Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Wednesday identified 14 departments as essential and asked all its employees to attend work during the extended period of lockdown to check coronavirus spread in the state.
According to a circular issued by chief secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar, all classes of officials/employees in these departments must attend to their work.
David Brown, the world’s fastest totally blind sprinter, has been accompanied every step of the way by his guide Jerome Avery but the coronavirus outbreak has forced them apart for the first time in six years of training and racing together.
Many runners can continue training more or less as usual in this time of social and physical distancing but it is not so easy for those without sight, who run in tandem with their guide, their adjoining hands tethered by a 30cm (12 inch) band.
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BHUBANESWAR: With schools and colleges shut due to lockdown, visually-challenged students in the State are a worried lot. Neither do they have audiobooks for all subjects nor alternative study materials like braille texts. The State Government has paid little attention to the educational needs of visually-challenged students. Though the Government has decided to start online education for Class X students through Diksha application after April 14, no such initiatives has been taken up at college level.
Here's the link to issue e-pass during the curfew.
https://epass.jantasamvad.org/epass/relief/english/
The Delhi government has come up with an option to get the e-pass through WhatsApp. There are number provided according to the area on which people can send a message.
There are two dedicated numbers for each zone:
East District 8447200084, 8375878007
North East District 9540895489, 8860425666
Central District 7428336279, 7428210711
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To combat coronavirus, the Karnataka government has set up district-wise helpline numbers. The public can call these numbers to seek help. Below listed are the COVID-19 helpline numbers in Karnataka as well as district-wise.
Coronavirus Queries: National Helpline Number – 1075 / 1800-112-545 / +91-11-2397-8046
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Social distancing is tough for everyone.
For the blind and those with visual impairments, it takes a lot of adjustment.
Erica Thomas, of Riviera Beach, is among those adjusting to limited touching under the COVID-19 restrictions and it’s extra challenging for her.
“My right eye, I see nothing. Nothing at all," she said.
Visually-impaired persons are
facing difficulties in maintaining social distancing norms in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Students of a premier Kolkata school for visually- impaired persons, who are presently at home due to the lockdown, are worried over ways to maintain social distancing once the institute reopens in June.
Software Developer Makes Corona Virus Statistics Website Accessible for the Blind and Partially Sighted
A Boston-based software developer wanted to make COVID-19 stats accessible He created a website that would be easily readable by electronic braille readers and other assistive devices used by the blind and
partially sighted.
Tyler Littlefield, a software developer based in Boston, has created a database of COVID-19 statistics meant to be accessible to the visually impaired.
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