India Coming Together Against COVID-19 campaign, an RB and NDTV initiative, aims to provide a platform to highlight the works of the unsung heroes, NGOs and community leaders at the frontline of the hygiene battle against COVID-19.
It is a small effort to keep Indians well informed with medical facts and the news that matters the most in their daily lives during the current lock-down. A campaign of hope despite of all of us being isolated.
The campaign will recognise and acknowledge the unsung heroes who are at the forefront of this battle against the coronavirus – doctors, the police, community kitchens, the suppliers of essential commodities. Pan-India stories on the effort being made to combat the virus – narrated by the administrators, the police and government bodies. We will also showcase how hygiene and handwashing are critical in this fight against Novel Coronavirus.
Here are the Highlights from the #IndiaAgainstCOVID19 Telethon:
World
67,69,38,430Cases
62,55,71,965Active
4,44,81,893Recovered
68,84,572Deaths
Coronavirus has spread to 200 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 67,69,38,430 and 68,84,572 have died; 62,55,71,965 are active cases and 4,44,81,893 have recovered as on January 9, 2024 at 10:54 am.
India
4,50,19,214 475Cases
3,919 -83Active
4,44,81,893 552Recovered
5,33,402 6Deaths
In India, there are 4,50,19,214 confirmed cases including 5,33,402 deaths. The number of active cases is 3,919 and 4,44,81,893 have recovered as on January 9, 2024 at 8:00 am.
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That's a wrap on #IndiaAgainstCOVID19 Telethon. Stay safe, wear a mask, maintain social distance and wash your hands
Jasbir Jassi concludes the #IndiaAgainstCOVID19 telethon with soulful recitation of Sufi poet Amir Khusrau's composition
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Anita Rego highlights the importance of mental health during Coronavirus outbreak:
Mohit Ahuja of Bikers For Good on #IndiaAgainstCOVID19 telethon:
We are a community in India and we ride for social causes. We want to change the stereotypes about the biker groups. When COVID outbreak began, not a lot of people were discussing handwashing, we took support from Dettol. Just a day before the lockdown, 15 of us from Bikers For Good went across Delhi and created awareness about proper handwash practices.
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'It's time to introspect,' says Prasoon Joshi on #IndiaAgainstCOVID19 telethon
When we talk about standing together, we need to fight corona together. This is the time for humanity to unite. This is not the time to divide and blame, we need to focus on our country's fight against the virus. There's an opportunity here to learn a lot. We are also getting a chance to spend time with our family, I'm here in Delhi getting to spend time with my parents. We take a lot of things for granted so this is also a time for introspection. We should all be positive.
My prayers are with all the people around the world: Shikhar Dhwana, Cricketer on Telethon
Best and worst performing states in India in terms of tackling Coronavirus Cases
Actor Huma Qureshi on #IndiaAgainstCOVID19 telethon:
- It is a difficult situation but we are all in this together. I spend my time doing things like cooking, watching TV. But people out there are suffering even more, so we shouldn't be worried about spending time at home
- As soon as the lockdown is over, we will start the cinema halls and should ensure measures like sanitisation and social distancing in the theatre. We want to spread positivity. We need to ensure daily wage workers in film industry are also safeguarded.
Gaurav Chaudhury, Youtuber on #IndiaAgainstCOVID19 telethon:
Telangana another state which has been effective in fighting the Coronavirus Outbreak
Shruti Haasan on #IndiaAgainstCOVID19 telethon
Actor, Shruti Haasan on importance of mental health during lockdown:
This is an anxious time for everybody. There is different levels of anxiety for everyone. I'm thankful to be safe and at home. I'm aware of the sacrifices and situation out there, just like yourselves sitting in the studios. Anxiety and depression is a problem that can also arise from isolation. There are tons of hotlines working and helping people. I'm reaching out and helping people as much as I can.
Actor, Yami Gautam on #IndiaAgainstCOVID19 telethon:
Karnataka is also one of the states relatively successful in dealing with the Coronavirus outbreak
Kerala's tackling of the Coronavirus outbreak is a success story for everyone to emulate
Andhra Pradesh has seen a positive impact of the lockdown
Data shows that Gujarat has reasons to worry
Naina Lal Kidwai on #IndiaAgainstCOVID19 telethon:
Naina Lal Kidwai on #IndiaAgainstCOVID19 telethon, says lockdown can be eased in a phased manner:
- We have a list of hotspots, but if the green spots are safe we can feed the real estate and construction workers and have labour onsite, we may put them to work with proper regime. We can shut them if they violate rules, but we should at least begin.
- If we turn to the list of essential services, I would like to see the IT sector to be considered as an essential service. In the past West Bengal, IT sector was always given the focus, because of outsourcing of services. we need to facilitate the norms like social distance, hygiene, testing etc and try to restart those.
- 50% of our back office operations in HSBC were working in India amid the SARS outbreak, we didn't shut down the services. We need to ensure critical services can be run.
Naina Lal Kidwai, Former FICCI President on Coronavirus lockdown impact
Tu na jaane aas pass hain khuda sings Tulsi Kumar, dedicating it to all those in the frontline of this battle against COVID-19
Doctors, nurses, police forces, people supplying essential commodities, pharmacy workers are all the heroes who are risking their lives to ensure we are comfortable.
I hope everyone is indoor and safe. Our appeal to everyone to stay indoor for the entire community and the world. We are using social media to promote the message of social distancing and hygiene to tackle the situation. We don't know how we will cure from this and all we can do is stay indoor.
Yuvraj Singh, Former Indian Cricketer on #IndiaAgainstCOVID19 telethon:
Dushyant Chautala, Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana on how the lockdown can be eased in a phased manner:
We have more than 3 lakh labourers in the isolated areas. If companies can accommodate labourers in their campus, we may consider to let them resume. Cloth factories can be resumed following social distancing. Protocols like masks, sanitisers and social distancing need to be in place only then we will let them resume work.
Here is a story of a warrior in Bangalore who is helping fight hunger in Banglore through his initiative during the coronavirus lockdown:
Singer Sonu Nigam joined the telethon from Dubai where he has been since lockdown began
Imapct of lockdown on Tamil Nadu
Lockdown has benefitted Delhi, but there is a need to watchful
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Viswanathan Anand on fighting COVID-19:
Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand joins the Telethon from Germany where he has been away from his family due to lockdown:
- In Germany, people are in the culture of following the law. People automatically started stepping away from each other. I haven't seen any cops enforcing social distance. People are practising it themselves. They also have a decentralised health system here, death rate here is low because they acted very seriously.
- In this case first thing is to accept mistakes will be made by government and health ministry because it is a completely new situation. The main thing is whether you agree with anything or not, follow the command and regulations specially with social distancing and hygiene. We are trying to break the chain of the virus.
Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, UNAIDS on what we have learnt from fighting HIV for 25 years:
1) We know it is important to take care of the community and those put in the frontline to fight the battle.
2) We know we must never compromise on human rights.
3) Don't accept stigma and discrimination - it is counter productive. We need to fight discrimination. Otherwise people will not come forward for testing
4) It is important to support the vulnerable.
We should look at resuming work in a phased manner with precautions: Niranjan Hiranandani, President, ASSOCHAM
- Let me assure you that we have have been taking care of all the workers, we've fed them, we have can do sanitisation, temperature checking. So with necessary protection in limited areas, work needs to resume. But with necessary protection with necessary govt directives.
- You can resume real estate with social distancing and monitoring. It can't be in 100 percent cases but in 70-80% cases with necessary protection work can resume.
- Small and Medium Enterprises with 10-12 workers, some of them can also resume work in phased manner, with complete protection and reasonable restrictions.
Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog on #IndiaAgainstCOVID19 telethon
I would like clarify, we have scaled up testing from 1,600 to more than one lakh tests today. In next couple of days more than 2.5 lakh tests in a day will happen. We are adopting all kinds of tests across the country. Testing kits will not be a shortage. We need to be intelligent for testing the right people in hotspots of the country.
Aditya Sehgal, COO - Health, RB joins the #IndiaAgainstCOVID19 Telethon from London:We need to protect the protectors. That's the first learning. That's the first lesson.
Lockdown has been working if we take a look at the all-India Coronavirus infections, if the lockdown had not happened then the trajectory of growth in number of infections would have been very high: Prannoy Roy
#IndiaAgainstCOVID19 Telethon gets underway.
All smiles on the set with minutes to go for the start of #IndiaAgainstCOVID19 Telethon
15 minutes to go: All technical checks done in the production control room.
India Coming Together Against COVID-19The 2-hour special telethon this week aims to honour the people in the frontline of this battle against the pandemic - the doctors, nurses, other hospital staff and healthcare workers. Let's not forget the many others involved in the essential services, like the police, the sanitary workers, the delivery boys, the NGOs and individuals taking care of the poor and the homeless by providing food and the scientist community that is working hard to learn more about this new virus and its possible treatment.
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