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Govt to lockdown 75 districts across country

Centre on Sunday asked state governments to impose a complete lockdown in 75 districts across the country that have reported COVID-19 cases and casualties, and suspended all train services, including Metro and sub-urban services, to contain the infection. Some of the prominent cities included in the list are - Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, East Delhi, North Delhi, North West Delhi, North East Delhi, South Delhi, West Delhi, Ahmedabad, Gurugram, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata.

Only essential services will operate in these 75 districts and state governments have been asked to expand the list depending on their assessment of the situation. 

As of Sunday afternoon, India had reported 341 cases of COVID-19 with the toll rising to seven.

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2 hours ago, Kool_SRG said:

KCR janta curfew till 6 AM on Monday is being followed by many states which are not under lock down as of now..

YS Jagan absolutely slow for sure as compared all other state heads,  ninna-ivvala 3-4 cases vachinaaka melkonnadu may be they are also looking to impose restrictions..

 

CONG CMs have been pretty proactive in this scenario locked out with Section 144 imposing has been passed along with borders sealing..

One main advantage enti ante Bayata surfaces meedha vunna virus chachidhi e curfew time lo andharu intlo vubte ... intlo proper ga isolate ithe cough vunnollu.. appudu curfew chala help avudhi

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24 minutes ago, Mr Mirchi said:

One main advantage enti ante Bayata surfaces meedha vunna virus chachidhi e curfew time lo andharu intlo vubte ... intlo proper ga isolate ithe cough vunnollu.. appudu curfew chala help avudhi

Yes movement restrict chesaaru ga almost all states slowly pushing lock down till 31st March if free movement is restricted it can be controlled to good extent.

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Steps taken by Karnataka govt to contain COVID-19

Taking preventive measures against the novel coronavirus, the Karnataka government has ordered that all public transport will remain cancelled in the state on Monday as well. All AC bus services will stay suspended till 31 March.

After the Janta curfew concludes at 9 pm, Section 144 will be imposed in the state from 9 pm till midnight.

 

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Air India crew members face condemnation from vigilante welfare associations, neighbours for flying to COVID-hit countries

Releasing a statement, Air India said on Sunday that its crew members who have undertaken to fly to COVID-affected cities have been facing condemnation from vigilante Resident Welfare Associations and neighbours in many localities.

The crew members are obstructed to perform their duties simply because they travelled abroad.

"These vigilantes have conveniently forgotten that many a spouse, parent, sibling, child and dear ones have been brought home safe and secure from affected countries, thanks to the heroic efforts of these Air India crew," read the statement.

 

 

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Lockdown imposed in 7 districts of Haryana: CM Khattar

Lockdown will be imposed in 7 districts of Haryana -- Faridabad, Gurugram, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Sonipat, Panipat and Panchkula, till March 31: Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar

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Complete lockdown in Delhi till 31 March: Arvind Kejriwal 

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced that Delhi will be under complete lockdown from Monday 6 am till midnight of 31 March.

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Delhi borders to be sealed, essential services to continue: Arvind Kejriwal

During the lockdown, no public transport will operate and Delhi's borders will be sealed but the essential services related to health, food, water and power supply will continue, PTI quotes Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as saying. Dairies, grocery shops, chemists and petrol pumps will remain open and persons associated with essential services will be allowed to go to their destinations during the lockdown, he said. "We know people will face difficulties, but lockdown is necessary to contain the spread of coronavirus," the chief minister said.

He also said six of the total cases reported in Delhi were locally transmitted

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IIT Delhi has developed affordable COVID19 test, says HRD ministry

According to the ministry of human resource development, the researchers of IIT Delhi have developed a method to detect COVID19 which can significantly reduce the cost of testing. The National Institute of Virology, Pune is in the process of validating this test on clinical samples, it said.

 

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Bihar to enforce lockkdown till 31 March

Bihar will enforce lockdown in all district headquarters, municipal towns and block headquarters till 31 March, said chief minister Nitish Kumar, adding that all essential services will continue in the state.

At last Nitish also woke up...

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Andhra Pradesh put under lockdown

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday announced a lockdown in Andhra Pradesh. He said only emergency services will run till March 31. "We are closing the borders. We will review the situation after March 31," he said.

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