Covid-19 cases in Bihar live updates: The Delhi government bought special train tickets for around 1,200 migrant workers from Muzaffarpur, Bihar after the Bihar government refused to pay.
On Friday, Delhi Labour Minister Gopal Rai tweeted that 1,200 migrant labourers left for Muzaffarpur and the Delhi government will bear their full travel cost.
All those who boarded the train were given food packets to eat during the travel along with dry fruits, biscuits, banana and water bottles, an official statement said on Friday.
COVID-19 screening has been completed successfully in 20 districts of Bihar. Principal Secretary, Health department Sanjay Kumar took on Tweeter to give this information.
As per the order issued by the union government on April 30, Bihar had five red zones including Patna, Rohtas, Munger, Gaya, and Buxar while 20 districts had been put in orange zones and rest 13 in green zones. Now more districts are likely to be classified in red zones while resting in orange zones in the state.
Moreover, 362 doctors in Bihar have been served with a show-cause notice for not reporting to work without prior notice amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This had led the Nitish Kumar-led government in the state to enforce another strict order- no leaves, apart from maternity leaves, can be availed by doctors, healthcare workers, and paramedic staff till the end of May.
All the doctors are from government hospitals which have been working extensively to treat COVID-19 patients. From over 37 districts in the state between March 31 to April 12 the doctors were absent from duty, the state health ministry said in a press release.
Bihar Health Department confirms 4 more coronavirus positive cases in the state taking the total number to 589. These COVID-19 patients are migrant labourers who carried the virus from other states and reached Bihar on Special Shramik Trains.
Bihar Health Department confirms 3 more coronavirus positive cases in the state taking the total number to 585. These three COVID-19 patients are migrant labourers who traveled Bihar from different states.
Many migrant labourers were seen standing in outsite Bihar Bhawan in a long queue seeking for help. They complaint that helpline number for COVID-19 crisis does not work. They were found helpless due to financial crunch amid the coronavirus lockdown.
Bihar Health Department confirms 2 more new coronavirus positive cases in Bihar. The total number of cases surge to 582. Both the new patients are the residents of Arwal district.
The Delhi government bought special train tickets for around 1,200 migrant workers from Muzaffarpur, Bihar after the Bihar government refused to pay. On Friday, Delhi Labour Minister Gopal Rai tweeted that 1,200 migrant labourers left for Muzaffarpur and the Delhi government will bear their full travel cost. All those who boarded the train were given food packets to eat during the travel along with dry fruits, biscuits, banana and water bottles, an official statement said on Friday.
As per Bihar Health Ministry, 33 more coronavirus patients have been recovered. Total number of recovered patients is 300 so far, which is 52% of total COVID-19 infected in Bihar.
Principal Secretary, Health Department of Bihar Sanjay Kumar took on Twitter to infrom about revised Coronavirus testing strategy with respect to returned migrants from other states.