AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh has reported 9,996 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the state to 2,61,247 on Thursday, August 13. The other two are an attendant and a staff nurse.Though the government was tight-lipped, highly placed sources told Harichandran tested negative last week, sources said, adding that samples were taken from the governor again Sunday evening and sent for an RTPCR test. Vijayawada: The Covid 19 virus has entered the Andhra Pradesh Raj Bhavan, a highly secured and sanitized place housing the first citizen of the state -- … We have not allowed even newspapers in our house. There was no outside contact as we insulated ourselves. By continuing to use our site, you accept our use of cookies, revised

She has been admitted to the designated COVID-19 hospital there for treatment, they said. By continuing to use our site, you accept our use of cookies, revised

“We are expecting the result by Monday,” said a senior bureaucrat.Covid-19 has also affected Kurnool MP Dr Sanjeev Kumar’s family. "We have been living with infections since our childhood. Vijayawada, the political capital of Andhra Pradesh, has become the new epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.Out of the 222 cases reported from AP in the last three days, 110 – half – are of Vijayawada and surroundings, where several government establishments are.Among the fresh positive cases detected are four of the Andhra Pradesh Raj Bhavan staff, triggering the health officials to check the samples of the Governor Biswabhushan Harichandan.


Harichandan will be sworn in as governor on July 24.

This comes close on the heels of Centre appointing Biswa Bhushan Harichandan as the new governor of Andhra Pradesh recently.. A decision has been taken to convert the old Irrigation building …

High Court Chief Justice Praveen Kumar will administer the oath of office.Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Mukesh Kumar who is currently working as Secretary to the Tribal Welfare department has been given full additional charge as secretary to the new governor.

Therefore, one need not harbor thoughts of fear on hearing testing positive, he said.Coronavirus enters Andhra Pradesh Raj Bhavan: four of governor's staff test positiveGovernor Biswa Bhushan Harichandan, 85, subjected to tests although he tested negative previously

Stringent restrictions on public movement could have helped avoid the disturbing numbers, health officials lament.
Only old people with co-morbidity characteristics may face life-threatening experiences due to new virus", the MP reasoned.Dr Sanjeev Kumar said that we are already 40-50 days into the coronavirus crisis and not a single ventilator case was reported in Kurnool so far. Four of the eight persons whose samples were taken on Friday were found infected.Sources said the governor was unhappy over the lack of adequate space in Raj Bhavan to retain all the staff members in home quarantine, forcing some to go out every night and return to duties the next day.

On Monday, videos emerged where Vijayawada police are seen moving people found loitering on roads into ambulances “to be taken for confinement.”Vijayawada lies along-side the Krishna river, the other side of which is Guntur district where the capital Amaravati is located.

While his 83-year-old father was shifted to Hyderabad in a critical condition, five other family members who too tested positive are undergoing treatment in Andhra Pradesh's designated Covid hospital in Kurnool.The MP, who is a doctor by profession and has 26 doctor relatives working in different hospitals, announced that the virus had entered stage 3 in Kurnool as was evident from his family members getting infected even after quarantining themselves for more than a month.Dr Kumar is perhaps the first lawmaker to openly announce that community spread has already set in, a reality that the Centre is unwilling to accept. He appealed to people not to panic. At-least eight policemen are also virus hit, reportedly.

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