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New Delhi, Apr 8 () Leading hospitality firms ITC Hotels, Radisson Hotel Group and Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels are taking a slew of initiatives to serve healthcare providers and community at large in times of the coronavirus outbreak in the country. Leveraging its rich expertise in food and hospitality services, the key initiative of ITC Hotels has been food distribution across cities based on the requirements of the local administration as well as hospitals, the company said in a statement. While in New Delhi, ITC Maurya and Sheraton have been providing over 1,500 meals daily for distribution to migrant workers; in Bengaluru, ITC Gardenia is lending its support with 1,000 food packets daily for 15 days (15,000 meals) to Municipal Corporation, ITC Hotels said. In Mumbai, ITC Grand Central has made arrangements to deliver meals to doctors in MG Hospital. Food has also been catered to doctors at the Kasturba Hospital in Mumbai by ITC Grand Central, it added. In Lucknow, Fortune Hotel is also lending assistance through the provision of more than 1,000 meals per day. This initiative will be progressively rolled out in other metros including Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad, ITC Hotels said. In addition to providing meals, ITC Hotel properties in Jaipur and Goa have provided shower caps for doctors and healthcare workers as well as ensuring availability of sanitisers, it added. "ITC Maratha, Mumbai was identified as one of the quarantine spaces by the Mumbai Municipal Corporation. ITC Hotels is also working closely with the local administration and embassies and offered similar space at ITC Grand Chola, Chennai and ITC Kohenur, Hyderabad, to enable stopover of asymptomatic international travellers as and when required," ITC Hotels said. ITC Hotels remains fully committed to serving national priorities during this unprecedented situation, the statement said. In similar vein, Radisson Hotel Group is also contributing in a number of ways to support the government and the community in the fight against COVID-19. "I am glad to mention that, along with our partners, we at Radisson Hotel Group, are collectively reaching out to nearly 20,000 beneficiaries per day with food and food supplies and have contributed Rs 1 crore so far to various state relief funds and Prime Minister's relief fund," Radisson Hotel Group South Asia MD and Vice-President (Operations) Zubin Saxena said. Radisson Hotel Group remains deeply committed to its communities and the country in the fight against COVID-19, he added. "At individual level, many of our hotels are also contributing to non-profit organisations. We also continue to routinely engage with industry, government and trade bodies to advocate for policy and relief measures for the industry at large," Saxena said. Hospitality firm Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Ltd (ASPHL) also said it is committed to working with communities and being responsive to their needs in the time of crisis. The Park Hotels has launched a initiative, #THEParkHeartofHope, to provide a helping hand to its guests and neighbours, the company said in a statement. The Park Bangalore, THE Park Chennai, THE Park Calangute Goa, THE Park Baga River Goa and THE Park Hyderabad are doing neighbourhood services for all their neighbours and especially for senior citizens, it added. "We have launched a neighbourhood service initiative, #THEParkHeartOfHope across our hotels, wherein anybody especially the senior citizens can call us for any help, be it groceries, medicines or food," Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels Managing Director Vijay Dewan said. The team respond to the request immediately taking all safety precautions. "We are also providing free food every day to the underprivileged and community warriors," he added. AKT HRS

Hospitality firms launch slew of initiatives to help in times of COVID-19 pandemic

<ul><li>The number of <keyword id="9426820" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="active-covid-cases" source="Orion">active Covid cases</keyword> in India surpassed the 10,000-mark for the first time in 134 days. </li><li>Delhi on Sunday reported 153 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, and its positivity rate rose to 9.13%. </li><li>38 girl students of the Kasturba residential school in Lakhimpur Kheri of UP tested positive for Covid-19. </li></ul> India’s active Covid-19 cases are their highest they have been in the last 4.4 months, at 10,300 cases, according to Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The number of active cases surpassed the 10,000-mark for the first time in 134 days. On Sunday, the health ministry had put the count of active cases at 9,433. The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 3.19% and the weekly positivity rate at 1.39%. The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan will hold a meeting with States' health secretaries and senior officers on Monday evening, via video conferencing, to review the preparedness for Covid-19. A nationwide mock drill is being planned for April 10-11 in which health facilities from all the districts are expected to participate. The details of the drill will be communicated in the meeting today. There are a few states like Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and Tamilnadu that have reported the maximum number of Covid-19 cases in the country. But hospitalization remains low in these states, said ANI. The Union health secretary highlighted the precautions that need to be taken by the people. The Union Health Secretary also mentioned that States should maintain the optimum testing for Covid-19 preparedness. 6 deaths reported in the last 24 hours Also, six deaths, one each reported by Chandigarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, and two in Kerala, in the last 24 hours. The total death toll now has increased to 5,30,837. Delhi on Sunday reported 153 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, and its positivity rate rose to 9.13%. The capital city has 528 active cases, of which 340 patients are being treated in home isolation. The total tally of Covid cases across the country is 4.47 crore, the data stated. The active cases now comprise 0.02% of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate has been recorded at 98.79%, according to the health ministry's website. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has increased to 4.41 crore, the data stated. The case fatality rate has been recorded at 1.19%, as per PTI. According to the ministry's website, 220.65 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered so far under the nationwide <keyword id="9257042" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="covid-vaccination" source="Orion">Covid vaccination</keyword> drive. 38 school girls test Covid positive in UP’s Lamkhimpur Kheri Thirty-eight girl students of the Kasturba residential school in Mitauli block of Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district have tested positive for Covid-19 infection, a district health official said. Lakhimpur Kheri Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Santosh Gupta, said that one staff member was also found Covid-positive during a contact tracing exercise on Sunday after which the entire campus has been turned into a quarantine centre by the health department. This is the highest number of new Covid cases reported in a district in a day this year, as per IANS. (With agency inputs)

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