Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Schools, Colleges, Cinemas, Religious Shrines to Be Closed till July 31 as Centre Announces Unlock 2.0 Guidelines

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In a tweet after the meeting, Sonowal said, the decision will align the academic calendar of Assam with that of the rest of the country.

PM Modi to Give National Address Tomorrow | Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation tomorrow at 4 pm.

Prime Minister @narendramodi will address the nation at 4 PM tomorrow.

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 29, 2020

Unlock 2 | Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla writes to Chief Secretaries of all states and UTs, urging them to ensure compliance of Unlock 2 guidelines and direct all concerned authorities for their strict implementation: MHA

National Directives for Covid-19 Management | 

Face Covering - wearing of face cover is compulsory in public places, workplaces and during transport.

Social distancing - individuals must maintain a minimum distance of 6 feet in public places.

Gatherings - large public gatherings/congregations continue to ramin prohibited. (Number of guests to not exceed 50 for marriage related gatherings. Number of persons not to exceed 20 or funeral/last rites related gatherings)

No Curbs on Interstate/Intrastate Movements | There shall be no restrictions on interstate and intra state movement of persons, goods including those for cross land-border under Treaties with neighboring countries. No separate permission/approval/e-permit will be required for such movements: MHA Guidelines 

Buffer Zones | States/UTs may also identify buffer zones, outside the containment zones where new cases are more likely to occur. Within the buffer zones, restrictions are considered necessary may be put in place by District authorities.

Containment Zones Rules | In containment zones, only essential activities will be allowed. There shall be strict perimeter control to ensure that there is no movement of people in or out of these zones, except for medical emergencies and for maintaining supply of essential goods and services. 

Containment Zones Demarcation/Information | Containment Zones will be demarcated by the district authorities after taking into consideration the guidelines by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with the objective of effectively breaking the chain of transmission. These containment zones will be notified on the websites by the respective district collectors and by States/UT and information will be shared by the Health Ministry. 

Unlock 2: Containment Zones | Lockdown shall continue to remain in force in the containment zones till July 31: Ministry of Home Affairs

Social Functions Remain Banned | Social/ political/ sports/ entertainment/ academic/ cultural/ religious functions and other large congregations remain prohibited: MHA Unlock 2 Guidelines

Night Curfew Under Unlock 2 Guidelines | Movement of individuals shall remain strictly prohibited between 10 pm to 5 am throughout the country, except for essential activities, including operations of industrial unit in multiple shifts, movement of persons and goods on National State Highways, loading and unloading of cargo and travel of persons to their destination after disembarking from buses, trains and airplanes. 

International Travel Remains Restricted | International air travel of passengers, except as permitted by Ministry of Home Affairs will remain restricted as per latest Unlock 2 guidelines. 

Unlock 2 | Training institutes os the central and state governments will be allowed to function from July 15 for which SOP will be issued by the Department of Personnel and Training: MHA's Unlock 2 Guidelines

Schools, colleges, educational institutes wil remain closed till July 31. Online/distance learning shall continue to be permitted and shall be encouraged: Ministry of Home Faairs 'Unlock 2'

Unlock 2 Guidelines Released | Ministry of Home Affairs releases Unlock-2 guidelines. The curbs will be in force till July 31st

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Delhi Confirms 2,084 New Covid-19 Cases | Latest health bulletin shows Delhi recorded 2,084 new coronavirus cases and 57 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the state to 85,161 and the toll to 2,680. The tally includes 26,246 active cases and 56,235 recovered/cured cases. 

Bihar Covid-19 Update | A total of 112 more people were found coronavirus positive in Bihar, taking the total number of cases to 9,618. 

MHA Clarifies on Covid-19 Survey in Delhi | Door-to-door survey will be done first in containment zones on priority basis by July 06. The date has been extended as numbers of containment zones has increased to 435 in Delhi: Ministry of Home Affairs

Karnataka Covid-19 Cases | A total of 1,105 new coronavirus cases and 19 deaths were reported in Karnataka, taking the state tally to 14,295 and the death toll to 226. The tally includes 6,382 active cases and 7,683 dicharged/cured. 

184 More Covid-19 Cases in MP | Coronavirus cases in Madhya Pradesh touched 13,370 after 184 infections were detected in the past 24 hours, while seven deaths during the period took the toll to 564. 

144 Fresh Covid-19 Cases Reported in J&K | As many as 144 fresh coronavirus cases were reported in Jammu and Kashmir today, taking the total number coronavirus cases in the Union Territory to 7,237.

UP Universty Examinations to be Called Off | A four member committee appointed to review decision regarding holding state university exams amid the Covid-19 lockdown in its report today have recommended calling off the exams citing health hazards. State universities in the state were seeing protests by students and teachers associations against earlier order of holding the exams. The body had cited example of Mumbai University, where students were promoted on the bases of their results on previous semester. Sources say methodology of promotion and criteria of holding exams on some categories will be declared over the next few days. Twenty state universities and more than 50 lakh students will be impacted by this decision.

West Bengal Reports 624 New Covid-19 Cases | West Bengal reported 624 fresh Covid-19 cases and 14 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 17,907 and the death toll to 653. Total number of active patients now stands at 5,535.

Telangana Reports 975 New Coronavirus Cases | Health officials confirmed 975 new coronavirus cases in Telangana today taking the total cases to 15,394. Six new deaths took the toll to 253.

Odisha Reports 245 New Cases | A total of 245 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths were reported in Odisha today, taking the tally to 6,859 and the death toll to 23. 

Intense Curbs in Chennai, 4 Districts Extended till July 5 |  Lockdown in Chennai and four other districts has been extended till July 5, according to latest reports by the Tamil Nadu government.

Among the 116 districts are 32 districts of Bihar, 31 districts of Uttar Pradesh, 24 districts of Madhya Pradesh, 22 districts of Rajasthan, four districts of Odisha and three districts of Jharkhand.

India Develops First Covid-19 Vaccine Candidate | India’s first Covid-19 vaccine - COVAXIN, developed by Bharat Biotech  in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - National Institute of Virology (NIV) gets nod from Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for phase I and II human clinical trials. The SARS-CoV-2 strain was isolated in NIV, Pune and transferred to Bharat Biotech. Human clinical trials are scheduled to start across India in July.