It's no prophecy, leaders have this responsibility to prepare for future, it's basic duty of them, just because most leaders suck makes a normal duty a prophetic.
His prophecy came true.....
It's more like war, we keep preparing for it, knowing someday we will need it. Developed nations have that luxury to prepare for war after basic human needs are addressed, clever nations like Bangladesh make friends and spend the money spent on forces to grow.
There are no options for nations like India and Israel where foolish enemy makes us invest in guns before hospitals and educations. Our leaders incompetence, failure to seize the opportunity and corrupt bureaucracy makes it only worst.
Some are more serious about the curfew than others:
‘The Purge’ Siren Used to Signal Curfew in Louisiana, Police Apologize
Police in Crowley, Louisiana, had to apologize after using the siren from the horror franchise “The Purge” to signal a curfew during the city’s quarantine.
‘The Purge’ Siren Used to Signal Curfew in Louisiana, Police Apologize
Police in Crowley, Louisiana, had to apologize after using the siren from the horror franchise “The Purge” to signal a curfew during the city’s quarantine.
Cut the BS, Paddy. Post something sensible for a change, will you? Like what's the situation in UK like? Like with Boris Hustling Johnson in the cooler, how come the Chancellor of the Treasury or the Home Secretary isn't officiating as the acting PM? Instead you've got a lowly secretary whose claim to fame is heaven knows what? This is institutionalised racism, Paddy.
Now Modi and India is being compared to Hanuman and hydroxychloroquine to Sanjeevani booti by Brazil president.....☺☺
Coronavirus Scare: Boris Johnson Now ‘Stable’ But Britain Hasn’t Seen The Worst Of The Pandemic Yet
NEW DELHI: Global pandemics are truly democratic in nature. Witness British Prime Minister Boris Johnson being moved to the intensive care unit at St Thomas’s Hospital on Monday afternoon, diagnosed with the coronavirus. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Dominic Raab is in charge until the PM returns.
Latest reports suggest that the condition of the British PM is “stable” and he is said to be in “good spirits”, but what is shocking is the speed at which he was taken ill. On March 27, Johnson had tweeted a video of himself where he confirmed that he had developed “mild symptoms” of the virus and had been given “medical advice” to work from home. He was admitted to the hospital on Sunday with what were described as “persistent symptoms” but very quickly his condition worsened and he was taken to the ICU on Monday. Downing Street says he has been taken off the ventilator, though he still being given oxygen, and is on the road to recovery.
Global leaders were quick to express their support and concern for Johnson. In a news conference President Donald Trump stated that all “Americans were praying for his recovery.”
“He’s been really something very special – strong, resolute, doesn’t quit, doesn’t give up,” said Trump adding that he had asked two pharmaceutical firms developing potential COVID-19 therapies, to get in touch with the British government and offer their services.
French President Emmanuel Macron had tweeted his “support” to the British prime and wished him a “speedy recovery.” German Chancellor Angela Merkel sent her best wishes while Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte tweeted, “You have the whole Italian government’s support and my personal one.” In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, “Hang in there, Prime Minister @BorisJohnson! Hope to see you out of hospital and in perfect health very soon.”
Even before the shock news of Johnson’s health, Britons are finally waking up to the seriousness of the Wuhan coronvirus with health experts warning that the worst effects of the pandemic are likely to be seen over the next two weeks. Queen Elizabeth, whose health had also caused media speculation given that she had recently met Johnson and Prince Charles, who also has coronavirus symptoms and is now in self-isolation, made a historic televised address to the nation on Sunday.
Aside from her annual Christmas addresses, this is only the fifth time that the 93-year-old sovereign has addressed the nation in her 68-year-long reign. The other instances have included the death of the Queen Mother, the death of Princess Diana, the first Gulf War in 1991 and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Message in 2012.
“We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return: we will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again,” she said.
Royal analysts and mediapersons saw the last sentence as particularly significant as ‘We will meet again’ was a popular song in the war years of the 1940s and it suggested that the Queen was calling for the same unity of spirit and courage from her people.
They will need lots of that spirit. According to figures released by the health ministry the death toll rose by 439 over the weekend bringing the total tally to 5,373.
The Department of Health also added that 208,837 people have so far been tested, of which 51,608 have been confirmed as positive for the virus. So far, the majority of cases and deaths have been in England. Wales showed an extra 27 deaths taking the overall number to 193, and two further deaths in Scotland where the total now stands at 222.
The death toll has shown up the failure of the British government to truly grasp the serious nature of the pandemic. Unlike Europe which shut down schools, bars, restaurants theatres and clubs while imposing strict fines on those who ventured outside, Britain adopted a controversial and now much derided “herd immunity” theory to tackle the crisis.
Thus, life continued as normal with all institutions staying open and it was only when a study carried out by immunologists at Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine was released in mid-March, was there an about-turn by the government. The study suggested that if the numbers of people hospitalised in Italy would be repeated here, 30 per cent of hospitalised patients would require intensive care treatment, a number the NHS could not cope with.
Britain did wake up to the crisis but like the US — the new epicentre for the coronavirus — the UK continued in its lax approach initially, issuing advisories to its citizens, stating that only the elderly were at risk and needed to stay home. The government did issue a lockdown on March 23, asking people only to go out for food and medicines but it was too late by then.
The other problem was that people saw the lockdown as curbs on their freedom, with a large number of them visiting parks and other social areas and sunbathing during this period, even on Saturday. The death toll has since risen alarmingly over the weekend, and anger has come quick and fast against the prime minister and his government with the hashtag #ToryGenocide trending for a while on the internet.
Though the prime minister seems to be on the road to recovery, the nation remains in panic mode. A lot will fall on the shoulders of Dominic Raab, who has to make some big decisions with or without Boris. There are reports that he and the government will extend the three-week lockdown, which is scheduled to end next week, but there are big concerns about its economic fallout with the hospitality industry bearing the brunt of it.
Around a million of the estimated 3.2 million workers in pubs, bars, restaurants and hotels are likely to lose their jobs and that figure could very well increase if the lockdown persists. Other sectors especially the manufacturing sector, already hit by Brexit, could follow suit. Like Johnson, the British economy is in the ICU and there seems no immediate cure in sight.
Coronavirus Scare: Boris Johnson Now ‘Stable’ But Britain Hasn’t Seen The Worst Of The Pandemic Yet
NEW DELHI: Global pandemics are truly democratic in nature. Witness British Prime Minister Boris Johnson being moved to the intensive care unit at St Thomas’s Hospital on Monday afternoon, diagnosed with the coronavirus. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Dominic Raab is in charge until the PM returns.
Latest reports suggest that the condition of the British PM is “stable” and he is said to be in “good spirits”, but what is shocking is the speed at which he was taken ill. On March 27, Johnson had tweeted a video of himself where he confirmed that he had developed “mild symptoms” of the virus and had been given “medical advice” to work from home. He was admitted to the hospital on Sunday with what were described as “persistent symptoms” but very quickly his condition worsened and he was taken to the ICU on Monday. Downing Street says he has been taken off the ventilator, though he still being given oxygen, and is on the road to recovery.
Global leaders were quick to express their support and concern for Johnson. In a news conference President Donald Trump stated that all “Americans were praying for his recovery.”
“He’s been really something very special – strong, resolute, doesn’t quit, doesn’t give up,” said Trump adding that he had asked two pharmaceutical firms developing potential COVID-19 therapies, to get in touch with the British government and offer their services.
French President Emmanuel Macron had tweeted his “support” to the British prime and wished him a “speedy recovery.” German Chancellor Angela Merkel sent her best wishes while Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte tweeted, “You have the whole Italian government’s support and my personal one.” In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, “Hang in there, Prime Minister @BorisJohnson! Hope to see you out of hospital and in perfect health very soon.”
Even before the shock news of Johnson’s health, Britons are finally waking up to the seriousness of the Wuhan coronvirus with health experts warning that the worst effects of the pandemic are likely to be seen over the next two weeks. Queen Elizabeth, whose health had also caused media speculation given that she had recently met Johnson and Prince Charles, who also has coronavirus symptoms and is now in self-isolation, made a historic televised address to the nation on Sunday.
Aside from her annual Christmas addresses, this is only the fifth time that the 93-year-old sovereign has addressed the nation in her 68-year-long reign. The other instances have included the death of the Queen Mother, the death of Princess Diana, the first Gulf War in 1991 and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Message in 2012.
“We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return: we will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again,” she said.
Royal analysts and mediapersons saw the last sentence as particularly significant as ‘We will meet again’ was a popular song in the war years of the 1940s and it suggested that the Queen was calling for the same unity of spirit and courage from her people.
They will need lots of that spirit. According to figures released by the health ministry the death toll rose by 439 over the weekend bringing the total tally to 5,373.
The Department of Health also added that 208,837 people have so far been tested, of which 51,608 have been confirmed as positive for the virus. So far, the majority of cases and deaths have been in England. Wales showed an extra 27 deaths taking the overall number to 193, and two further deaths in Scotland where the total now stands at 222.
The death toll has shown up the failure of the British government to truly grasp the serious nature of the pandemic. Unlike Europe which shut down schools, bars, restaurants theatres and clubs while imposing strict fines on those who ventured outside, Britain adopted a controversial and now much derided “herd immunity” theory to tackle the crisis.
Thus, life continued as normal with all institutions staying open and it was only when a study carried out by immunologists at Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine was released in mid-March, was there an about-turn by the government. The study suggested that if the numbers of people hospitalised in Italy would be repeated here, 30 per cent of hospitalised patients would require intensive care treatment, a number the NHS could not cope with.
Britain did wake up to the crisis but like the US — the new epicentre for the coronavirus — the UK continued in its lax approach initially, issuing advisories to its citizens, stating that only the elderly were at risk and needed to stay home. The government did issue a lockdown on March 23, asking people only to go out for food and medicines but it was too late by then.
The other problem was that people saw the lockdown as curbs on their freedom, with a large number of them visiting parks and other social areas and sunbathing during this period, even on Saturday. The death toll has since risen alarmingly over the weekend, and anger has come quick and fast against the prime minister and his government with the hashtag #ToryGenocide trending for a while on the internet.
Though the prime minister seems to be on the road to recovery, the nation remains in panic mode. A lot will fall on the shoulders of Dominic Raab, who has to make some big decisions with or without Boris. There are reports that he and the government will extend the three-week lockdown, which is scheduled to end next week, but there are big concerns about its economic fallout with the hospitality industry bearing the brunt of it.
Around a million of the estimated 3.2 million workers in pubs, bars, restaurants and hotels are likely to lose their jobs and that figure could very well increase if the lockdown persists. Other sectors especially the manufacturing sector, already hit by Brexit, could follow suit. Like Johnson, the British economy is in the ICU and there seems no immediate cure in sight.
Coronavirus Scare: Boris Johnson Now ‘Stable’ But Britain Hasn’t Seen The Worst Of The Pandemic Yet
Prepared to supply 10 crore tablets of Hydroxychloroquine to Indian government: IPCA Labs
Prepared to supply 10 crore tablets of Hydroxychloroquine to Indian government: IPCA Labs
Zydus Cadila boosts key Covid drug hydroxychloroquine production 10x
Zydus Cadila boosts key Covid drug hydroxychloroquine production 10X - Times of India
Prepared to supply 10 crore tablets of Hydroxychloroquine to Indian government: IPCA Labs
Zydus Cadila boosts key Covid drug hydroxychloroquine production 10x
Zydus Cadila boosts key Covid drug hydroxychloroquine production 10X - Times of India
Cooperation on COVID-19: India allowed 18 special Malaysian flights for evacuation, maximum for any foreign country
WION
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Apr 08, 2020, 08.11 PM(IST)
Written By: Sidhant Sibal
INDIAN ENVOY, MALAYSIA FM IN KUALA LUMPUR ON WEDNESDAY. Photograph: (WION)
Even as the COVID-19 crisis spreads across the world, India and Malaysia are working together on many fronts from the evacuation of citizens to cooperating in other areas as part of a "strategic partnership".
India had allowed eighteen special Malaysian flights for the evacuation of Malaysian nationals since it had imposed a ban on international flights on March 20. Eighteen foreign flight is the biggest number of flights India allowed for any foreign country.
The flights brought back 2,833 Malaysian nationals, which is again the maximum number of citizens repatriated till now for any foreign country.
The Indian high commissioner to Malaysia Mridul Kumar on Wednesday met Malaysian foreign minister Hishammuddin Hussein regarding cooperation on COVID-19.
Thanking the Indian Envoy for repatriation of Malaysian citizens foreign minister Hishammuddin Hussein said, "so many Malaysians have benefitted and it was not easy and what we went through, we can share with the world too... when we put our heads together with a sincere heart.. we will get through this together...and we will fight this.."
The Indian high commissioner remarked that "It has been a real honour and a privileged to work with the new government."
"I think COVID-19 has given that extraordinary challenge and through that challenge, it has also given us, our two countries a very apt opportunity to showcase to the rest of the world to Indians and Malaysian nationals that we are strategic partners in real and true sense. COVID-19 has been a global challenge for all countries, for all governments and all people."
This is the second meet between Indian envoy and the new Malaysian foreign minister in last one month. Indian high commissioner was the first envoy received by the foreign minister on March 18. On the same day, HC Kumar also called on the new Malaysian PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin.
Cooperation on COVID-19: India allowed 18 special Malaysian flights for evacuation, maximum for any foreign country
WION
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Apr 08, 2020, 08.11 PM(IST)
Written By: Sidhant Sibal
INDIAN ENVOY, MALAYSIA FM IN KUALA LUMPUR ON WEDNESDAY. Photograph: (WION)
Even as the COVID-19 crisis spreads across the world, India and Malaysia are working together on many fronts from the evacuation of citizens to cooperating in other areas as part of a "strategic partnership".
India had allowed eighteen special Malaysian flights for the evacuation of Malaysian nationals since it had imposed a ban on international flights on March 20. Eighteen foreign flight is the biggest number of flights India allowed for any foreign country.
The flights brought back 2,833 Malaysian nationals, which is again the maximum number of citizens repatriated till now for any foreign country.
The Indian high commissioner to Malaysia Mridul Kumar on Wednesday met Malaysian foreign minister Hishammuddin Hussein regarding cooperation on COVID-19.
Thanking the Indian Envoy for repatriation of Malaysian citizens foreign minister Hishammuddin Hussein said, "so many Malaysians have benefitted and it was not easy and what we went through, we can share with the world too... when we put our heads together with a sincere heart.. we will get through this together...and we will fight this.."
The Indian high commissioner remarked that "It has been a real honour and a privileged to work with the new government."
"I think COVID-19 has given that extraordinary challenge and through that challenge, it has also given us, our two countries a very apt opportunity to showcase to the rest of the world to Indians and Malaysian nationals that we are strategic partners in real and true sense. COVID-19 has been a global challenge for all countries, for all governments and all people."
This is the second meet between Indian envoy and the new Malaysian foreign minister in last one month. Indian high commissioner was the first envoy received by the foreign minister on March 18. On the same day, HC Kumar also called on the new Malaysian PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin.
Cooperation on COVID-19: India allowed 18 special Malaysian flights for evacuation, maximum for any foreign country
Malaysia requests hydroxychloroquine from India
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Apr 08, 2020, 12.23 PM(IST)
Written By: Sidhant Sibal
Indian high commissioner to Malaysia Mridul Kumar meets stranded Indian in Kuala Lumpur. Photograph
WION)
The Malaysian government has requested hydroxychloroquine from India to deal with COVID even as New Delhi gets the request from 30 countries for the drug. Hydroxychloroquine or HCQ is being called as a game-changer drug in the fight against COVID.
India has got a request for HCQ from US, Brazil, Gulf, Europe and now from South East Asia. Hydroxychloroquine or HCQ is banned from being exported but India will give licensed quantities. Earlier in the week, the ministry of external affairs said the neighbourhood will be India's priority in giving licenced Hydroxychloroquine and then to countries "badly" impacted by it. As far as the order which are is already given by countries--like the US, the "export commitments" can be allowed.
India plans to get some medical equipment from Malaysia, among other countries. New Delhi will get 2 lac personal protection equipment PPE kits (which includes N95 masks) from a company from Malaysia's neighbour Singapore from 11th April. India had placed an order of 80 lakh PPE to the Singapore company.
Indian mission helps stranded Indians in Malaysia
Meanwhile, India has got over a thousand Indians nationals back from home and the Indian mission in Kuala Lumpur is in touch with Indians still stranded in Malaysia. The Indian high commissioner to Malaysia Mridul Kumar had met the Indian tourist stranded in the South East Asian country.113 Indias stranded in transit in Malaysia due to travel restrictions were sent back last month to India.
The mission has arranged accommodation, food and medicines for Indians with assistance from local partners and requested its nationals to respect the movement restrictions announced by the Malaysian Govt.
India Malaysia ties which had suffered a set back during the tenure of Former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad, which had raked up Kashmir and India's Citizenship Amendment Law many times drawing the wrath of New Delhi.
Things look optimistic under the new Malaysian leadership of Muhyiddin Yassin. Last month, the new Malaysian Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein had met the Indian envoy and in a tweet said, "Malaysia and India’s relationship must be nurtured and consolidated to ensure we explore a new chapter together, looking forward to stronger ties for our mutual benefit."
Malaysia requests hydroxychloroquine from India
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Apr 08, 2020, 12.23 PM(IST)
Written By: Sidhant Sibal
Indian high commissioner to Malaysia Mridul Kumar meets stranded Indian in Kuala Lumpur. Photograph
WION)The Malaysian government has requested hydroxychloroquine from India to deal with COVID even as New Delhi gets the request from 30 countries for the drug. Hydroxychloroquine or HCQ is being called as a game-changer drug in the fight against COVID.
India has got a request for HCQ from US, Brazil, Gulf, Europe and now from South East Asia. Hydroxychloroquine or HCQ is banned from being exported but India will give licensed quantities. Earlier in the week, the ministry of external affairs said the neighbourhood will be India's priority in giving licenced Hydroxychloroquine and then to countries "badly" impacted by it. As far as the order which are is already given by countries--like the US, the "export commitments" can be allowed.
India plans to get some medical equipment from Malaysia, among other countries. New Delhi will get 2 lac personal protection equipment PPE kits (which includes N95 masks) from a company from Malaysia's neighbour Singapore from 11th April. India had placed an order of 80 lakh PPE to the Singapore company.
Indian mission helps stranded Indians in Malaysia
Meanwhile, India has got over a thousand Indians nationals back from home and the Indian mission in Kuala Lumpur is in touch with Indians still stranded in Malaysia. The Indian high commissioner to Malaysia Mridul Kumar had met the Indian tourist stranded in the South East Asian country.113 Indias stranded in transit in Malaysia due to travel restrictions were sent back last month to India.
The mission has arranged accommodation, food and medicines for Indians with assistance from local partners and requested its nationals to respect the movement restrictions announced by the Malaysian Govt.
India Malaysia ties which had suffered a set back during the tenure of Former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad, which had raked up Kashmir and India's Citizenship Amendment Law many times drawing the wrath of New Delhi.
Things look optimistic under the new Malaysian leadership of Muhyiddin Yassin. Last month, the new Malaysian Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein had met the Indian envoy and in a tweet said, "Malaysia and India’s relationship must be nurtured and consolidated to ensure we explore a new chapter together, looking forward to stronger ties for our mutual benefit."
Malaysia requests hydroxychloroquine from India
Stuffing people up in buses is a good idea ? The orders from centre stated that migrant labour are to be kept in their respective states throughout the lockdown. Why wasn't that followed ? Delhi is not the only large city and its not the only one with a large migrant labour population. Hell even my teensy little state has a sizable migrant labour population from Bihar, UP, Orrissa et al. Why is Delhi the only state getting in trouble all the time ?