Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from Chandigarh.
Update at 11.20am: People standing outside a bank in Mohali
Update at 10.20am: People outside a bookstore
Update at 9.27am: Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 1,373 in India; number of cases climb to 42,533, reports PTI quoting health ministry
*A majority of the Nanded pilgrims, who have tested positive for Covid-19 showed no symptoms of being infected, adding to growing concern about asymptomatic individuals contributing to the spread of the dreaded virus.
*The health authorities in Haryana have decided to focus mainly on symptomatic cases for Covid-19 testing, according to the state’s testing strategy. The testing of asymptomatic cases would be done only when they are direct and high-risk contacts of a confirmed case.
*As many as 23,000 people — most of them migrant labourers — stranded in the city owing to the lockdown have signed up to be sent back home.
*Heavy rains in many areas of Barnala, Bathinda and Mansa districts in the Malwa region caused damage to wheat kept in the mandis.
Update at 11.20am: People standing outside a bank in Mohali
Update at 10.20am: People outside a bookstore
Update at 9.27am: Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 1,373 in India; number of cases climb to 42,533, reports PTI quoting health ministry
*A majority of the Nanded pilgrims, who have tested positive for Covid-19 showed no symptoms of being infected, adding to growing concern about asymptomatic individuals contributing to the spread of the dreaded virus.
*The health authorities in Haryana have decided to focus mainly on symptomatic cases for Covid-19 testing, according to the state’s testing strategy. The testing of asymptomatic cases would be done only when they are direct and high-risk contacts of a confirmed case.
*As many as 23,000 people — most of them migrant labourers — stranded in the city owing to the lockdown have signed up to be sent back home.
*Heavy rains in many areas of Barnala, Bathinda and Mansa districts in the Malwa region caused damage to wheat kept in the mandis.
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