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<ul class="summary-list"><li>California officials confirm that a "potential gastrointestinal illness" has struck at San Quentin.</li><li>Four prisoners told BI that last Wednesday's boiled chicken was to blame.</li></ul>Usually, when "chicken hindquarters" is on the dinner menu at San Quentin, it's good news."It's a very popular meal in prison," Aaron Ramzy, who is incarcerated there, told Business Insider in a phone call from his cell unit Wednesday. "You get one piece of chicken, roasted on the bone."But last Wednesday, the welcome dish may have led to a very unwelcome result. Four men serving sentences at San Quentin say dozens of prisoners were sickened, and some 2,000 were subjected to a week of lockdown to prevent any illness from spreading.Only on Wednesday, a full week later, were some units being taken off lockdown, they said.In a written statement, a spokesperson for California Correctional Health Care Services confirmed that "a potential gastrointestinal illness" had resulted in a precautionary cut-back in "programming and visitation."But the officials would not confirm any specifics, and said the cause was still under investigation.The four men who spoke to Business Insider told similar stories.It all started, they said, with some gnarly chicken served the day before the 4th of July holiday."Normally, it's prepared in the oven until it's well done," said Ramzy, 34. This chicken, though, was white with translucent skin. He said it looked undercooked."Hey, what is this?" Ramzy said he asked a correction officer who worked in the kitchen, which serves some 2,000 prisoners. The officer, he said, only shrugged."'Enjoy your food,'" Ramzy said he was told.In the four days after eating the chicken, he said he suffered "sweats, trembling, shivering," along with even more unpleasant symptoms of diarrhea and dry-heaving."Oh, you ate that chicken?" he recalled officers telling him, as he lurched toward the prison medical facility. "Go ahead, go ahead and get to medical."Ramzy said a sergeant told him some three dozen fellow residents of the prison's 600-inmate South Block needed medical attention, including electrolytes and antacids.Luis Sigueras, 61, said he was rushed out of the prison to Marin General Hospital."Yes, I did eat the chicken, and I have other health problems," including heart trouble, he told Business Insider."They took an EKG and a CAT scan and said I had food poisoning. It was the chicken on the bone from Wednesday — they served it with mashed potatoes and cake for dessert," he said.A doctor told him, "The next time you come here with chest pains or food poisoning, your heart is so weak you might not make it," he said."I told him, 'Doctor, if I gotta go, I gotta go. If God wants me, he'll take me.'"Marty Zahorik, 74, said he, too, was sickened after eating last Wednesday's chicken. He was put on an IV and couldn't keep water down."Everybody said I looked like I was going to die," he said.Zahorik said prison medical personnel told him 72 prisoners were treated for severe food poisoning."The food has been on a consistent downhill slide in the 22 years I've been here," he said. Portions have shrunk to subsistence levels, condiments and other extras have vanished, and for years, there's been a pigeon problem, he said.Zahorik said as recently as Wednesday, he witnessed bird droppings on tables and broken windows in the kitchen.About three years ago, the infestation was so bad, "We got a new sergeant, and he had a bunch of officers bring in pellet guns. And they executed the pigeons," he said.San Quentin is California's oldest and most notorious prison. First built in 1852, it has survived waves of controversy.The state is facing <a target="_blank" href="https://www.courthousenews.com/california-prison-officials-on-hook-for-covid-outbreak-at-san-quentin/">four lawsuits</a> stemming from the 2020 transfer of prisoners infected with COVID-19 to the prison — and the coronavirus outbreak that followed, sickening 75% of the population.Ultimately, 28 prisoners and a correctional officer died.The prison's four cell blocks house some 3,000 people in total.Last May, Gov. Gavin Newsom <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/the-california-model/san-quentin-transformation/">announced the facility's "transformation"</a> from San Quentin State Prison into San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, empowering an advisory council comprised of community leaders, prison staff, and program leaders to come up with recommendations to improve conditions.On Tuesday, the prison staff served chicken again, said Ramzy. "It was like chicken chunks over rice, with some kind of marinara sauce," he said.He has no idea how well it was cooked or what it tasted like."I didn't eat it. I was scared," he said."I know I've done something wrong, and I'm paying my debt to society, but I'm also human," he told Business Insider Wednesday afternoon, as the lockdown began to be lifted, unit by unit."I have a family who loves me. I shouldn't be getting just anything on a tray. I shouldn't be subjected to poison," he said.A spokesperson for the California Correctional Health Care Services issued this statement on Tuesday:"We are currently investigating cases of a potential gastrointestinal illness at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. When multiple patients in a housing unit present with symptoms consistent with a gastrointestinal illness, CDCR and CCHCS will take proactive measures to limit potential spread. This includes providing additional cleaning, education on proper handwashing procedures, and testing for potential causes."Results of testing can take multiple days. Additionally, programming and visitation can be limited as a precaution to prevent further spread."California Correctional Health Care Services did not respond to follow-up questions Wednesday.

San Quentin prison on lockdown as  dozens suffer gastrointestinal illness. Prisoners say 'boiled chicken' is to blame.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>I met a guy in Playa del Carmen, and we had an instant, unexpected connection.</li><li>After months of chatting, he asked me to join him in <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-traveling-to-barcelona-spain">Barcelona,</a> and I did.</li></ul>It was the first week of November 2019, and I was spending time with my family, who had come to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/moved-nyc-playa-del-carmen-mexico-what-its-like-2021-4">Playa del Carmen</a> to celebrate my birthday.As we made our way back to our hotel down one of Playa's most crowded streets, I locked eyes with a tall, handsome man. The connection was so intense that we continued looking back at each other as we walked away.In the midst of all of this, my mom interrupted and asked whether we were going in the right direction. I had forgotten I was leading the way.As we continued walking toward the hotel, I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was the guy, with another man.The second man said, "I'd like you to meet my friend," and joined our hands together before disappearing into the crowd.<h2 id="5bbe8c84-6192-409a-9924-8b050e7c4514">My encounter with a stranger changed everything</h2>Initially, I was confused and asked if he knew the other man who had left. He didn't. It felt like he was Cupid — he'd seen our connection and brought us together.The guy invited me to hang out that evening, but I had to decline since my family was in town. I asked if we could meet after they left.He told me he was leaving the following morning but said, "If it's meant to be, we'll meet somewhere in the world."I laughed off his statement but gave him my phone number. I had a feeling I'd see him again, but I wasn't sure where. At the time, I'd planned to live in Playa for the next year. But life had other plans. Over the next few weeks, nothing went as expected, and it felt like the city was pushing me out. I went back to the United States for a while but kept in touch with the guy.<h2 id="73998f53-0beb-497c-be06-e7edbb86ebde">He helped get me to Barcelona, which I fell in love with and now call home</h2><div type="image" title="Triumphal Arch in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain" height="3826" width="5739" msid="115062811" hostid="261" sizebytes="3065292"></div>The guy was on what seemed like his own <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-eat-pray-love-author-liz-gilbert-survived-her-success-2014-3">"Eat, Pray, Love" journey</a>. He had quit his job and was traveling around the world.Each time he arrived in a new city, he would ask if I wanted to join him, and I always declined. After about three months of messaging on WhatsApp, he mentioned he was going to Barcelona and invited me to come with him. This time, I seriously considered it: Barcelona and I had a history.It was the first place I traveled to after I <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/moving-to-nyc-fashion-career-became-worst-nightmare-2023-11">left my job in New York City</a> to travel the world for eight months. It was a special place, and I knew I would go back someday.Finding a flight there for only $161 felt like a sign. I went. We met in Barcelona and had an incredible time together until our three-day rendezvous abruptly ended. We ultimately went our separate ways, but I stayed in the city. Two weeks later, Barcelona went into lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, which lasted for what seemed like forever.As life slowly returned to a "new normal," I began to connect with expats and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/barcelona-overtourism-making-it-impossible-to-live-there-local-says-2024-8">locals in Barcelona</a>, building friendships and a community that made the city feel like home. I decided to make it just that and I've now lived in Barcelona for about four years. Interestingly, one of the first things the guy said to me when we met was that he invited me to Barcelona because he sensed Playa was no longer where I belonged.It seems he was right. I often think about this story and how life has a way of moving us toward unexpected places and people. What may seem like a fleeting moment can lead to an entirely new path — one that wasn't part of the original plan but ends up being exactly where you need to be.

A handsome stranger convinced me to travel to Barcelona. We only lasted 3 days, but I've now lived here for 4 years.

<ul><li>Rajeev Venkayya, Special Assistant to the President for Biodefense at the White House during the Bush administration who oversaw US preparedness for bioterrorism and biological threats, told it was difficult to say how much more time India would require to thwart the COVID-19 challenge.</li></ul><ul><li>On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day nationwide <keyword id="8942847" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="lockdown-in-india">lockdown in India</keyword> to stem the spread of coronavirus in the country.</li><li>A three-week lockdown is a reasonable starting point to contain the coronavirus pandemic in a country like India, he said.</li></ul> A three-week lockdown is a reasonable starting point to contain the coronavirus pandemic in a country like India, an eminent Indian-American epidemiologist has said, cautioning that a successful fight against the deadly virus might require some more time. Rajeev Venkayya, Special Assistant to the President for Biodefense at the White House during the Bush administration who oversaw US preparedness for bioterrorism and biological threats, told it was difficult to say how much more time India would require to thwart the COVID-19 challenge. On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown in India to stem the spread of coronavirus in the country. "From an epidemiologic standpoint, I don't know if three weeks will be enough. It may require more time," said Venkayya, who was responsible for the development and implementation of the National Strategy for Influenza pandemic during the second term of the Bush administration. He currently serves as president of the Global Vaccine Business Unit of pharmaceutical company Takeda. "We will have to look at what is happening in other countries," he said. "But if you were to ask me whether that will be enough given the size of the population, the healthcare capacity, the uniformity or lack of uniformity that is inevitable in a federated country like India where there's a lot of State autonomy on what to do and how to do it, and varying levels of compliance, I think this could easily go much longer," Venkayya said. A three-week lockdown is a reasonable starting point to contain the coronavirus pandemic in a country like India, he said. Since joining Takeda in 2012, he has established a high-impact vaccine pipeline that includes promising late-stage candidates for dengue and norovirus, gained through the acquisitions of LigoCyte and Inviragen Inc. As head of Special Assistant to the President for Biodefense at the White House, he was responsible for the America's first development and implementation of the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza in 2007. The White House published this federal guidance in 2007. "It's now called the flattening the curve strategy. At that time, we called it a targeted layered containment and then it became called community mitigation. But the first flattening the curve graph was published in our federal guidance in 2007," he said. "When I was in the white house, we were preparing for an influenza pandemic we realized that vaccines would not be available for many months after a pandemic started. And based on the 1918 experience, we expected there would be multiple waves of the pandemic and that for at least the first wave we would not have vaccines," he said. As such, the White House team led by him had to find other ways to protect communities from this pandemic virus. Based on some early modelling and additional modelling commissioned in 2006, they found the relevance of non-pharmaceutical interventions, community measures like closing schools and cancelling public gatherings, social distancing as well as isolation and quarantine for people that have been confirmed or suspected to have the virus. "If you put all of these things together, and importantly if you did them early in a coordinated fashion, you couldn't have a very big impact on the transmission of the virus in a community," he said, adding that this guidance was published in 2007. Emphasising the importance of doing these things early in the outbreak, he cautioned that else it would be much harder to prevent a large number of people from getting infected and accomplishing the goals of flattening the curve and delaying the peak of the curve. "So here I think it's very important that India took (lockdown) action now, ….. like many countries, there isn't widespread availability of diagnostic testing. And so it's hard to know how much virus is in any given community in India," he said. "We also know that the threat is greater in India than it may be in other places because of the population density. Also, there are significant portions of the population that don't have access to the healthcare services that would be necessary to take care of large numbers of sick people. So, it (social mitigation measures) becomes even more important in India than it's important everywhere," Venkayya said. Observing that none of the community interventions are perfect, he said if one puts a number of imperfect interventions together, then one can have a very significant positive impact on reducing virus transmission. Prior to Takeda, Venkayya served as director of Vaccine Delivery in the Global Health Program at the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, where he was responsible for the Foundation's efforts in polio eradication and new vaccine introduction. While at the foundation, he served on the Board of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI). The death toll due to COVID-19 has gone up to 273 and the number of cases has climbed to 8,356 in India, according to the Health Ministry. Globally, the novel coronavirus has killed 108,862 people and infected over 1.7 million people globally. The US has the highest number of infections at 529,887, according to Johns Hopkins University data. LKJ MRJ MRJ

Three-week lockdown reasonable starting point to fight coronavirus in India: former White House official

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11964539" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="france" source="Orion">France</keyword> is requiring eligible employees to <keyword id="11929864" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="work-from-home" source="Orion">work from home</keyword> for at least three days a week in January.</li><li>Other countries, like Switzerland, are considering mandating work from home amid the omicron surge.</li></ul>France is requiring that all citizens who can work from home do so for three days a week in January as the omicron variant causes a surge in <keyword id="11893194" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus" source="Orion">coronavirus</keyword> infections throughout the world. French Prime Minister Jean Castex declared the new measure on Monday. This is the second time during the <keyword id="11896136" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pandemic" source="Orion">pandemic</keyword> that France has set such a rule, first doing so between March and May of last year. Research shows that work-from-home slows the spread of the virus, and doesn't hamper productivity, but the discretion is often left to employers to let their workers do it — and many don't give them the option.Additionally, Castex limited outdoor public gatherings to 5,000 attendees and banned eating and drinking on long distance mass transit. Schools, however, will continue to reopen as planned in January. This news comes as France clocks in a record number of infections, averaging about 70,000 new ones a day, according to the country's <a href="https://www.gouvernement.fr/info-coronavirus/carte-et-donnees">coronavirus dashboard</a>. On Saturday, France recorded more than 100,000 new infections, the highest number reported in the country since the start of the pandemic nearly two years ago. <h2>Work from home helps stop the spread, but many aren't given the option</h2>Castex's mandate keeps parameters loose for who can and cannot work from home. Only 30 percent of the French working population worked from home during the containment period last year, according to a <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108512/activity-professional-containment-france/">survey</a> conducted in August by data platform Statista. Disparities persisted between executives and blue collar workers: 61% of managers and senior professionals were <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195679/share-french-employees-regularly-teleworking-professional-category/">able to work</a> remotely. In contrast, 95% of blue-collar workers either had to stop working or work in person because their jobs did not allow them to do so from home. For white-collar workers, that number was 82%. 75% of respondents to the <a href="https://www.gensler.com/gri/france-workplace-survey-2020-en">Gensler France Workplace Survey</a> last year said they were satisfied with their work-from-home experience, even though 65% said that they believe it's easier to work together at the office. Nearly half of respondents wanted their companies to increase work from opportunities (49%). Research shows that working from home does not impact productivity. A <a href="https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/are-we-really-more-productive-working-home">study</a> by the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business found that 6 out of 10 workers reported being more productive at home than they expected to be in the past year, compared with 14% of respondents who said they finished less work. 40% of people said they were more productive at home during the pandemic than in the office. The news comes as many European countries are reinstating some <keyword id="91743" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lockdown" source="Orion">lockdown</keyword> measures this week. Switzerland, which also previously implemented a work-from-home mandate, is also <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/11/30/switzerland-may-reintroduce-work-from-home-mandate-amid-omicron/">considering </a>doing so again amid the impact of Omicron. Scientists have <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8242705/#:~:text=Working%20from%20home%20can%20provide,home%20to%20practice%20physical%20distancing.">found</a> that working from home helps reduce the spread of the coronavirus by helping people avoid physical proximity to others on public transportation and in the office. Germany closed many gyms, swimming pools, nightclubs, and movie theaters, also limiting private gatherings of vaccinated people to 10 at most. Restrictions to these spaces were also put in place in Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Scotland, and Greece. Iceland had never seen more than 200 cases per day during the entire pandemic, but recorded 672 infections in one day this week.

French citizens must work from home 3 days a week as COVID cases surge again

<ul class="summary-list"><li>New moms in Singapore are paying up to $21,638 to spend a month in a VIP hideaway after birth.</li><li>They get to recuperate with nutritious meals and massages as nurses help look after their babies.</li></ul>Marissa Ma gave <a href="https://www.insider.com/how-giving-birth-changes-brain-2019-4">birth</a> to her baby boy in the fall. Instead of going home when she left hospital, she booked into one of Singapore's new luxury <a href="https://www.insider.com/moms-new-boram-postpartum-retreat-babies-new-york-2022-06">retreats for new moms</a>.Ma was collected by the luxury-confinement hotel's limo 48 hours after giving birth and spent the next 28 days at Kai Singapore, being fed restaurant-style meals and having pampering treatments as qualified nurses helped her look after her newborn. Postpartum confinement is nothing new in Asia. The custom of staying inside your home for around a month and eating nutritious food has been documented as early as 960 in China. Yet these VIP retreats, which launched recently in <a href="https://www.insider.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-traveling-to-singapore">Singapore</a>, take it to the next level.<h2>These are like luxury hotels for new moms</h2>These confinement centers are like five-star hotels where new moms can sleep on 600-thread-count sheets. They can rejuvenate their face at the aesthetics clinic, visit the in-house physiotherapy center to work their Kegel muscles, or be pampered in the hair salon or spa with herbal baths.The VIP postpartum moms can also expect nutritious restaurant-style meals designed to get them back to full strength. And the nurses or nannies on staff will feed, bathe, and change your baby's diaper if you need to catch some much-needed rest. <div type="image" title="The nursery at Clover Suites" height="541" width="720" msid="98675576" hostid="261" sizebytes="26030"></div><a href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=d08ebfe7d4ec8a6b2b507e37eb22c2dfab22ddb98aa406c5467a63491960af12&amp;postID=6411c5e9386467131a55b376&amp;site=in&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fdr-jenelle-kim-863835175%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jenelle Kim</a>, who has a doctorate in traditional Chinese medicine and founded Wellness Labs, said postpartum confinement was one of the most important times in Chinese culture for a mother and baby."This time allows the mother to rest and recover fully," Kim told Insider. "It also gives the mother and baby time to bond without interruptions from guests."The confinement period can last from one month to 45 days."It gives them the chance to avoid ailments that may weaken the body," Kim said. "The mother will remain indoors to help rebuild her strength after giving birth and stay away from pollution and germs."Moms will eat nutritious food about five times a day to boost their milk supply. They will stop eating cold food and instead eat traditional nutrient-filled fish soup boiled in papaya or chicken cooked in sesame oil."They will also have massages using special ointments, such as <a href="https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/mustard-oil-benefits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mustard-seed oil</a>, to help stimulate blood flow," said Kim. <div type="image" title="Food at Kai Singapore" height="1536" width="2048" msid="98675577" hostid="261" sizebytes="377074"></div><h2>The starting cost is over $21,000</h2>The stress of being a new parent for Ma was put on ice."I didn't need to worry about anything," Ma said. "I could just relax and let my body recover."Ma would be chauffeured to the hospital when the baby needed checkups. She would have a postnatal massage every week at the spa, as well as salon appointments and yoga classes weekly. She would shower with herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine and dine on meals based on its practices. Moms who want to book these suites pay up to $21,526 for 28 days at the center. But prices can go up from there. Meals for the new dad are extra, as are photo shoots and sessions with lactation consultants if a mom needs help with latching. While new moms in Singapore can choose to book a more-economical confinement live-in nanny for $2,238 or more to show them the ropes of caring for their newborn, many women are choosing to book one of these VIP retreats and kick-start motherhood in style. Melissa Lim chose to book into Momley Loft at the Aranda Country Club in Singapore after giving birth to twin boys. This resort-style sanctuary, which opened in mid-2022, features 20 luxury suites plus specialists, chefs, and dietitians. At first, Lim was going to hire a confinement nanny to help look after her twins at home, but she decided to book into Momley Loft, where postpartum massages are done in the comfort of your suite, nurses can help look after your babies, and there is a lounge where moms can hang out. The cost of a confinement nanny would have been more because she had twins, so the confinement center became a more-promising option."It would be a one-stop shop — everything would be there for us," Lim told Insider.<h2>Postpartum life can be hard without a community</h2>The US-based perinatal psychologist Marisa Perera said that adjusting to life with a newborn and motherhood could be isolating, which can affect postpartum mental health."Having a community of moms who are going through the same experience with babies born around the same time can be hugely helpful," Perera told Insider.<div type="image" title="Confinement suite at the country club based Momley Loft" height="2000" width="2666" msid="98675578" hostid="261" sizebytes="507612"></div>But Perera hopes that each mom is set up to win."My biggest concerns are how the moms are being prepared to transition back home," she said. "It will be important that moms feel set up for success for when they may have less help." Lim said this was where Momley Loft proved invaluable."I have a few friends who felt very lost after the confinement nannies they had at home left them at the end of the month," Lim said. "Momley Loft gave me a lot of advice that enabled me to easily transition from a confinement center to looking after my babies back home." Two other new luxury-confinement hotels that aim to help new mothers are the rooftop retreat Singjoy, which opened in February in the skyscraper-filled area of River Valley, and My Queen, which opened in September in a 500-hectare resort in the upscale area of Sentosa Island. Meiling Teo, My Queen's owner, wanted to take new moms away from the hustle and bustle of the city. The mom of three said that after finding her own confinement periods more akin to pandemic lockdowns, she wanted to create a staycation-style experience.At My Queen, moms can take part in therapeutic workshops and enjoy treatments at the spa while qualified nurses keep an eye on their babies in the nursery."Women should cut themselves some slack during their postpartum recovery and not to stress themselves out," Teo said.<div type="image" title="Spa treatment at My Queen" height="3285" width="4381" msid="98675579" hostid="261" sizebytes="272366"></div>She hoped to show new moms they're not alone during this time."My Queen focuses on the 'three E's' of environment, experience, and education to support new mothers," Teo said. "We blend modern evidence-based knowledge with traditional cultural practices that are anchored to the needs of a woman's maternal health and well-being."While Ma wanted to use the time to bond with her baby, she said the center gave her and her husband the chance to bond as a couple."We were excited to be new parents, and we were able to just share our feelings," Ma said. "I think we had more conversations than before."Ma loved Kai Singapore so much that she said she planned to return when she wanted to expand their family."I think I will go back a second time," Ma said.

There's a 28-day luxury retreat for new moms and their babies in Singapore. It costs over $21,000.

<ul><li>This was the ninth day in a row that the COVID-19 tally increased by more than 50,000.</li><li>According to the health ministry data updated at 8 am, 62,538 cases were added in a day taking the total <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> caseload to 20,27,074.</li><li>The death-toll climbed to 41,585 with 886 people succumbing to the infection in 24 hours, the data showed.</li></ul> Registering over 60,000 cases in 24 hours for the first time, India's COVID-19 tally galloped past 20 lakh on Friday, while the number of recoveries surged to 13.78 lakh, according to Union Health Ministry data. The COVID-19 tally had crossed 19 lakh just two days back. It took 110 days for COVID-19 cases in the country to reach one lakh and 59 days more to cross the 10-lakh mark. Thereafter it took just <keyword id="2371713" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="21-days">21 days</keyword> more to go past 20 lakh. This was the ninth day in a row that the COVID-19 tally increased by more than 50,000. According to the health ministry data updated at 8 am, 62,538 cases were added in a day taking the total coronavirus caseload to 20,27,074. The death-toll climbed to 41,585 with 886 people succumbing to the infection in 24 hours, the data showed. At the same time, the number of patients who recuperated from the disease surged to 13,78,105 on Friday taking the recovery rate to 67.98 per cent. There are 6,07,384 active coronavirus cases in the country presently. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative 2,27,88,393 samples have been tested for coronavirus infection up to August 6 with 6,39,042 being tested on Thursday. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/rbi-governor-shaktikanta-das-leaves-repo-rate-unchanged-to-check-inflation/articleshow/77387591.cms">‘Watchful’ RBI leaves repo rate unchanged to keep inflation in check</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/the-beirut-explosion-created-a-huge-mushroom-cloud-and-visible-blast-wave-but-nuclear-weapons-experts-say-it-wasnt-an-atomic-blast-heres-why-/articleshow/77362144.cms">The Beirut explosion created a huge mushroom cloud and visible blast wave, but nuclear weapons experts say it wasn't an atomic bomb. Here's why.</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/microsoft-for-startups-lathika-pai-says-entrepreneurs-pitching-for-investments-need-to-have-this-one-question-answered-in-their-pitch-decks/articleshow/77352935.cms">Microsoft for Startups’ Lathika Pai says entrepreneurs pitching for investments need to have this one question answered in their pitch decks</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/linkedin-tcs-disney-hotstar-zee-and-other-companies-hiring-right-now-in-india/slidelist/77352775.cms">LinkedIn, TCS, Disney+ Hotstar, Zee and other companies hiring right now in India</a>

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<ul><li>It’s Mother’s Day this weekend, but most of us are confined to our homes, practising social distancing to battle the Coronavirus pandemic. </li><li>But, small things — like watching her favourite movie together can help. </li><li>This week, Business Insider brings you the stories that celebrate moms. </li></ul>It’s Mother’s Day this weekend, but most of us are confined to our homes, practising social distancing to battle the Coronavirus pandemic. That means no movie date with moms, no parties and fancy dinner. But, small things can help — like watching her favourite movie together. This week, Business Insider brings you the stories that celebrate moms. Here are a few movies and series on Netflix, ZEE5 and Disney+ Hotstar. English Vinglish <div type="Youtube" id="wmGVY4T88dc" title="English Vinglish | Official Trailer" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wmGVY4T88dc/mqdefault.jpg"></div> IMDb rating: 7.8/10 Director: Gauri Shinde Cast: Sridevi, Mehdi Nebbou, Priya Anand, Adil Hussain English Vinglish is an Indian comedy-drama film released in 2012 and is now available on Netflix. The story revolves around a small entrepreneur and mother named Shashi. She makes snacks. And then one fine day, Shashi decides to learn English and joins a course to refrain her husband and daughter from mocking her lack of English skills. And in the process, she ends up gaining self-respect. Workin’ Moms <div type="Youtube" id="gk1vKFcUxyU" title="Workin' Moms Season 1 Netflix Trailer" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gk1vKFcUxyU/mqdefault.jpg"></div> IMDb rating: 7.4/10 Director: Catherine Reitman Cast: Catherine Reitman,Dani Kind,Juno Rinaldi Workin' Moms is a Canadian show available on Netflix. The show narrates the story of four friends and working mothers who are to return to work in Toronto while managing their kids, bosses, love and everyday life. The story goes around how they deal with the challenges of being working mothers Nil Battey Sannata <div type="Youtube" id="rGrhXaVyltc" title="Nil Battey Sannata Official Trailer with Subtitle | Swara Bhaskar, Ratna Pathak" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rGrhXaVyltc/mqdefault.jpg"></div> IMDb rating: 8.4/10 Director: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari Cast: Swara Bhaskar, Sanjay Suri, Pankaj Tripathi, Ratna Pathak Nil Battey Sannata, which is a slang for ‘Good For Nothing’, was a movie released in 2015. Apeksha is a class 10 student who hates studying. More because of her family’s financial status as she understands that she won’t be able to gp for higher studies. Her mother pushes her to study maths but Apeksha believes that she will end up being a maid like her mother. And then, her mother decides to study in her class. The movie was also released internationally as The New Classmate and i now available on ZEE5. Otherhood <div type="Youtube" id="q2b8MKsUloc" title="Otherhood | Official Trailer | Netflix" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/q2b8MKsUloc/mqdefault.jpg"></div> IMDb rating: 6/10 Director: Cindy Chupack Cast: Patricia Arquette,Angela Bassett,Felicity Huffman Otherhood is an American comedy film available on Netflix. The film, based on the novel ‘Whatever Makes You Happy’ is a story of three best friends who drive to New York city to surprise their adult sons when they forget Mother’s Day. Mom <div type="Youtube" id="hctApy_i-qg" title="MOM - Official Trailer | Sridevi | Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Akshaye Khanna | Hindi Thriller Movie" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hctApy_i-qg/mqdefault.jpg"></div> IMDb rating: 7.3/10 Director: Ravi Udyawar Cast: Sridevi,Akshaye Khanna,Sajal Ali Available on Netflix and ZEE5, Mom narrates the story of a biology teacher Devki, who hires a private detective to take revenge for her stepdaughter’s sexual assault. She pledges to destroy the four rapists who were acquitted by the court. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/heres-why-mothers-day-is-celebrated-on-the-second-sunday-of-may-every-year/articleshow/75617023.cms">Here’s why Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May every year</a>

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