Entry pass being checked at Chandigarh border 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.
Update at 10am: UT administration seals Bapu Dham colony, declares it a containment zone. Authorities appeal shops and establisments not to engage any employee from this area for now.
*The Covid-19 count touched 124 in Chandigarh on Wednesday, with nine more people testing positive. Eight patients are from Bapu Dham Colony, Sector 26, and one from Sector 56.
*From Thursday, shops, including those selling liquor, in Mohali can stay open from 7am to 3pm.
*Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has chosen PGI as one of the centres for trial of convalescent plasma therapy in patients with serious coronavirus infection.
*With Punjab set to launch doorstep delivery of liquor from Thursday, the state government clarified that this service will continue only till the duration of the lockdown.
*Acting on the recommendation of the 20-member task force set up by Punjab government to ready an exit strategy for Covid-19 lockdown, the state has decided to promote Punjab School Education Board Class X students to Class XI on the basis of their performance in the pre-board examinations.