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Coronavirus News Live Updates: Several cities across the country will see curfews starting on Friday evening. A weekend curfew will begin in Delhi 10 pm on Friday and continue till 6 am on Monday morning. According to the new directives, shopping malls, gyms, spas, auditoriums, assembly halls, entertainment parks and similar public places will be shut. While cinemas and theatres have been allowed to operate on 30% capacity, restaurants and other eateries will only provide take-away and home delivery services.
Uttar Pradesh will see a night curfew in several cities including Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Kanpur, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Meerut and Gorakhpur districts from 8 pm to 7 am. Rajasthan will also have a weekend curfew rom 6 pm today till Monday 5 am.
In Odisha, there will be a night curfew in urban areas of 20 districts including Cuttack and Bhubaneswar between 9 pm and 5 am.
Most Coming to AIIMS Are Covid +ve: Guleria | We have to be very careful and vigilant. Large numbers of people who are coming to the hospital are Covid-19 positive. We are trying to get as many as nursing officcers, many nurses have also tested positive for the virus: AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria.
K'taka CM Calls for Emergency Meet | Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa calls for an emergency Covid-19 meeting at his residence at 9:30 am. Cases in Bengaluru crossed 10,000 yesterday; State recorded 14,738 new cases.
MHA Guidelines on Officers' Work Timing | In view of "unprecedented rise" in Covid-19 cases in Delhi, Union Home Ministry said its officers of the level of Under Secy and below are allowed to work from home and their physical attendance in office be restricted to 50% of actual strength.The MHA said all officers who attend work can stagger timings with entry spread between 9 AM to 10 AM with corresponding office exit timings and those living in containment zones are exempted from attending office. Mha says the order is not stand alone. The instructions comes in the wake of Dopt circular of last week which stated that all Ministries/ departments should ensure safety in wake of covid surge.
30 Sadhus Test +ve in Haridwar | 30 Sadhus have tested positive for Covid-19 so far, in Haridwar. Medical teams are going to akharas and RT-PCR tests of sadhus are being done continuously. The process will be further quickened from April 17: Dr SK Jha, Haridwar Chief Medical Officer.
Shahdara Metro Station Entry Closed: DMRC | Entry for Shahdara metro station has been temporarily closed to ensure social distancing as part of our crowd control measures. Exit is allowed: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
Vardhan to Visit AIIMS | Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan will be visiting AIIMS, Delhi at 8:30 am to check on the health care facilities. Vardhan will check other hospitals over the next few days.
Regarding Covid-19 cases in Haridwar, the critical ones are being referred to AIIMS Rishikesh. Those belonging to Haridwar being sent to home isolation and people from outside being hospitalised. No situation of panic in Haridwar hospitals: Dr SK Jha, Haridwar Chief Medical Officer (CMO).
Visuals from Bandra Reclamation in Mumbai. Maharashtra government's 15-day state-wide restrictions continues to remain in place.
Maharashtra: State Government's 15-day statewide restrictions, which came into effect on April 14th in the light of the #COVID19 situation, continues to remain in place. Visuals from Bandra Reclamation in Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/BdEbpgfQXH
— ANI (@ANI) April 16, 2021
Only mild patients can be kept in hotels, who don't require oxygen and significant monitoring. Patients with mild symptoms can be quarantined at home. Govt should introduce system to monitor their progress. The order will stretch our resources further and leave patients in hospitals who need more monitoring, are more exposed and vulnerable: Dr Sumit Ray, Medical Superintendent, Holy Family Hospital on Delhi govt's order to link hotels with private hospitals.
UP Board Class 10, 12 Exams Postponed | Class 10 and 12 exams of UP Board have been postponed till May 20. We'll hold a meeting in first week of May to decide if we should hold the exams or explore other options. University exams have also been postponed till May 15: Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma.
Traders' associations in Lucknow decide to keep several markets closed on different dates to contain Covid-19 spread.
Lucknow: To contain COVID spread, traders' associations decide to keep several markets closed on different dates.
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) April 15, 2021
"Till April 18, only deliveries & essential services will be operational at Hazratganj market," Vinod Panjabi, Secretary, Hazratganj Traders' Association said y'day pic.twitter.com/3X1mrZaPvW
Over 300 Delhi Police personnel test positive for COVID-19; 15 of them admitted to hospital, the police say.
Exercise Powers Sensitively: Maha Min Tells Police | The Maharashtra government has imposed strict restrictions aimed at breaking the corona chain. Maharashtra home minister Dilip Walse Patil tells the state police to exercise its powers sensitively during this period. He also appealed to the citizens to cooperate with the administration by following the rules.
राज्यात कोरोनाची साखळी तोडण्याच्या उद्देशाने निर्बंध लागु करण्यात आलेले आहेत. या काळात पोलिस प्रशासनाने अधिकारांचा वापर संवेदनशीलपणे करण्याच्या सूचना दिल्या. तसेच नागरिकांनी नियमांचे पालन करुन प्रशासनास सहकार्य करावे असेही आवाहन केले. pic.twitter.com/5qGK2i7tun
— Dilip Walse Patil (@Dwalsepatil) April 15, 2021
Weekend Curfew in Rajasthan from Today | The Rajasthan government has imposed a weekend curfew in the states from 6 pm today till 5 am on Monday, April 19, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot decided in a midnight meeting. Night curfew will also remain till April 30. Fruits and vegetables, milk, LPG and banking services will be excluded from the lockdown. Voting and the entire process related to it will also be included in the exemption from curfew. By-elections are to be held on April 17 in three assembly constituencies.
There're only two ways to contain Covid-19 -- lockdown which is not viable and observance of all guidelines. I've asked officers to implement Covid-19 rules strictly even if it irks people. We can face their anger but we can't see piles of bodies: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij.
A long queue of family members of Covid-19 patients seen outside a medical store in Raipur for Remdesivir injection.
Chhattisgarh: For Remdesivir injection, a long queue of family members of COVID patients was seen outside a medical store in Raipur on Thursday.
— ANI (@ANI) April 16, 2021
"I have been here since Wednesday morning. My patient needs 6 injections but they won’t give more than one," a man said. pic.twitter.com/BeGHf1U8rY
Odisha to Receive 3L Vax Doses Today | Odisha is likely to receive a consignment of 3 lakh doses of vaccines today, an official said. The state government had yesterday demanded at least 25 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine in a single lot from the Centre as it is unable to expedite the ongoing immunisation programme, said Health and Family Welfare Minister NK Das. In a letter to the Centre, Das said that the state is prepared to administer 3 lakh doses daily, but about 2-3 lakh vaccine shots are being allocated to it at a time.
Weekend Curfew in Delhi from Tonight | Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a curfew this weekend and the closure of malls, gymnasiums and auditoriums till April 30 as part of sweeping restrictions to break the chain of the COVID-19 infection in the city. According to an official order, the weekend curfew will be effective from 10 pm tonight (Friday) to 5 am on April 19 (Monday), even as gymnasiums, auditoriums, malls, spas, entertainment parks and assembly halls will remain closed in the national capital till April 30.
