Hyderabad news live: No daily Covid bulletin, only weekly now in Telangana

Telangana high court on Tuesday directed the revenue department to file its counter in a petition filed by civil supplies minister Gangula Kamalakar charging the minority welfare department’s secretary with inaction in removing his 15 acres and 26 guntas of land in survey No. 126 at Kazipur village of Kothapalli mandal in Karimnagar district from the wakf properties’ list. Read more

An advocate lodged a complaint with police alleging that two unknown persons tried to attack him with a knife on February 16 at his house in Narayanguda. Police seized a knife and eight live rounds abandoned at the house of the advocate. They have launched a probe to nab the accused.

An upswing in ‘post covid sequelae’ cases is being seen in the city with many who had contracted Covid-19 in April and May last year reporting back to pulmonologists. Covid sequelae is referred to as an acute complication arising from a chronic disease. While lung fibrosis remains the most common post Covid complication with many requiring long-term oxygen support, people who had been in ICU set up and critically ill (accounting for less than 10% of all Covid patients) are at risk of long-term effects. READ MORE

Under pressure from school managements, the Telangana government on Tuesday ordered reopening of physical classes for students of classes 6 to 8 from today, but the Hyderabad parents association questioned the hurried move. Education minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy said that the decision was taken following instructions from chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. A GO was issued on Tuesday by special chief secretary Chitra Ramchandran on reopening of schools. READ MORE

The state health department on Tuesday announced they would not share daily Covid-19 bulletin and instead issue only weekly data as no major changes were noticed in the number of cases in Telangana during the last few months. The state wants to use the workers busy collating data instead for vaccination drive, public health director Dr G Srinivasa Rao said. The move comes at a time when neighbouring states and bordering districts were seeing a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases. However officials said in case of any significant development they would make the information public.