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*Eight doctors working with the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) in Kheda district are in a quandary. They were placed in home quarantine by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) after they were exposed to a colleague detected with Covid-19. But their administration has ordered them to report for duty soon by terming their quarantine as self-imposed.
*Lokhat Hospital in Rampura area was declared as a containment zone after five of its staff members tested positive for coronavirus in the last one week.
*Along with battling the Covid-19 pandemic, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has been saddled with a colossal responsibility of feeding lakhs of people that include huge population of migrant and jobless workers who are adamant on returning to their native states.
*12.38pm: All domestic and international commercial passenger flights will remain suspended till 11.59pm of May 3: Aviation Ministry
*12.18pm: Ensure proper lockdown but see to it that no one faces problem: Home minister Amit Shah tells state governments.
*11.40am: Three more test positive for Covid-19 in Surat; total cases in the city rise to 41
*11.18am: Railways to extend suspension of passenger services till May 3, reports PTI quoting senior official
*10.52am: Gujarat reports 45 new Covid-19 cases, 31 from Ahmedabad, 9 from Surat, 2 from Mehsana and one each from Bhavnagar, Dahod and Gandhinagar; state tally at 617
*10.33am: Five test positive for Covid-19 in Vadodara, total cases rise to 113 in the district
*10.20am: Till 20th April, all districts, localities, states will be closely monitored, as to how strictly they are implementing norms. States which will not let hotspots increase, they could be allowed to let some important activities resume, but with certain conditions: PM Modi
*10.15am: Lockdown will be extended across India till May 3: PM Narendra Modi
*10.10am: India's fight against coronavirus is going on very strongly, says PM Modi in address to the nation.
*Gujarat Real Estate Regulatory Authority on Monday provided some relief to real estate developers to help the realty sector mitigate the impact of the current lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
*Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the nation at 10am today.
*Ninety-six teams of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation caught 27 people for not wearing masks and collected fines totalling Rs 27,000. Most of these were caught in the walled city area, where cluster quarantine has been imposed after several Covid-19 cases were reported.
*Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) officials on Monday said that compared to the very high figures recorded for positive cases detected in the city last week, the figures of past two days is comparatively low primarily due to the high number of tests conducted in close-knit clusters to detect more cases.
*Scientists at the Bhavnagar-based Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI) have developed a special mask using membrane technology that can give enhanced protection against pathogens, including virus and bacteria .The mask can kill the virus and bacteria that get attached on the outer surface that is made from a special material, scientists told TOI.
*Jayanti Ravi, principal secretary (health & family welfare), said that apart from the current testing labs approved by ICMR for the Covid-19 tests, they are also ramping up facilities at GMERS Sola, GCRI, NIOH, SMIMER, etc. which would soon get permission. “With the new labs, we would have capacity of 5,000 tests and we would also be able to run the lab round the clock,” she said.
*Gujarat officials on Monday evening said that they are expanding the scope of testing further with an increase in coverage of geographic area and persons tested.
*Eight doctors working with the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) in Kheda district are in a quandary. They were placed in home quarantine by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) after they were exposed to a colleague detected with Covid-19. But their administration has ordered them to report for duty soon by terming their quarantine as self-imposed.
*Lokhat Hospital in Rampura area was declared as a containment zone after five of its staff members tested positive for coronavirus in the last one week.
*Along with battling the Covid-19 pandemic, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has been saddled with a colossal responsibility of feeding lakhs of people that include huge population of migrant and jobless workers who are adamant on returning to their native states.
*12.38pm: All domestic and international commercial passenger flights will remain suspended till 11.59pm of May 3: Aviation Ministry
*12.18pm: Ensure proper lockdown but see to it that no one faces problem: Home minister Amit Shah tells state governments.
*11.40am: Three more test positive for Covid-19 in Surat; total cases in the city rise to 41
*11.18am: Railways to extend suspension of passenger services till May 3, reports PTI quoting senior official
*10.52am: Gujarat reports 45 new Covid-19 cases, 31 from Ahmedabad, 9 from Surat, 2 from Mehsana and one each from Bhavnagar, Dahod and Gandhinagar; state tally at 617
*10.33am: Five test positive for Covid-19 in Vadodara, total cases rise to 113 in the district
*10.20am: Till 20th April, all districts, localities, states will be closely monitored, as to how strictly they are implementing norms. States which will not let hotspots increase, they could be allowed to let some important activities resume, but with certain conditions: PM Modi
*10.15am: Lockdown will be extended across India till May 3: PM Narendra Modi
*10.10am: India's fight against coronavirus is going on very strongly, says PM Modi in address to the nation.
*Gujarat Real Estate Regulatory Authority on Monday provided some relief to real estate developers to help the realty sector mitigate the impact of the current lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
*9.20am:
Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 339; cases climb to 10,363, reports PTI quoting health ministry official *Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the nation at 10am today.
*Ninety-six teams of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation caught 27 people for not wearing masks and collected fines totalling Rs 27,000. Most of these were caught in the walled city area, where cluster quarantine has been imposed after several Covid-19 cases were reported.
*Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) officials on Monday said that compared to the very high figures recorded for positive cases detected in the city last week, the figures of past two days is comparatively low primarily due to the high number of tests conducted in close-knit clusters to detect more cases.
*Scientists at the Bhavnagar-based Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI) have developed a special mask using membrane technology that can give enhanced protection against pathogens, including virus and bacteria .The mask can kill the virus and bacteria that get attached on the outer surface that is made from a special material, scientists told TOI.
*Jayanti Ravi, principal secretary (health & family welfare), said that apart from the current testing labs approved by ICMR for the Covid-19 tests, they are also ramping up facilities at GMERS Sola, GCRI, NIOH, SMIMER, etc. which would soon get permission. “With the new labs, we would have capacity of 5,000 tests and we would also be able to run the lab round the clock,” she said.
*Gujarat officials on Monday evening said that they are expanding the scope of testing further with an increase in coverage of geographic area and persons tested.
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