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Coronavirus transmission through asymptomatic patients very rare: WHO

In a press briefing held at Geneva on June 8, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, Epidimiologist, WHO, said that asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is ?very rare.
Dr Maria D Van Kerkhove

In a WHO (World Health Organization) press briefing held at Geneva on June 8, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove (WHOs epidemiologist and technical lead on COVID-19), said that asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is ?very rare.

Despite numerous experts worldwide claiming that asymptomatic transmission is more frequent and hard to contain, Dr Kerkhove said, We are constantly looking at the data and trying to get more information from countries to truly answer this question. It still appears to be rare that asymptomatic individuals actually transmit onward.

Comprehensive studies on transmission from asymptomatic individuals are difficult to conduct but the available evidence from the contact tracing reported by member states suggests that asymptomatically-infected individuals are much less likely to transmit the virus than those who develop symptoms, the WHO said in guidelines, which it had issued last week.

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When questioned in more detail about the increasing asymptomatic spread in many countries, Dr Kerkhove said that many of them turn out to have mild disease or unusual symptoms. WHO has maintained that this type of spread is not the reason for uncontained pandemic and it probably accounts for about six per cent of spread, at most.

Dr Kerkhove said that based on data from countries, when asymptomatic COVID-19 are tracked over a long period to see if they spread the disease, there are ?very few? cases of the spread.

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Nitin Gadkari graces screening of ‘Me Vasantrao’ at Sudama Theatre in Nagpur

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Radhika Dhawad | Photographer : Nitin Mankar | Photographer : Bhavesh Mahalle | Nagpur

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari graced the special screening of Marathi movie ‘Me Vasantrao’ – a movie based on the life of Hindustani classical singer and violinist Vasantrao Deshpande.

The screening was held at Sudama Theatre in Nagpur on Sunday evening in the presence family members, friends and the cast of the movie.

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Mayor Dayashankari Tiwari kicks off polio drive in Nagpur

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Nagpur Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari, on Sunday, launched Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) door-to-door polio campaign drive. He, along with Deputy Mayor Manisha Dhawade visited Rognidan Centre in Mahal, Nagpur and inaugurated the campaign by giving polio drops to a toddler.
As per NMC officials, ten Zonal Medical Officers and Ten Health inspectors would visit every house in their respective zones, in order to vaccinate children between the ages of zero-five to immune them against polio.
NMC had recognised Sunday as the official day for polio vaccination. Under Polio Ravivar, they plan to vaccinate more than three lakh kids in Nagpur. They also urged Nagpurkars to vaccinate their children at pulse Polio Booths near their homes from 8 am- 5 pm, on Sunday.
NMC Standing Committee Chief, Corporator Vijay Zalke spoke to Nation Next regarding this campaign and said, This year’s polio drive is going to be bigger than last year. We are planning to vaccinate around 3- 3.15 lakh kids. NMC is bearing the cost of infrastructure and execution. The state government provided us with the doses.
He further stated that there were special teams to vaccinate the homeless during night. ?When it comes to the health of Nagpurkars, money is not a factor we should think about, said Zalke when asked about NMC’s current financial crunch.
As per Zalke, vaccination facility would also be available in slums,, factory areas and other outskirts of Nagpur.

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Congress legislator caught watching porn in Karnataka Assembly

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Congress leader Prakash Rathod, on Friday, was caught on camera while allegedly scrolling through few adult content clips in the State Assembly. This turned out to be a huge embarrassment for both, Congress and Rathod as regional channels aired the video, in which he was ?caught in the act.
The MLC member was present in the house during the proceedings of the legislative council. While the house was in session, Rathod was watching adult content on his smartphone.
However, he threw these charges under the bus and said, I was looking for materials for a question I wanted to ask the government in question hour.
?When I was looking for question material, I deleted too many messages as my phone storage was full. What the media has shown or seen, I don’t know. I would never do such things or see such things, he added.
This was not the first time in Karnataka that such an incident had happened. Back in 2012, three Bharatiya Janata Party ministers were caught on camera allegedly watching adult content in the State Assembly. Following the scandal, they resigned from the state government due to public embarrassment.

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