Ahmedabad lockdown news: Today's updates from your city

Barber shops opened in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from Ahmedabad.
* Liquor shops remain closed in Gujarat
Although the government has permitted sale of liquor from authorized permit shops across the state during lockdown 4.0, the government has not allowed liquor permit shops to function, where health liquor permit holders can avail liquor. Foreigners and those living temporarily in Gujarat are also facing hardships in procuring liquor in an authorised manner, and are being forced to purchase liquor from bootleggers.
* Gujarat records 371 Covid cases, 24 deaths in 24 hours
Gujarat recorded 24 Covid deaths and 371 cases in 24 hours ending 5 pm on Thursday. The state recorded a dip in single-day cases after two consecutive days of recording 395-plus cases.
* Out of 12,910 total positive patients in Gujarat, 773 have died, 5,488 have got discharged and 6,649 are either hospitalized or under isolation. Out of those under hospitalization, 52 are on ventilator.
* With an aim to ensuring that the state prevailed over the Covid-19 pandemic, chief minister Vijay Rupani on Thursday launched a state-wide campaign, “Hu Pan Corona Warrior” (Even I am a Corona Warrior) with the slogan — ‘Jitse Gujarat Harse Corona’ (Gujarat will win, Corona will lose).
* Ahmedabad: Zydus Diagnostics delivers first batch of antibody test kits to ICMR
Zydus Diagnostics, a unit of Ahmedabad-based pharma major Cadila Healthcare Limited, has supplied free of cost the first batch of 30,000 Covid-19 antibody detection test kits to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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