Heat produced by candles will kill coronavirus: Karnataka BJP MLA
Mysuru: Krishnaraja constituency MLA and BJP leader S A Ramdas on Saturday reportedly said lighting candles as instructed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kill Coronavirus as the virus will die due to the heat produced by the candles.
On Saturday, the MLA was speaking to media reporters after distributing masks and candles among people. He called on people to switch off the lights of their houses and to light candles.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday in a video message to the people of the country had urged people to switch off the lights of their houses and to light candles and flashlights in their balconies at 9 pm on April 5.
Ramdas said that the virus will come towards the candle when lights are off and the heat produced by the candles will then kill the virus, thereby calling on people to follow the request of PM Modi on April 5.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
