Can Coronavirus Spread Through Currency Notes? Situation Critical in India, Total Patients 13430

Hyderabad : The corona virus has caused havoc everywhere. Thousands of people are dying every day across the world. Talking about India, the total number of corona patients has now risen to 13430 while 448 people have died so far. About 1000 cases have been reported here in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra is still at the forefront. The total number of corona patients in Maharashtra now stands at 3202 while 194 have died.

Amid this, a letter from the top police officer of Andhra Pradesh has become a topic of discussion in the state, saying that currency notes can spread the coronavirus. Pointing to the pattern seen in the new cases of infection of COVID-19, the police said that it is a danger in this state where online transactions are very less and most of the business happens with cash. In this regard, a memo was issued a few days ago on behalf of the office of the Director General of Police to all Superintendents of Police, City Commissioners, DIGs of all Ranges and IGs of Guntur Range.

However, Director General of Police DG Sawang said, “So far no evidence of infection from notes has been found in the state”. He was the first to deny the issue of a memo in this regard, but said, “Our employees in the office included a message sent on a regular basis in this memo.”

Sawang said that it was only expressed an apprehension about the infection. However, the memo is a matter of discussion among the state officials and some IAS officers have strongly objected to the DGP’s claims that it may cause unnecessary panic at a time when the state is seriously dealing with the coronavirus epidemic.

A senior IAS officer said, “This is a completely baseless circular with no scientific thought.” “Some interesting things have been said in the DGP’s circular, but this has not been confirmed by the health authorities who are monitoring the coronavirus 24 hours. The DGP’s memo sent to subordinate officials states that in East Godavari, Krishna and Guntur districts, such people have been exposed to the virus who have not traveled recently or have been exposed to the primary or second level of someone traveling abroad.

It states, “They have taken cash from many people by selling things or charged monthly fees from many people and may have been infected with it.” According to the memo, this clearly shows that currency notes can be responsible for transmitting virus from infected people and this is going to ring alarm bells in the state.