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By Gurdip Singh Singapore, Apr 11 () Fifty-one Indian nationals working in Singapore are among the 191 new coronavirus cases reported on Saturday, taking the total number of the COVID-19 patients in the city-state to 2,299.The Health Ministry said that a 90-year-old Singaporean man died from complications due to COVID-19 infection on Saturday morning, taking the total number of death due to the virus to eight.All 191 new patients contracted the virus locally, it said, adding that 51 infections were connected to dormitories for foreign workers.The first case from the dormitories was reported on March 29. Thirty-one COVID-19 patients are in critical conditions in the intensive care units out of the 943 hospitalized.Thirty-five patients have been discharged from hospitals or placed in community isolation facilities as of Saturday, the ministry said.In all, 528 patients have fully recovered, it added.Fourteen additional cases are linked to infected people from the Indian origin mega store Mustafa Centre, which has been declared a cluster with a total of 78 confirmed cases. The store has been shut down for disinfection. Singapore authorities are working to improve the living conditions in dormitories and relocating workers in other accommodations, including empty Housing Development Board flats and Army facilities, according to local media reports. GS ZHZH

51 Indians among 191 news coronavirus cases in Singapore

The Income Tax Department on Friday issued a notification allowing hospitals and nursing homes to accept cash payments of ₹2 lakh and more for the treatment of coronavirus infected patients. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), that frames policy for the department, issued the notification. It said hospitals, dispensaries, nursing homes, COVID care centres or similar other medical facilities providing <keyword id="8918466" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="covid-19-treatment">COVID-19 treatment</keyword> to patients are being "specified for the purpose of section 269ST of the Income Tax Act". This section restricts any person from receiving an amount of ₹2 lakh or more in cash, from a person in a day, in respect of a single transaction or in respect of transactions relating to one event or occasion from a person. It was introduced by the Union government in 2017 as a measure to curb black money. The notification said the latest provision is being made for a period between April 1-May 31 "on obtaining the PAN or Aadhaar of the patient and the payee and the relationship between the patient and the payee" by such hospitals or COVID care centres. Officials said the move was aimed to remove the hardship being faced by relatives and caregivers of coronavirus infected patients who visit the hospitals for treatment. The country is grappling with the onslaught of a massive COVID-19 wave with a record over 4.14 lakh new infections and 3,915 deaths being reported in a span of 24 hours, as per the Union health ministry data updated on Friday. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/a-potentially-lethal-fungal-disease-is-creeping-into-recovering-covid-19-patients-and-the-prognosis-is-not-good/articleshow/82476375.cms">A potentially lethal fungal disease is creeping into recovering Covid-19 patients, and the prognosis is not good</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/gautam-adani-net-worth-has-crossed-60-billion-as-per-forbes/articleshow/82454659.cms">Gautam Adani’s net worth has crossed $60 billion – thanks to Adani Ports’ profits</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/good-news-for-tata-steel-jsw-steel-sail-hindalco-and-other-indian-steel-companies/articleshow/82451127.cms">China has broken another emissions record ⁠— and it is good news for some Indian companies</a>

Indian government allows cash payment of over ₹2 lakh for COVID-19 treatment at hospitals

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>'s delegation to the <keyword id="107692" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="G7">G7</keyword> is self-isolating after two of its members tested positive for COVID-19.</li><li>India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said he would attend his meetings virtually.</li><li>India's second wave accounted for a quarter of global <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> deaths last week.</li></ul>India's foreign minister is self-isolating after two members of the country's delegation to the G7 meeting of foreign ministers in <keyword id="6354968" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="london">London</keyword> have tested positive for COVID-19."Two delegates tested positive so the entire delegation is now self isolating," a British official told <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/covid-scare-g7-meeting-after-indian-delegates-test-positive-sky-2021-05-05/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reuters</a>.Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India's foreign minister, said on <a href="https://twitter.com/DrSJaishankar/status/1389854062762409987">Twitter</a> that he was made aware of possible exposure to the virus on Tuesday and said that he would now attend Wednesday's G7 meeting virtually "as a measure of abundant caution."A source told Insider that the Indian delegation has yet to attend the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting at Lancaster House so did not pose a risk to the summit.They added that all delegates took daily COVID-19 tests, wore masks, and practised social distancing.India is battling a record-breaking surge of the virus that has overwhelmed hospitals, morgues, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-coronavirus-dead-cremation-parking-lots-overflow-2021-4">crematoriums</a>. Hospitals are struggling with a critical oxygen shortage.Rapidly spreading coronavirus variants are perhaps the biggest culprit for India's new surge.The variant first found in the country, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-variants-uk-south-africa-brazil-us-facts-questions-2021-1">B.1.617</a>, is in <a href="https://cov-lineages.org/lineages/lineage_B.1.617.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fact three distinct viruses</a>. Collectively, they have spread to 17 countries, according to the WHO. All three have been detected in the US, <a href="https://cov-lineages.org/lineages/lineage_B.1.617.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to GISAID.</a>But <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-coronavirus-cases-deaths-lesson-stay-alert-2021-4">a number of other factors</a> also contributed to their spread: massive social gatherings, a slow vaccine rollout, and a healthcare system that was woefully unprepared for the influx of patients.India accounted for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-deaths-india-one-quarter-global-count-2021-5">one in four global deaths from the coronavirus</a> last week, the World Health Organization said, as well as 46% of global cases. The country has reported a total of <a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">226,188 deaths</a> since the start of the pandemic - the third highest, behind just the US and Brazil.India is not a member of the G7, an intergovernmental organization which includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the <keyword id="6354868" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="UK">UK</keyword>, and the US, but it is attending this week's meeting.The G7 is holding its annual summit in Cornwall in June - the group's first face-to-face summit in two years.

Two coronavirus cases have been confirmed among the Indian delegation attending the London G7 meeting

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="1376100" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Rahul-Vohra">Rahul Vohra</keyword>, an Indian vlogger, died from <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword>, his wife announced in an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COrkE5YpDX2/">Instagram post</a> Monday. </li><li>In his final social media posts, Vohra criticized the hospital care he was receiving in the country.</li><li><keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> is battling a second wave of <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> infections, leaving many <keyword id="6365858" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hospitals">hospitals</keyword> overwhelmed.</li></ul>Just one day after slamming the quality of his hospital care, Indian actor and YouTuber <a href="https://www.facebook.com/irahulvohra/photos">Rahul Vohra</a>, died from COVID-19, his wife said in an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COrkE5YpDX2/">Instagram post</a> Monday. The popular vlogger amassed a large following with his short, comical videos posted to Facebook and Youtube, which often wracked up tens of millions of views. His wife, Jyoti Tiwari, confirmed Vohra's death in an Instagram post Monday shared alongside a final video of her husband in a Delhi hospital. In the video, Vohra criticized the medical care he had received thus far."You try and call out for the attendant, but they don't come," <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/10/india/rahul-vohra-dies-india-covid-scli-intl/index.html">he said.</a> "They come in an hour's time or more, and you have to manage in their absence somehow." "My Rahul has left us, everyone knows that but, no one knows how he left us," Tiwari said in her Instagram post, criticizing the hospital. "I hope my husband will get justice." India is battling a massive COVID-19 surge amid the spread of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-coronavirus-variant-more-transmissible-who-says-2021-5">more contagious variants</a>. The country reached a grim milestone Saturday with a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-covid-19-record-more-than-4000-covid-19-deaths-2021-5">new record of more than 4,000 deaths.</a> Hospitals in the country have been <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-hospitals-overwhelmed-in-covid-19-2nd-wave-gatherings-continue-2021-4">overwhelmed with patients</a> amid severe shortages of beds, the drug remdesivir, and medical oxygen. Prime Minister Narendra <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fauci-urged-india-to-impose-covid-lockdown-modi-refused-2021-5">Modi has thus far resisted growing calls</a> for a nationwide lockdown."I would have lived had I received better treatment," Vohra wrote in his <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/actor-rahul-vohra-passes-away-due-to-covid-19-complications-after-sharing-a-post-seeking-better-treatment/articleshow/82499070.cms">final Facebook post</a> before his death, tagging Prime Minister Modi's Facebook page in the post.

An Indian vlogger who criticized his hospital care in his last video has died from COVID-19

<ul class="summary-list"><li>There is a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-hospitals-report-dire-oxygen-shortages-coronavirus-battle-2021-4">shortage of liquid medical oxygen</a> in <keyword id="6365858" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hospitals">hospitals</keyword> in northern <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>. </li><li><keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword> cases are surging at record-breaking numbers in India. </li><li>A lack of <keyword id="6355647" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Oxygen">oxygen</keyword> means hospitals can't help treat people who are severely ill from the virus. </li></ul>Six hospitals in Delhi have run out of liquid medical oxygen as hospitals across northern India <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-hospitals-report-dire-oxygen-shortages-coronavirus-battle-2021-4">face shortages amid a coronavirus surge.</a><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/coronavirus-six-delhi-hospitals-run-out-of-oxygen-minister-tells-centre/article34385678.ece">In a letter seen by The Hindu,</a> Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia asked Union <keyword id="6354750" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="health">Health</keyword> Minister Harsh Vardhan to intervene and help get oxygen to hospitals that have run out.He said Delhi was not getting its full quota of oxygen from a facility in Haryana, and it's causing massive shortages.A lack of oxygen means hospitals can't help treat people who are severely ill with COVID-19.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-coronavirus-cases-highest-single-day-rise-global-record-2021-4">India on Thursday reported</a> more than 314,000 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, the most ever recorded by a single country.

6 Indian hospitals have run out of oxygen as the country faces a record-breaking COVID-19 surge

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A woman in <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>, believed to have died from COVID-19, woke up moments before her own cremation.</li><li>The 76-year-old was already on a funeral bier when she woke up crying, shocking family members.</li><li>The woman tested positive for COVID-19 several days ago, but her current condition is unknown.</li></ul>A 76-year-old Indian woman, who was believed to be dead after testing positive for COVID-19, shocked her family members when she woke up minutes before her own cremation, <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/maharashtra-elderly-woman-covid-cremation-wakes-up-baramati-1802837-2021-05-15">local media reported.</a>The woman, identified as Shakuntala Gaikwad from Baramati, had tested positive for the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/covid-19-india-registers-311170-fresh-cases-and-4077-fatalities-in-a-single-day-pushing-the-total-caseload-to-24684077-cases/articleshow/82675482.cms">coronavirus</a> last week.After her condition deteriorated, family members drove her to a Silver Jubilee Hospital on May 10 but were unable to secure a bed for her because <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-modi-india-failed-in-critical-hour-of-need-2021-4">all the wards were full. </a>While they anxiously waited outside in a private vehicle, the woman became unconscious, leading the family to believe she had passed away.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-doctors-warn-smearing-cow-dung-body-not-fight-covid-2021-5">People in India are smearing cow dung over their bodies to ward off COVID-19 as second wave crisis worsens</a>The family took her back home and started preparing for cremation, but just before the funeral bier was about to be set alight, Gaikwad opened her eyes and began crying, according to local media. Local policeman, Santosh Gaikwad, confirmed the incident had taken place.The woman was taken back to the hospital for further treatment, Dr. Sadanand Kale, the founder of Silver Jubilee Hospital, told <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/maharashtra-elderly-woman-covid-cremation-wakes-up-baramati-1802837-2021-05-15">India Today</a>. Her current condition is not known.India is still in the <a href="https://www.insider.com/india-hospital-fire-covid-patients-deaths-2021-4">midst of a devastating second coronavirus wave</a>. It is reporting <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-first-country-to-record-400000-single-day-coronavirus-cases-2021-5">record-breaking new cases</a> and deaths every other day as people are struggling to find hospital beds, oxygen, or medical treatment.The country has reported more than 24 million cases and more than 270,000 deaths so far, <a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/india">according to a tracker by Johns Hopkins University.</a> Experts say actual numbers could be <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-covid-19-death-toll-could-be-10-times-higher-2021-5">five to 10 times higher.</a>

An elderly Indian woman whose family believed she had died from COVID-19 was moments from being cremated when she opened her eyes and began crying

<ul><li>The Indian Army deferred all the interviews and selection of officers in the Armed forces due to <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword>. </li><li>The military aspirants are required to go through a four day <keyword id="6355285" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="ssb">SSB</keyword> interview to get into the Indian Army. </li><li>Meanwhile, the Indian Navy and the <keyword id="15141" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Air-Force">Indian Air Force</keyword> are also expected to postpone interviews.</li></ul>Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian Army deferred all the interviews and selection of officers in the armed forces. The selections were supposed to take place from March 20 — via <keyword id="396738" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Services-Selection-Board">Services Selection Board</keyword> (SSB). The new interview dates have not been informed yet. “These interviews can’t be conducted in the current circumstances. The candidates will be notified when the interviews will be held. No date has been fixed yet,” Army officials <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/army-postpones-all-services-selection-board-ssb-batches-commencing-from-march-20-over-coronavirus-pandemic/story-unNeCAupSk7E4pT3sfFNTM.html">told</a> the Hindustan Times. Usually, the military aspirants are required to go through a four day SSB interview to get into the Indian Army. The first set of interviews was lined up for this week. The SSB interviews are a skill test of aptitude, personality and intelligence of eligible candidates. The army had also closed several courses catering to the officers — which were to start next week. Meanwhile, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force are also expected to postpone interviews. The development comes after the number of infectious cases increased in the country. As many as 147 coronavirus cases have been reported in India so far — and it is showing no signs of dying down. Recently, a 34-year-old soldier of Indian Army was also tested positive for the coronavirus infection in Leh. On similar lines, the Indian <keyword id="360962" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tibetan-Border-Police">Tibetan Border Police</keyword> also <a href="https://www.newsnation.in/government-jobs/defence-jobs/indian-army-postpones-ssb-batches-schedule-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-256538.html">postponed the Constable/Tradesman recruitment exam </a>that was scheduled on March 23, 2020 across 11 centres. The Indian government has already been implementing closure of schools and other educational institutions across states, as a precautionary measure. <keyword id="63618" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Institute-of-Management">Indian Institute of Management</keyword> (IIM), Calcutta is also looking to schedule online interviews to enroll students in management courses for the next academic session. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/coronavirus-infection-cases-in-india/articleshow/74667109.cms">Coronavirus: Number of cases in India stands at 140; 13 cured and three dead</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/coronavirus-iit-delhi-du-suspend-classes-as-iims-defer-convocation/articleshow/74605141.cms">Coronavirus: IIT Delhi, DU suspend classes as IIMs defer convocation</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/here-is-how-you-can-fight-fear-loathing-and-loneliness-in-the-wake-of-coronavirus/articleshow/74670839.cms">Here is how you can fight fear, loathing and loneliness in the wake of Coronavirus</a>

Indian Army defers SSB interviews amid Coronavirus outbreak

Abu Dhabi, May 3 () A 62-year-old Indian businessman has died in Abu Dhabi after contracting the novel coronavirus, according to a media report. PK Kareem Haji, who hailed from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, died on Thursday due to complications arising from coronavirus infection, his son Mohammad Abdul Gafoor told the Gulf News. Haji was a former president of Abu Dhabi Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre (KMCC) and an active member in the Indian Islamic Centre and the Sunni Centre, the daily reported. Gafoor said his father was a diabetes patient since 15 years. "Two weeks ago he complained of fever, cough. Our local doctor took a swab test and the result came positive (for coronavirus). My father was shifted to Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi. His condition deteriorated and the last two days he was put on ventilator," Gafoor said. Haji is survived by his wife, three sons and four grandchildren. The Indian community here is in "shock" with Haji's passing, the daily reported. "We are in shock. Haji tested positive two weeks ago. His condition was pretty serious and he was put on ventilator. But on April 30 he died in the early hours of the morning at 12.36 am. The community is very sad," said Shukoor Ali Kallungan, president of KMCC, Abu Dhabi. Haji's was leading the fight against coronavirus in Abu Dhabi. He was in-charge of a food drive feeding over 1,000 people. Haji was working with restaurants to send packed meals to workers during the country's sterilisation drive. INDIND

Indian businessman dies of coronavirus in UAE

<ul><li>Most of India’s workforce is working from home during the nationwide lockdown in view of the <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="coronavirus">Coronavirus</keyword> pandemic. However, they may not be ready for it just yet. </li><li>The SCIKEY MindMatch Report says that three in four employees in India lack teamwork capabilities while 90% of them are incapable of making decisions. </li><li>However, not only the employees but organisations also need to brace. According to Paysquare, a payroll processing solutions company, businesses should implement a ‘remote payroll infrastructure’ for better outcomes. </li><li>Moreover, the remote working environment has also posed a challenge of confidential data breach including revenue and salary figures for employers. </li></ul>Most of India is working from home during the nationwide lockdown imposed to stop the Coronavirus pandemic. However, the country might not be ready for it just yet. At least that is what research and studies suggest. And not all of it is related to infrastructure either. Indian employees tend to work in silos and are not geared for remote communication. Three in four employees in India lack teamwork capabilities while 90% of them are incapable of making decisions, according to a report by SCIKEY MindMatch Report. The report says that employees need to possess ‘crucial traits’ for productive <keyword id="123591" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Work-from-home">work from home</keyword> regime. For this, companies need to encourage high productivity amongst their remote working employees. Many employees are instruction driven which is directly linked to delivery. "Understanding the mindset of the workforce is extremely crucial especially during these extraordinary times. To enhance the employee productivity, managers and team leaders need to identify the driving force of their employees and engage with them accordingly,” Shriram Viswanathan, co-founder, SCIKEY said. Organizations too need to brace for the economic impact of the virus. According to Paysquare, a payroll processing solutions company, businesses implement a ‘remote payroll infrastructure’ so as to retain employees. “Enterprises at present are not only staring at massive disruptions of their revenue-generating processes but are also battling with low employee morale and productivity. Since work from home as a concept is new for a large segment of businesses, it is necessary for organisation heads to invest in the remote HR and payroll ecosystem,” said Rakesh Jain, CEO and founder at Paysquare. Moreover, remote working also poses challenges like data breach. “We highly recommend enterprises to invest in cloud-powered, robust and most of all secure payroll platforms to leverage uninterrupted payroll processes including monitoring employee attendance and work hours to minimize productivity loss,’’ added Jain. Jain says that <keyword id="3789193" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="HR-policies">HR policies</keyword> and services like ESS (Employee Self Service) portals, employee performance management tools can ensure transparency during the crisis.

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