Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from Hyderabad.
* The current nationwide lockdown is said to be causing great stress and anxiety within the student community with regard to their academics and placements. Counsellors, appointed by various educational institutions, are being approached in large numbers by students, who are seeking guidance on placements, exams, assessment, online classes etc.
* The excise department’s crackdown during the lockdown period has led to registering of 675 cases for stocking up and selling liquor. All these people were not licensed liquor shop owners but individuals who stored and sold liquor during this period. Cases were also booked against 16 liquor shop owners .
*12:25pm All domestic and international commercial passenger flights will remain suspended till 11.59pm of May 3: Aviation Ministry
*12:20pm Ensure proper lockdown but see to it that no one faces problem: Home Minister Amit Shah tells state governments.
*11:32am Covid-19: Andhra Pradesh records 34 new positive cases and two deaths today; number of cases rise to 473, death toll mounts to 9 in the state
*11:09am Railways to extend suspension of passenger services till May 3, reports PTI quoting official.
* 10:19 am 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
*10:13am Lockdown will be extended across India till May 3: PM Narendra Modi
*10:08am India's fight against coronavirus is going on very strongly, says PM Modi in address to the nation
* While social distancing is key in containing the spread of novel coronavirus, treating 20 children below 12 years in Gandhi Hospital is quite a task for doctors as maintaining social distance with them is next to impossible. Among the patients who tested positive for the coronavirus in the state, 20 were children.
*9:24am Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 339; cases climb to 10,363, reports PTI quoting health ministry official
*8:42am Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the nation at 10 AM today.
* With coronavirus positive cases in Telangana seeing an unprecedented surge after last week’s dip, the government is now worried about its spread through second contacts. The coronavirus outbreak appears to have reached the widespread secondary contact stage as seen in Europe and the US and earlier witnessed in China and South Korea.
* With an increase in the number of positive cases in Telangana, the government has marked 126 localities in the city as containment clusters. The newly marked zones include the previous clusters too.
* With coronavirus cases seeing a spike particularly in Hyderabad, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has directed the officials to shift gears and turn their focus on Greater Hyderabad by dividing the city into special zones and appointing special officers. As many as 267 cases out of 592 cases reported in Telangana are from GHMC. Of this, 51patients have recovered.
* A drama unfolded at Chanchalguda Prison on Sunday after officials refused to lodge a 19-year-old thief, who was remanded by a local magistrate, after noticing a home quarantine stamp on his hand. The thief was again produced before a magistrate on Monday and released on a personal bond. In the meantime, the police had to keep him in isolation at a local facility.
* A massive chunk of India’s expatriate population working in the Gulf countries is likely to return home jobless in the next few months as the coronavirus lockdown has stalled several projects there.
* A sudden rise in the number of Covid-19 cases after a brief lull has become a major concern for the state government, officials said, even as one more person died and 61 new coronavirus cases were reported on Monday. While the overall coronavirus tally touched 592, including 103 persons who have recovered, 17 persons have so far succumbed to the deadly virus.
* The current nationwide lockdown is said to be causing great stress and anxiety within the student community with regard to their academics and placements. Counsellors, appointed by various educational institutions, are being approached in large numbers by students, who are seeking guidance on placements, exams, assessment, online classes etc.
* The excise department’s crackdown during the lockdown period has led to registering of 675 cases for stocking up and selling liquor. All these people were not licensed liquor shop owners but individuals who stored and sold liquor during this period. Cases were also booked against 16 liquor shop owners .
*12:25pm All domestic and international commercial passenger flights will remain suspended till 11.59pm of May 3: Aviation Ministry
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*11:32am Covid-19: Andhra Pradesh records 34 new positive cases and two deaths today; number of cases rise to 473, death toll mounts to 9 in the state
*11:09am Railways to extend suspension of passenger services till May 3, reports PTI quoting official.
* 10:19 am 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
*10:13am Lockdown will be extended across India till May 3: PM Narendra Modi
*10:08am India's fight against coronavirus is going on very strongly, says PM Modi in address to the nation
* While social distancing is key in containing the spread of novel coronavirus, treating 20 children below 12 years in Gandhi Hospital is quite a task for doctors as maintaining social distance with them is next to impossible. Among the patients who tested positive for the coronavirus in the state, 20 were children.
*9:24am Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 339; cases climb to 10,363, reports PTI quoting health ministry official
*8:42am Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the nation at 10 AM today.
* With coronavirus positive cases in Telangana seeing an unprecedented surge after last week’s dip, the government is now worried about its spread through second contacts. The coronavirus outbreak appears to have reached the widespread secondary contact stage as seen in Europe and the US and earlier witnessed in China and South Korea.
* With an increase in the number of positive cases in Telangana, the government has marked 126 localities in the city as containment clusters. The newly marked zones include the previous clusters too.
* With coronavirus cases seeing a spike particularly in Hyderabad, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has directed the officials to shift gears and turn their focus on Greater Hyderabad by dividing the city into special zones and appointing special officers. As many as 267 cases out of 592 cases reported in Telangana are from GHMC. Of this, 51patients have recovered.
* A drama unfolded at Chanchalguda Prison on Sunday after officials refused to lodge a 19-year-old thief, who was remanded by a local magistrate, after noticing a home quarantine stamp on his hand. The thief was again produced before a magistrate on Monday and released on a personal bond. In the meantime, the police had to keep him in isolation at a local facility.
* A massive chunk of India’s expatriate population working in the Gulf countries is likely to return home jobless in the next few months as the coronavirus lockdown has stalled several projects there.
* A sudden rise in the number of Covid-19 cases after a brief lull has become a major concern for the state government, officials said, even as one more person died and 61 new coronavirus cases were reported on Monday. While the overall coronavirus tally touched 592, including 103 persons who have recovered, 17 persons have so far succumbed to the deadly virus.
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