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.
*Eastern Railway (ER) utilized the lull in train movement during the lockdown to dismantle the Road Overbridge (ROB) across the railway tracks at Tallah.
*Alerted by multiple fresh Covid-positive cases and suspects in New Town and its surrounding areas in the past week, cops have imposed total lockdown in at least four zones in the satellite township and restricted movement of vehicles from bordering areas to and from the smart city.
*West Bengal government said Covid-19 tests can be conducted of people who have a medical recommendation. The government has also given its nod to 15 medical college hospitals to start using TrueNat, a diagnostic machine for tuberculosis, for Covid-19 screening.
* Update at 9.22am: Covid-19 death toll rises to 1,074; total cases 33,050, reports PTI quoting Union health ministry
*A healthcare crisis is looming over central and north central Kolkata with almost all hospitals and private clinics in the belt shutting down after several patients and medical staff started testing positive.
*The state health department of Wednesday told hospitals that patients with ILI (influenza-like illness) and SARI (severe acute respiratory infections) symptoms or those who had come in contact with a Covid-19 positive patient should be mandatorily tested before any surgery.
*Kolkata hospitals plan to bring patient level back to near-normal
*In the transport sector, West Bengal government has allowed private buses to run only in green zones.
*The Bengal government has decided to continue with the lockdown in the red zones and the 227 containment zones in Kolkata, while allowing some more relaxations in orange and green zones.
*Eastern Railway (ER) utilized the lull in train movement during the lockdown to dismantle the Road Overbridge (ROB) across the railway tracks at Tallah.
*Alerted by multiple fresh Covid-positive cases and suspects in New Town and its surrounding areas in the past week, cops have imposed total lockdown in at least four zones in the satellite township and restricted movement of vehicles from bordering areas to and from the smart city.
*West Bengal government said Covid-19 tests can be conducted of people who have a medical recommendation. The government has also given its nod to 15 medical college hospitals to start using TrueNat, a diagnostic machine for tuberculosis, for Covid-19 screening.
* Update at 9.22am: Covid-19 death toll rises to 1,074; total cases 33,050, reports PTI quoting Union health ministry
*A healthcare crisis is looming over central and north central Kolkata with almost all hospitals and private clinics in the belt shutting down after several patients and medical staff started testing positive.
*The state health department of Wednesday told hospitals that patients with ILI (influenza-like illness) and SARI (severe acute respiratory infections) symptoms or those who had come in contact with a Covid-19 positive patient should be mandatorily tested before any surgery.
*Kolkata hospitals plan to bring patient level back to near-normal
*In the transport sector, West Bengal government has allowed private buses to run only in green zones.
*The Bengal government has decided to continue with the lockdown in the red zones and the 227 containment zones in Kolkata, while allowing some more relaxations in orange and green zones.
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