{"id":321344,"date":"2020-03-21T09:17:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T09:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=321344"},"modified":"2020-03-21T09:17:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T09:17:14","slug":"maharashtra-pune-woman-with-no-foreign-travel-history-tests-positive-for-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/maharashtra-pune-woman-with-no-foreign-travel-history-tests-positive-for-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Maharashtra: Pune woman with no foreign travel history tests positive for Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-319236 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/virus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/01\/virus.jpg 481w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/01\/virus-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/>A woman has tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra&#8217;s Pune city, a senior official confirmed on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">However, it was found that the woman had no travel history to any foreign country but had travelled to Navi Mumbai to attend a wedding on March 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The woman is currently on ventilator support at Bharti Hospital and had tested positive for the infection after her throat swabs were sent to National Institute of Virology to check for the possibility of swine flu (H1N1), sources said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The total number of positive cases in Pune rose to 23 and in Maharashtra to 63.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Chief Minister\u00a0Uddhav Thackeray\u00a0on Friday announced that all offices in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and Pimpri Chinchwad in Maharashtra will be closed till March 31 to fight\u00a0coronavirus<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">All shops have also been shut, only essential services will be operational, adding to it, the Chief Minister said all private companies have been told to let employees work from home and government offices in the state would operate at 25 percent attendance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday interacted with Chief Ministers of all states via Video Conferencing to discuss measures to combat COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He said that the threat of the pandemic is common for all states and underscored the need of Centre and all States working together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Modi said that the next 3-4 weeks are crucial in efforts to contain the spread of the virus, and the most important measure for containment is \u2018social distancing\u2019. He requested the Chief Ministers<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman has tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra&#8217;s Pune city, a senior official confirmed on Saturday. However, it was found that the woman had no travel history to any foreign country but had travelled to Navi Mumbai to attend a wedding on March 3. 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