national capital - which has revealed 30 coronavirus cases, including one demise - has closed open vehicle, fixed its outskirts and shut shops, permitting in just the fundamental things, Mr Kejriwal reported on Sunday.

"Phenomenal occasions call for exceptional measures," he wrote in a tweet. "We have been blessed. in our nation, the infection arrived behind schedule. We had the benefit of watching and gaining from the encounters of Italy and China. In any case, in the event that we despite everything can't make the correct stride at the opportune time, we could never pardon ourselves,' he included.

In a Twitter statement, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal said: "For preventive measures to contain spread of covid-19 outbreak, directions have been issued for lockdown in the whole territorial jurisdiction of NCT of Delhi from 0600 hrs on Monday 23rd March 2020 to midnight 31st March 2020."

During the lockdown, no taxis, taxis, auto-rickshaws will be permitted to work in the national capital. Private vehicles will likewise be restricted. The basic administrations that would stay open incorporates shops selling staple, products of the soil, milk, cooking gas supplies, telecom administrations, home-conveyance of nourishment, banks and ATMs, medical clinics and drug stores and 25 percent transports of the Delhi Transport Corporation. Just individuals working for fundamental administrations will be permitted to utilize private vehicle.

The Delhi Metro had already announced that it will stop services till Mach 31 and the Delhi Police have imposed prohibitory orders across the city, banning gatherings of more than four people.

Across India, number of corornavirus count soared sharply in the last three days with nearly 200 fresh cases reported from different parts. Seven people have died, three of these deaths were reported on Sunday.  Worldwide, over 13,000 people have died, nearly three lakh have contracted the infection. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a Janata Curfew on March 22 between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. to control the spread of the virus.

What is Janata Curfew: A curfew of the people, by the people, for the people to fight coronavirus



executive Narendra Modi, while tending to the country on the coronavirus flare-up on Thursday, declared a 'Janata (open) Curfew' on Sunday (March 22). While trying to contain the spread of coronavirus, which has influenced more than 180 in India, PM Narendra Modi mentioned all the residents to comply with the 'Janata Curfew' on March 22 from 7 am till 9 pm.

During the Janata Curfew, individuals are mentioned to maintain a strategic distance from open spaces and remain at home for 14 hours in the perspective on coronavirus flare-up which has influenced more than 100 nations over the world. "On March 22, from 7 am to 9 pm, all kinsmen need to follow the Janta Curfew," PM Narendra Modi said.


"All residents must submit to this," PM Narendra Modi said.

WHAT IS JANATA CURFEW: HERE IS HOW IT WILL WORK

1. PM Modi encouraged all the residents of the nation to remain off the streets and open places on Sunday (March 22)

2. The Janata Curfew on Sunday will begin at 7 am and proceed till 9 pm.

3. Individuals working in fundamental administrations, for example, police, clinical administrations, media, home conveyance, putting out fires and serving the country and so forth won't have to partake in the Janata Curfew.

4. At 5 pm, all the residents are mentioned by the leader to support the individuals working in fundamental administrations, in the hours of coronavirus, by remaining in their entryways and applauding and ringing their chimes.

"For as far back as two months, millions are working day and night in medical clinics and air terminals and those serving others by not dealing with themselves. On Mar 22, at 5 pm, we should remain on our entryways, galleries, in our windows and continue applauding and ringing the chimes for five mins to salute and empower them," PM Modi said.

5. PM Modi has mentioned the residents to illuminate in any event 10 individuals of the Janata Curfew. "On the off chance that conceivable, if it's not too much trouble call in any event 10 individuals consistently and enlighten them concerning the 'Janta Curfew' just as the measures to forestall," PM Narendra Modi said.

PM Narendra Modi forms economic response task force, calls for 'Janata Curfew

Leader Narendra Modi reported a Covid-19 taskforce that would attract up measures to battle the financial impacts of the pandemic, advised managers not to cut the compensation of staff and required a "Janata Curfew" on Sunday. He cautioned of the flare-up's "wideranging" monetary effect, underscoring the should be readied.

"There is a need to follow two significant things to battle this pandemic — resolve and restriction," he said in a broadcast address on Thursday. He engaged organizations to act with compassion, while guaranteeing individuals that there are no deficiencies and instructing them to evade alarm purchasing. Senior residents should remain inside and others ought not venture out from home except if basic. The nation should have been careful and it is inappropriate to expect that the coronavirus won't have a more prominent effect than it as of now has.

"In the previous barely any days, it is showing up as though we have deflected the emergency, and all is well. Lack of concern in regard of a worldwide pandemic like coronavirus isn't fitting," the PM said. He brought up that social removing was "significant and powerful also"

He said the Janata Curfew will be seen on March 22 between 7 am and 9 pm, contrasting it with power outages during wartime.

"During this check in time, we will neither leave our homes, nor get onto the boulevards or wander about our regions. Just those related with crisis and fundamental administrations will venture out from home," the PM said. "This Janata Curfew will in a manner be a litmus test for us. This is likewise an opportunity to perceive how arranged India is to fend off a worldwide pandemic like the coronavirus."

This worldwide pandemic is likewise going to have a wide-running effect on the economy. Remembering the monetary difficulties emerging from the coronavirus, the legislature has chosen to set up a Covid-19 Economic Response Taskforce under the initiative of the fund serve," the executive said. "This taskforce will take choices sooner rather than later, in light of standard cooperations and criticism from all partners, and examination everything being equal and measurements. This taskforce will likewise guarantee ..

He said India has enough nourishment and apportion supplies. "Be it milk, eatables, drugs, basic things — we have found a way to maintain a strategic distance from any lack. These provisions will never be halted, so kindly don't store them," Modi said

He requested that residents demonstration earnestly and persistence.

I need a portion of your up and coming weeks. You need to focus on sparing yourselves from contamination and others from being tainted," the PM said. He requested that individuals stay away from swarmed puts and going out, saying individuals would do a foul play to themselves and their families in any case. "Attempt to carry out your responsibilities or business from your home," Modi said.

He likewise requested that individuals abstain from going to emergency clinics for standard registration and delay any medical procedures by a month in order to not overburden clinical offices and staff. He additionally cautioned individuals against bits of gossip and engaged businesses to help staff and not cut the wages of those working in their organizations and homes.

"Plainly this pandemic is profoundly harming the financial interests and prosperity of our country's working class, lower-white collar class, and poor portions. In such a period of emergency, I demand the business world and high-pay portions of society to however much as could reasonably be expected, take care of the financial interests of the considerable number of individuals who give them administrations," he said. "In the coming hardly any days, it is conceivable these individuals will be unable to come to office or your homes. In such a case, do treat them with emp ..

Expressing gratitude

The executive additionally approached the nation to offer its thanks to those attempting to prop the nation up, for example, specialists, attendants, paramedics, civil staff and air terminal laborers by going out on their galleries or remaining at their entryways and windows at 5 pm on March 22 and applauding, striking against their plates or ringing chimes.

Be it specialists, medical attendants, emergency clinic staff, housekeeping staff, aircrafts staff, government hirelings, police work force, mediapersons, railroads, transport, autorickshaw, home conveyance individuals they are serving others, by not dealing with themselves," he said. "They are… like defenders of the country. The nation is obliged to them."

He approached individuals for their help in the up and coming a long time as no immunization had at this point been found.


"In the nations where the effect of coronavirus is the greatest, it has been seen that there has been a blast in the quantity of cases after introductory days. A few nations have additionally taken vital choices and confined their kin," Modi said.

What is coronavirus and what happens now it is a pandemic


In excess of 235,404 individuals have been tainted with the novel infection, with huge flare-ups in Italy, Iran and Spain, and 137 passings in the UK



On December 31, 2019, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO)

China office heard the main reports of a formerly obscure infection behind various pneumonia cases in Wuhan, a city in Eastern China with a populace of more than 11 million. 

What began as a pestilence essentially restricted to China has now become a genuinely worldwide pandemic. There have now been more than 211,853 affirmed cases and 8,724 passings, concurring the John Hopkins University Covid-19 dashboard, which groups data from national and global wellbeing specialists. The ailment has been distinguished in increasingly 150 nations and regions, with Italy, Iran and Spain encountering the most across the board flare-ups outside of China. In the UK, there have been 2,626 affirmed cases and 104 passings as of March 18. 
The Chinese government reacted to the underlying episode by putting Wuhan and close by urban areas under an accepted isolate including approximately 50 million individuals in Hubei region. This isolate is presently gradually being lifted, as specialists watch to see whether cases will rise once more. In Italy, which is encountering the biggest episode outside of China, the legislature made the uncommon stride of stretching out a lockdown to the whole nation, closing films, theaters, rec centers, discos and bars and restricting memorial services and weddings. In the UK, the legislature has prompted individuals to dodge all pointless social cooperation or travel, and coordinated family units in which one individual becomes sick with coronavirus side effects to isolate themselves for 14 days. 
On March 11 the WHO authoritatively announced that the Covid-19 episode is a pandemic. "WHO has been evaluating this flare-up nonstop and we are profoundly concerned both by the disturbing degrees of spread and seriousness, and by the disturbing degrees of inaction," said its executive general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. In spite of the fact that the WHO assigned Covid-19 a "general wellbeing crisis of worldwide concern" (PHEIC) on January 30, it had been hesitant to consider it a pandemic. "Pandemic isn't a word to utilize softly or indiscreetly. It is a word that, whenever abused, can cause nonsensical dread, or unjustified acknowledgment that the battle is finished, prompting superfluous torment and demise," Adhanom said. 


A brisk note on naming. Albeit prevalently alluded to as coronavirus, on February 11, the WHO declared the official name of the ailment: Covid-19. The infection that causes that ailment is probably going to be called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, or Sars-CoV-2 for short, as indicated by a draft paper from the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses.

How did Covid-19 start?

The illness seems to have started from a Wuhan fish showcase where wild creatures, including marmots, fowls, hares, bats and snakes, are exchanged illicitly. Coronaviruses are known to bounce from creatures to people, so it's idea that the primary individuals contaminated with the infection – a gathering essentially made up of stallholders from the fish advertise – contracted it from contact with creatures.

Albeit an underlying investigation of the infection that causes Covid-19 recommended it was like infections found in snakes, the chase for the creature wellspring of Covid-19 is still on. A group of virologists at the Wuhan Institute for Virology discharged a point by point paper demonstrating that the new coronaviruses' hereditary cosmetics is 96 percent indistinguishable from that of a coronavirus found in bats, while a so far unpublished examination contends that hereditary successions of coronavirus in pangolins are 99 percent like the human infection. Some early instances of Covid-19, in any case, seem to have caused individuals with no connection to the Wuhan showcase by any means, proposing that the underlying course of human disease may pre-date the market cases.

The Wuhan showcase was closed down for assessment and cleaning on January 1, however by then apparently Covid-19 was at that point beginning to spread past the market itself. On January 21, the WHO Western Pacific office said the ailment was additionally being transmitted between people – proof of which is evident after clinical staff got contaminated with the infection. From that point forward, proof of far reaching human-to-human transmission outside of China has been settled, making odds of containing the infection a lot harder.

What precisely is Covid-19

Coronaviruses are a huge gathering of infections that are known to taint the two people and creatures, and in people cause respiratory ailment that run from normal colds to significantly more genuine diseases. The most notable instance of a coronavirus scourge was Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), which, after first being distinguished in southern China in 2002, proceeded to influence 26 nations and brought about in excess of 8,000 cases and 774 passings. The quantity of individuals tainted with Covid-19 has now very much outperformed those hit with Sars. 

While the reason for the present episode was at first obscure, on January 7 Chinese wellbeing specialists recognized that it was brought about by to a strain of coronavirus that hadn't been experienced in people previously. After five days the Chinese government shared the hereditary succession of the infection with the goal that different nations could build up their own symptomatic units. That infection is currently called Sars-CoV-2. 

Despite the fact that manifestations of coronaviruses are frequently mellow – the most widely recognized side effects are a fever and dry hack – sometimes they lead to increasingly genuine respiratory tract disease including pneumonia and bronchitis. These can be especially risky in more established patients, or individuals who have existing wellbeing conditions, and this seems, by all accounts, to be the situation with Covid-19. An investigation of 44,415 early Chinese Covid-19 patients found that 81 percent of individuals with affirmed diseases experienced just gentle side effects. Of the rest of the cases, 14 percent were in a serious condition while five percent of individuals were basic cases, experiencing respiratory disappointment, septic stun or numerous organ disappointment. In the Chinese investigation, 2.3 percent of every single affirmed case kicked the bucket, in spite of the fact that the genuine demise rate is most likely much lower the same number of more individuals will have been contaminated with the infection than tried positive.

How far has it spread

China has borne the brunt of Covid-19 diseases (up until this point). As of March 11, Chinese wellbeing specialists had recognized more than 81,102 cases and 3,231 passings – the greater part of them inside the area of Hubei. On March 17, China recorded only 39 new instances of the infection – a striking log jam for a nation which, at the pinnacle of its episode in mid-February, saw in excess of 5,000 cases in a solitary day. 

Be that as it may, while things were easing back down in China, the flare-up fired getting in the remainder of the world. There are currently affirmed cases in at any rate 150 nations and domains. Outside of China, Italy has seen the most elevated number of cases, with 35,700 affirmed diseases, for the most part in the north of the nation, and 2,978. The whole nation is presently on lockdown after the isolate covering the north of the nation was reached out on March 9. 

Spain is additionally in the hold of a noteworthy episode. The nation has 13,910 affirmed diseases and 623 passings – the second-most elevated number inside Europe. There, residents are under lockdown, with the administration closing all schools, bars, cafés and trivial general stores down. Individuals are just permitted to leave their homes to purchase nourishment or to go to work. 

Iran, as well, is seeing a flood in cases. The nation has affirmed in any event 1,135 passings and 17,361 cases. Numerous cases are connected to Qom, a significant Shiite strict focus and a city with more than one million inhabitants. In the US, there have been in excess of 7,323 cases and 115 passings – 55 of them in Washington State, which has become the focal point of the US episode. 


While the quantity of new cases keeps on rising forcefully, individuals are likewise recuperating from the contamination. All around, 80,643 individuals have recouped from Covid-19 – around 40 percent of the entirety of the individuals who had affirmed contaminations, in spite of the fact that the genuine number of coronavirus cases will be a lot higher.

What's the latest in the UK

As of March 18, the UK has announced 1,950 affirmed Covid-19 contaminations and 104 passings. On March 16, head administrator Boris Johnson drove the principal day by day coronavirus public interview, saying that the administration currently exhorted all UK occupants to stay away from unnecessary social contact and travel where conceivable. In spite of the fact that bars, bars and theaters as of now stay open, the administration is unequivocally encouraging individuals to keep away from these zones and furthermore telecommute where they can. From Friday, March 20, all schools in England, Scotland and Wales will be closed until further notification. Just helpless kids, or the individuals who are the children and girls of workers in the NHS or other key enterprises, will be allowed to stay at school. 

Individuals who at present live alone are prescribed to self-confine for seven days in the event that they build up a fever or determined dry hack – the two most normal indications of coronavirus. For families and others who live respectively, the counsel is that the whole family should self-confine if any part grows both of those side effects. This technique is a piece of the administration's 'defer stage' plan to straighten the pinnacle of the infection and diminish the weight on the NHS. 

A key piece of this arrangement is protecting the individuals who are generally defenseless against Covid-19: individuals more seasoned than 70, or the individuals who have basic wellbeing conditions. The head administrator said that this protecting may keep going up to 12 weeks so as to guarantee that the pinnacle of the flare-up has passed, in spite of the fact that displaying from Imperial College London recommends that these measures may must be set up for up to year and a half. In spite of these measures, some have been important that the administration's position doesn't go far enough. Italy and Spain have both set up across the board lockdowns, while South Korea has turned out very exhaustive testing for a considerable lot of its populace. 

The episode has additionally seriously affected the UK's securities exchange. On March 9 the FTSE 100 fell by more than eight percent, thumping billions off the estimation of significant UK organizations. Film changes Odeon, Cineworld and Vue shut their entryways while Euro 2020 was additionally deferred until 2021, which is an additional hit to supporters, especially ITV.



Save Water On This Holi Festival




Regular we use water without an idea. World Water Day falling on Holi is a decent suggestion to control water wastage during the celebration of hues. 

Abandoning water for even a day can be a trial for us. This Holi add shading not exclusively to your festival yet to your general surroundings by sparing water. In this way, while we get ready for the enjoyment celebration here are a couple of approaches to spare the valuable nurturing wonder - water! 

Tips on the most proficient method to spare water on Holi 

Measure the amount of water you need to use to play with and store it. Adhere as far as possible. Oppose the allurement of going over the edge. 

Play with dry hues 

Utilize normal hues. They wash off no problem at all. 

Abstain from playing with inflatables. 

Go for a shower just when you are finished. Washing over and over is certain water wastage. 

Spare water while playing Holi 
  • Play in a different territory or the nursery. Getting the entire house messy will basically prompt more water use. 

  • Wear old dim hued garments, so cleaning them doesn't require a lot of water and exertion. 

  • Apply oil on your hair before venturing out to play. This will give a defensive covering over your hair. Regardless of whether you do wind up getting shading in your tresses, a solitary wash can be sufficient to make your hair shading free. 

  • Shield yourself with some saturating cream to keep your skin from recoloring. It will keep your skin hydrated and keep it from hurtful impacts of shading. 

  • Coat your nails with nail paint. It is the most fundamental type of nail mind and can go a long away in shielding your nails from ruining with hues. Your nails will remain clean simply like before playing Holi. 

  • On the off chance that you neglect to apply a body cream and you have shading all over you at that point don't step under the shower right away. Rub some coconut oil or cream and let the shading begin blurring. Presently a snappy wash will make you clean absent much by way of scouring. You will spare water as well. 

  • In the event that you are playing inside or on the patio, spread a covering on the floor. When you have got done with playing, you can basically wash away the hues on the canvas and spare utilizing cleansers on the floor. 


Steps to clean the house utilizing least water 

  • Following a debilitating day of observing Holi, cleaning is the exact opposite thing you need to do. In any case, there is an approach to do it in a proficient, successful and non-tedious way. 

  • Top off two basins. One with foamy water that has recolor free in it and one with plain water. 

  • Get two wipes. 

  • Wipe the hued zones with the stain free fluid, with the assistance of a wipe. 

  • Presently just wipe away with plain water. 

  • Finish it with a dry wipe
You will spare a great deal of water and the shaded region will be perfect absent a lot of exertion. Utilize some washing soft drink for cleaning difficult stains, it does some incredible things! Use it sparingly however or you may wind up utilizing water superfluously to get rid of the foaminess. 

Remember to wear hand gloves, since recolor free fluids can be unforgiving. 

Help nature 
Is it a negligible co-frequency that this year World Water Day and Holi are falling around the same time? Regardless of whether it is a co-occurrence, the time has come to recollect that we as a planet are confronting a worldwide water lack. Out of around 6.1 billion individuals more than 1 billion don't approach consumable water. 

While such huge numbers of people battle water lack consistently, we can attempt to guarantee that our festivals are not coldhearted. Make this Holi considerably progressively extraordinary by sparing each drop you can, for whom water is an extravagance. Here's wishing you a Super Happy Holi!

Fundamental defensive measures against the new corona virus


Wash your hands every now and again 

Normally and completely clean your hands with a liquor based hand rub or wash them with cleanser and water. 

Why? Washing your hands with cleanser and water or utilizing liquor based hand rub executes infections that might be on your hands. 

Keep up social separating 

Keep up in any event 1 meter (3 feet) separation among yourself and any individual who is hacking or sniffling. 

Why? At the point when somebody hacks or wheezes they splash little fluid beads from their nose or mouth which may contain infection. On the off chance that you are excessively close, you can take in the beads, including the COVID-19 infection if the individual hacking has the ailment.


Abstain from contacting eyes, nose and mouth 

Why? Hands contact numerous surfaces and can get infections. When defiled, hands can move the infection to your eyes, nose or mouth. From that point, the infection can enter your body and can make you debilitated. 

Practice respiratory cleanliness 

Ensure you, and the individuals around you, follow great respiratory cleanliness. This implies covering your mouth and nose with your bowed elbow or tissue when you hack or sniffle. At that point discard the pre-owned tissue right away. 

Why? Beads spread infection. By following great respiratory cleanliness you shield the individuals around you from infections, for example, cool, influenza and COVID-19. 

On the off chance that you have fever, hack and trouble breathing, look for clinical consideration early 

Remain at home on the off chance that you feel unwell. On the off chance that you have a fever, hack and trouble breathing, look for clinical consideration and bring ahead of time. Follow the headings of your nearby wellbeing authority. 

Why? National and neighborhood specialists will have the most exceptional data on the circumstance in your general vicinity. Bringing ahead of time will permit your social insurance supplier to rapidly guide you to the correct wellbeing office. This will likewise secure you and help forestall spread of infections and different contaminations.

Remain educated and follow exhortation given by your human services supplier 

Remain educated on the most recent improvements about COVID-19. Follow guidance given by your social insurance supplier, your national and neighborhood general wellbeing authority or your manager on the best way to shield yourself as well as other people from COVID-19. 

Why? National and nearby specialists will have the most state-of-the-art data on whether COVID-19 is spreading in your general vicinity. They are best put to exhort on what individuals in your general vicinity ought to do to ensure themselves.


Security measures for people who are in or have as of late visited (recent days) regions where COVID-19 is spreading

Follow the direction illustrated previously. 

Remain at home in the event that you start to feel unwell, even with gentle indications, for example, cerebral pain and slight runny nose, until you recuperate. Why? Staying away from contact with others and visits to clinical offices will permit these offices to work all the more successfully and help shield you and others from conceivable COVID-19 and different infections. 

In the event that you create fever, hack and trouble breathing, look for clinical guidance immediately as this might be because of a respiratory disease or different genuine condition. Bring ahead of time and tell your supplier of any ongoing travel or contact with explorers. Why? Bringing ahead of time will permit your medicinal services supplier to rapidly guide you to the correct wellbeing office. This will likewise assist with forestalling conceivable spread of COVID-19 and different infections.




Coronaviruses


Coronaviruses (CoV) are a huge group of infections that cause sickness extending from the regular virus to increasingly extreme ailments, for example, Center East Respiratory Disorder (MERS-CoV) and Serious Intense Respiratory Disorder (SARS-CoV). A tale coronavirus (nCoV) is another strain that has not been recently recognized in people. 

Coronaviruses are zoonotic, which means they are transmitted among creatures and individuals. Point by point examinations found that SARS-CoV was transmitted from civet felines to people and MERS-CoV from dromedary camels to people. A few known coronaviruses are coursing in creatures that have not yet contaminated people. 

Regular indications of contamination incorporate respiratory side effects, fever, hack, brevity of breath and breathing troubles. In increasingly serious cases, contamination can cause pneumonia, extreme intense respiratory disorder, kidney disappointment and even demise. 

Standard proposals to forestall disease spread incorporate ordinary hand washing, covering mouth and nose when hacking and wheezing, completely cooking meat and eggs. Keep away from close contact with anybody demonstrating side effects of respiratory ailment, for example, hacking and sniffling.




World experts and funders set priorities for COVID-19 research


Leading health experts from around the world have been meeting at the World Health Organization’s Geneva headquarters to assess the current level of knowledge about the new COVID-19 disease, identify gaps and work together to accelerate and fund priority research needed to help stop this outbreak and prepare for any future outbreaks.

The 2-day forum was convened in line with the WHO R&D Blueprint – a strategy for developing drugs and vaccines before epidemics, and accelerating research and development while they are occurring.

“This outbreak is a test of solidarity -- political, financial and scientific. We need to come together to fight a common enemy that does not respect borders, ensure that we have the resources necessary to bring this outbreak to an end and bring our best science to the forefront to find shared answers to shared problems. Research is an integral part of the outbreak response,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “I appreciate the positive response of the research community to join us at short notice and come up with concrete plans and commitment to work together.”

The meeting, hosted in collaboration with GloPID-R (the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness) brought together major research funders and over 300 scientists and researchers from a large variety of disciplines. They discussed all aspects of the outbreak and ways to control it including:
  • the natural history of the virus, its transmission and diagnosis;
  • animal and environmental research on the origin of the virus, including management measures at the human-animal interface;
  • epidemiological studies;
  • clinical characterization and management of disease caused by the virus;
  • infection prevention and control, including best ways to protect health care workers;
  • research and development for candidate therapeutics and vaccines;
  • ethical considerations for research;
  • and integration of social sciences into the outbreak response.

“This meeting allowed us to identify the urgent priorities for research. As a group of funders we will continue to mobilize, coordinate and align our funding to enable the research needed to tackle this crisis and stop the outbreak, in partnership with WHO,” said Professor Yazdan Yazdanpanah, chair of GloPID-R. “Equitable access – making sure we share data and reach those most in need,  in particular those in lower and middle-income countries, is fundamental to this work which must be guided by ethical considerations at all times.”  

During the meeting, the more than 300 scientists and researchers participating both in person and virtually agreed on a set of global research priorities. They also outlined mechanisms for continuing scientific interactions and collaborations beyond the meeting which will be coordinated and facilitated by WHO. They worked with research funders to determine how necessary resources can be mobilized so that critical research can start immediately.

The deliberations will form the basis of a research and innovation roadmap charting all the research needed and this will be used by researchers and funders to accelerate the research response.