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.
* The second-phase of ration distribution will start across Vijayawada from Thursday. The civil supplies department is making arrangements to supply ration door-to-door in selected zones in the city on an experimental basis.
* Andhra Pradesh has now set a target to conduct tests on nearly 15 lakh people through various methods in the next one month.
* Update at 1.39pm: Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) in Hyderabad has developed 'COVSACK - Covid Sample Collection Kiosk' - for taking samples from suspected infected patients.
"The kiosk is automatically disinfected, making the process free of infection spread. The shielding screen of the kiosk cabin protects the health care worker from the aerosols/droplet transmission while taking the sample. This reduces the requirements of PPE change by health care workers," said the ministry of Defence in a press release.
"After the patient leaves the Kiosk, four nozzle sprayers mounted in the kiosk cabin disinfect the empty chamber by spraying disinfectant mist for a period of 70 seconds. It is further flushed with water & UV light disinfection," the ministry added.
* Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement on the extension of nationwide lockdown on Tuesday, airline operators were flooded with queries from passengers, who had booked flights between April 15 and May 3. While many, stranded in places away from their families, sought help to return home, others appealed for refunds and rescheduling of their travel plans.
* Cybercrime sleuths of Hyderabad police commissionerate received seven complaints on Tuesday, taking the number of cases booked since lockdown to 160. On Tuesday, a fraudster posing as a wine shop representative siphoned off Rs 92,000 from a private firm employee’s bank account by promising to supply a bottle of brandy.
* After TOI reported about a US citizen being too scared to leave her house because she was reportedly heckled at a hypermarket a day into lockdown, police reached her doorstep to assure her of her safety. They ensured she bought essentials from the very store where she was allegedly abused.
* The D-Mart store at LB Nagar was sealed by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Tuesday for unregulated customer access and violation of social distancing guideline that have been issued in view of the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
* The declaration form process initiated by several hospitals across the country for non-Covid patients may be adopted in Telangana also.
* Manzoor Akhtar, an Attapur-based construction engineer who hails from Jharkhand, has been helping migrant workers ever since the country came under lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak. What is even more heartening is that Akthar is using his personal savings for this noble cause and inspiring those around him to do the same.
* Update at 11.43am: 2 more die of Covid-19 in Andhra Pradesh, toll climbs of 11; total cases 502
* Update at 10.02am: Shops of farm machinery, its spare parts, supply chain, repairs, 'Custom Hiring Centres' related to machinery to remain open from Apr 20: MHA
* Update at 10.00am: Death toll due to Covid-19 touches 377; number of cases rise to 11,439: Health Ministry
* Update at 9.55am: From April 20 activities permitted include agricultural, horticultural, farming, procurement of agri products, 'mandis': MHA guidelines. (PTI)
* Update at 9.54am: All social, political, sports, religious functions, religious places, places of worship shall be closed for public till May 3: MHA on lockdown
* Update at 9.51am: Educational institutions, coaching centres, domestic, international air travel, train services to remain suspended till May 3: MHA guidelines
* Update at 9.49am: Cinema halls, malls, shopping complexes, gymnasiums, sports complexes, swimming pools, bars to remain closed till May 3: MHA guidelines
* Update at 9.43am: Inter-state, inter-district movement of people, metro, bus services continue to be prohibited till May 3: MHA guidelines on lockdown. (PTI)
Update at 9.42am: Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issues consolidated revised guidelines on the measures to be taken by Ministries/Departments of Govt of India, State/UT governments & State/UT authorities for the containment of #COVID19 in India. (ANI)
* Update at 9.34am: Death toll due to Covid-19 in India touches 377; number of cases rise to 11,439, reports PTI quoting health ministry.
* One more person died in Telangana as the Covid-19 surge continued with 52 new positive cases reported on Tuesday, taking the overall tally to 644.
* A 65-year-old woman from the Old City, who was declared Covid-19 positive after she died on April 11, has infected nothing less than 17 members of her family with the virus. This is the highest number of positive cases detected in one family in Telangana so far.
* Telangana is mulling to ease lockdown restrictions in a phased manner post April 20, starting with relaxing norms in districts logging zero Covid-19 positive cases.
* In a tragedy that is unfolding across the country, a large number of migrant labourers, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced extension of the lockdown, hit the roads of Hyderabad on Tuesday as they attempted to walk back to their homes in Andhra Pradesh. Some had decided to make the 800 km journey, to their home in Srikakulam, on foot.
* A tahsildar and a doctor figured among 44 new Covid-19 patients in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, even as two more people were declared dead from the deadly virus. While the death toll from Covid-19 rose to eight, the positive tally stood at 483.
* The second-phase of ration distribution will start across Vijayawada from Thursday. The civil supplies department is making arrangements to supply ration door-to-door in selected zones in the city on an experimental basis.
* Andhra Pradesh has now set a target to conduct tests on nearly 15 lakh people through various methods in the next one month.
* Update at 1.39pm: Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) in Hyderabad has developed 'COVSACK - Covid Sample Collection Kiosk' - for taking samples from suspected infected patients.
"The kiosk is automatically disinfected, making the process free of infection spread. The shielding screen of the kiosk cabin protects the health care worker from the aerosols/droplet transmission while taking the sample. This reduces the requirements of PPE change by health care workers," said the ministry of Defence in a press release.
"After the patient leaves the Kiosk, four nozzle sprayers mounted in the kiosk cabin disinfect the empty chamber by spraying disinfectant mist for a period of 70 seconds. It is further flushed with water & UV light disinfection," the ministry added.
* Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement on the extension of nationwide lockdown on Tuesday, airline operators were flooded with queries from passengers, who had booked flights between April 15 and May 3. While many, stranded in places away from their families, sought help to return home, others appealed for refunds and rescheduling of their travel plans.
* Cybercrime sleuths of Hyderabad police commissionerate received seven complaints on Tuesday, taking the number of cases booked since lockdown to 160. On Tuesday, a fraudster posing as a wine shop representative siphoned off Rs 92,000 from a private firm employee’s bank account by promising to supply a bottle of brandy.
* After TOI reported about a US citizen being too scared to leave her house because she was reportedly heckled at a hypermarket a day into lockdown, police reached her doorstep to assure her of her safety. They ensured she bought essentials from the very store where she was allegedly abused.
* The D-Mart store at LB Nagar was sealed by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Tuesday for unregulated customer access and violation of social distancing guideline that have been issued in view of the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
* The declaration form process initiated by several hospitals across the country for non-Covid patients may be adopted in Telangana also.
* Manzoor Akhtar, an Attapur-based construction engineer who hails from Jharkhand, has been helping migrant workers ever since the country came under lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak. What is even more heartening is that Akthar is using his personal savings for this noble cause and inspiring those around him to do the same.
* Update at 11.43am: 2 more die of Covid-19 in Andhra Pradesh, toll climbs of 11; total cases 502
* Update at 10.02am: Shops of farm machinery, its spare parts, supply chain, repairs, 'Custom Hiring Centres' related to machinery to remain open from Apr 20: MHA
* Update at 10.00am: Death toll due to Covid-19 touches 377; number of cases rise to 11,439: Health Ministry
* Update at 9.55am: From April 20 activities permitted include agricultural, horticultural, farming, procurement of agri products, 'mandis': MHA guidelines. (PTI)
* Update at 9.54am: All social, political, sports, religious functions, religious places, places of worship shall be closed for public till May 3: MHA on lockdown
* Update at 9.51am: Educational institutions, coaching centres, domestic, international air travel, train services to remain suspended till May 3: MHA guidelines
* Update at 9.49am: Cinema halls, malls, shopping complexes, gymnasiums, sports complexes, swimming pools, bars to remain closed till May 3: MHA guidelines
* Update at 9.43am: Inter-state, inter-district movement of people, metro, bus services continue to be prohibited till May 3: MHA guidelines on lockdown. (PTI)
Inter-state, inter-district movement of people, metro, bus services continue to be prohibited till May 3: MHA guidelines on lockdown
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) 1586924028000Update at 9.42am: Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issues consolidated revised guidelines on the measures to be taken by Ministries/Departments of Govt of India, State/UT governments & State/UT authorities for the containment of #COVID19 in India. (ANI)
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— ANI (@ANI) 1586923938000* Update at 9.34am: Death toll due to Covid-19 in India touches 377; number of cases rise to 11,439, reports PTI quoting health ministry.
* One more person died in Telangana as the Covid-19 surge continued with 52 new positive cases reported on Tuesday, taking the overall tally to 644.
* A 65-year-old woman from the Old City, who was declared Covid-19 positive after she died on April 11, has infected nothing less than 17 members of her family with the virus. This is the highest number of positive cases detected in one family in Telangana so far.
* Telangana is mulling to ease lockdown restrictions in a phased manner post April 20, starting with relaxing norms in districts logging zero Covid-19 positive cases.
* In a tragedy that is unfolding across the country, a large number of migrant labourers, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced extension of the lockdown, hit the roads of Hyderabad on Tuesday as they attempted to walk back to their homes in Andhra Pradesh. Some had decided to make the 800 km journey, to their home in Srikakulam, on foot.
* A tahsildar and a doctor figured among 44 new Covid-19 patients in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, even as two more people were declared dead from the deadly virus. While the death toll from Covid-19 rose to eight, the positive tally stood at 483.
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