Kolkata lockdown news: Today's updates from your city

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Apr 6, 2020, 11:15 IST

An empty Posta Market

Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city.
*Mizoram sports minister Robert Romawia Royte said the state will set an example to the world that the lockdown period can make people stay fit and healthy.
*Jadavpur University has taken an initiative to develop three-layer masks with low-cost materials
* Update at 9.16am: Mizoram CM urges people to take part in physical activities during lockdown and boost immunity.
*Several elderly citizens in Kolkata and the districts received their pensions and monthly interest payouts at their homes on Saturday. The idea was to minimize chances of the senior citizens coming in contact with outsiders.
*Two private hospitals to start testing samples from Monday in West Bengal
*Four patients in West Bengal ‘die of co-morbidities’
*Around 55 healthcare workers that included 39 junior doctors attached with NRS Medical College and Hospital were sent on quarantine on Sunday.
*After ICMR nod, West Bengal ready to identify areas for rapid testing
*Crackers burst as Kolkata gets into Diwali mode at 9pm
*Delhi-bound flight takes off from Kolkata with 89 US citizens. On arrival in Delhi, the passengers were transferred to a United Airlines flight to San Francisco.