Year: 2020

Positive cases drop following protest at Poonthura

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July 12 I TrivandrumLife>> Resident of Poonthura, Manikyavilakam and Puthanpally areas which reported superspreading events were the highest in the daily reports being released by the health department in the last few days. However, things were different on Sunday. The number of Covid positive cases in the district fell from 121 on Friday to 69 and 40 on Saturday and Sunday respectively.Incidentally, no testing was held in one of the major centres in Poonthura due to the protests by the local residents against health workers in the last two days.…

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Kumarichantha market turns ‘superspreader’ in the city

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TrivandrumLife I July 8 >> Like Koyembedu market in Chennai, the Kumarichantha market in Thiruvananthapuram has emerged as the ‘superspreader’ in the city. Within a span of few days, more than 150 patients in three wards in Poothura, Manikyavilakam and Puthanpally have tested positive for Covid 19. The health department authorities are planning to conduct antigen test on around 15 % of the population in these three wards. Around 53 persons were tested positive for Covid from Poonthura alone on Wednesday alone. The district administration and police have closed the…

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What is triple lockdown?

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The triple lockdown, which was first introduced effectively in Kasargode, is a three-phase approach to contain spread of the disease. Due to the lack of proper treatment methods, preventing spread of infections by containment was found to be the best approach in places like Kasargode. Under the triple lockdown, the first approach is general containment strategy by preventing movement of public while the second is to create containment zones after identifying clusters in areas where positive cases are reported. The lock three is a more focussed approach on wherein primary…

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Week-long Triple Lockdown from Monday in Trivandrum

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TrivandrumLife>> Due to looming threat of community transmission, a triple lockdown has been announced in city Corporation limits on Sunday. The week-long triple lockdown will come into effect at 6 am on Monday (July 6). DGP Loknath Behra said that all major roads will be completely closed during lockdown. Not a single vehicle will be allowed on road, he said. Only hospitals, medical shops and shops selling essential items will be allowed to function in the city limits. All offices, including secretariat, will remain closed. On Sunday alone, the district…

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Is spraying effective in Covid prevention ? Check what WHO says

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TrivandrumLife>>> Ever since discussions over community spread began in Thiruvananthapuram, authorities have been busy with various activities to prevent it. From fumigation of public places and shops to awareness sessions, the district administration, city police and corporation leave no stone unturned to prevent the possible community spread in the city. On Thursday alone, the district witnessed four cases of local transmission. Of these, the source of infection is unknown in three cases, which point to the possibility of community spread. On Friday, a team of officials of Fires and Rescue…

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VSSC on high alert after employee tested positive for Covid 19

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TrivandrumLife.com>> After a 41-year-old staff was tested positive for Covid 19 on Friday, the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre has taken precautionary measures to prevent spread among its staff. The Manacaud-native has been showing Covid 19 symptoms since June 15 and was declared positive on Friday. Another retired VSSC staff too was tested positive on Friday. Around 13 staff of VSSC, including 5 permanent and 8 contractor workers, who had contacts with the person have been asked to go on self-quarantine on Friday. The VSSC has handed over their details to…

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Foreign citizen found dead in her city apartment

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TrivandrumLife>> A foreign national was found dead in an apartment in the city on Friday. Forty-eight-year-old Sarojini Gepken, who was settled in the city for the past 11 years, was found dead at her flat at SFS Capital, Vellayambalam. She hails from Amsterdam. Police had received a distress call from her friend, a lawyer, who informed that she was neither answering the doorbell nor responding to phone calls. The police rushed to the spot, broke open the door and found her lying unconscious on the bed. They took her to…

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Covid19: Ten-day restrictions for City shops

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Strict restrictions in city to prevent community spread TrivandrumLife>> District administration and City Corporation are on high alert following the increase in number of cases in the district. A meeting held on Tuesday decided to impose 10-day restrictions on shop and establishments in the city. Shops selling essential items should function only on alternate days. Malls and supermarkets are allowed to function only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday while vegetable shops can function on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. This was taken at a meeting convened by Mayor K Sreekumar.…

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Health workers troubled by long contact list of new Covid positive cases in Trivandrum

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TrivandrumLife>> Three new Covid 19 cases in the districts are causing concern among the health workers. Cases of an ASHA worker in Kattakkada, a KSRTC driver, and a mobile shop owner are creating new headache as they have interacted with a lot of people in the last few days. Increasing cases with unknown sources of infection also points to more serious health crisis. As per the route map published by the district administration, the 40-year-old KSRTC driver has been active in his work and conducted several trips. On June 5,…

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Footover Bridge in, Technology out

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TrivandrumLife: The footover bridge at Pattom is getting inaugurated on Tuesday after a long wait. While all welcome a footover bridge at places like Vazhutacaud and Pattom where hundreds of students arrive on a daily basis, another innovative technology for easy movement of pedestrians, including visually challenged persons, is being ignored. When the corporation and PWD proposed the footover bridge at Vazhutacaud, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has to remove the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Controller (PeSCo), a technology that could help pedestrians to turn on red signal for…

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