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The Delhi government allowed veterinary services and freelancers like electricians, plumbers and water purifier repairers to work from today.
A week before the shutdown’s scheduled completion date, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to at least six senior ministers for the fourth time since the COVID-19 outbreak about the shutdown exit strategy, among other things.
The Hindu He has presented an electronic book in several languages on essential information of COVID-19, in addition to covering the developments related to the coronavirus pandemic as it developed. Here is a collection of our daily cartoons on COVID-19.
Here are expert answers on your virus inquiries, a list of state hotline numbers, a state tracker for COVID-19 cases, deaths and tests, and a map of confirmed cases in India.
Here are the latest updates:
1.45 pm | Tamil Nadu
Two more police officers in Chennai test positive for COVID-19
The Nungambakkam police station, located in the heart of the city, was cordoned off on Tuesday, after two police officers tested positive for COVID-19. Both have been admitted to the special room for COVID-19 at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital.
13:30 h | Assam
16-year-old girl tests positive in Assam
A 16-year-old girl has become the youngest in Assam to test positive for COVID-19
State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday the girl was from Salmara in the western Bongaigaon district of Assam. She tested positive while in quarantine since she had come in contact with an infected person, he added.
1 pm | Uttar Pradesh
UP to operate special buses
The Uttar Pradesh government has organized 300 buses to transport around 9,000 students from Prayagraj to other districts in the state. This includes those who study at the University of Allahabad.
A government official said that other states will be granted permission to operate the service if they wish to recover students.
Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath will interact via videoconference with students from Uttar Pradesh who returned from Kota and were quarantined.
12.50 pm | Karantaka
Coronavirus cases in Karnataka reach 520
Eight new cases have been detected in Karnataka on Tuesday, bringing the total number of positive cases to 520.
These include 20 deaths and 198 people discharged.
The new cases include six from Kalaburgi, all contacts from patient number 395, one from Bengaluru Urban and one from Gadag, one case of SARI.
12.45 pm | Meghalaya
The new president of the Meghalaya Superior Court is quarantined
Biswanath Somadder, who drove 2,000 km from Prayagraj through Kolkata to reach Shillong, was quarantined after being sworn in as Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court on Monday.
Court officials said Supreme Court Chief Somadder had traveled by road following national protocols related to COVID-19 and complied with state protocols to quarantine for 14 days at his official residence shortly after state governor Tathagata Roy I will swear it.
12.30 p. M. | New Delhi
NITI Aayog office sealed after employees test positive
An employee working for NITI Bhavan was found positive with COVID-19, the government’s expert group tweeted Tuesday.
“Authorities were informed at 9 am this morning. NITI Aayog is following all necessary protocols according to the guidelines of the Ministry of Health. The building has been sealed,” the tweet said.
According to PTI, a director-level officer has tested positive for the pandemic.
Disinfection and disinfection of the building are underway. Contacts of the single positive covid person were asked to be quarantined, another tweet said.
12.15 pm | Maharashtra
Mumbai police, police officers over 55, asked for permission
Senior police officers ordered all officers in Mumbai 55 and older to leave compulsory leave.
Authorities said the instructions are being applied since the three police officers who lost their lives to COVID-19 were over 50 years old, which is considered a vulnerable group.
Naval Bajaj, Joint Police Commissioner (Administration), said: “The instructions were issued at the beginning of the crisis, but obviously they were not being followed. Now we are applying them more strictly. “
11.50 am | United States
The Indian citizen is the first case in US border protection custody. USA That is positive for COVID-19
A 31-year-old Indian man, who was arrested on suspicion of illegally crossing into the United States through the United States-Mexico border, tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the first individual in the custody of the Border protection in being infected with the virus.
11.40 am | Andhra Pradesh
82 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Andhra Pradesh in the last 24 hours. The total number of positive cases is now 1259, including 259 discharged after treatment and 31 deaths.
11.30 am | Rajasthan
COVID-19 deaths in Rajasthan cross 50
A 60-year-old male patient with COVID-19 died today in Kota, at a cost in Rajasthan of 51 years. The deceased had comorbid conditions of diabetes mellitus and acute myocardial infarction.
The state’s COVID-19 positive case count has increased to 2,328 with the detection of 66 cases today.
Of the total number of patients, 766 recovered and 584 were discharged from hospitals, according to a bulletin published by the State Department of Health and Medicine. – Mohammed Iqbal
11.20 am | Kerala
Six districts in Kerala are now “high risk”
The Kerala government has declared Kottayam and Idukki as COVID-19 red zones. Four panchayats in Kottayam have been declared epidemic hotspots.
Thiruvananthapuram, Alappuzha, Thrissur and Wayanad had been spared new positive cases of COVID-19. The public could expect closure restrictions to be less stringent at these locations.
11.00 am | China
Beijing to Close Special Coronavirus Hospital
Beijing authorities will close a special COVID-19 hospital after clarifying all cases, including when China reported six new coronavirus infections and 40 new asymptomatic cases, health officials said on Tuesday.
The move to close the hospital comes after China’s coronavirus epicenter Wuhan recently closed 16 temporary hospitals and released its last patient on Sunday.
Xiaotangshan Hospital in Beijing, which was used in 2003 to quarantine SARS patients, cleared all cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday and is scheduled to stop working on Wednesday, official media reported. – PTI
10.00 am | Delhi
Delhi lifts certain curbs
Veterinary services and independent workers, such as electricians, plumbers and water purifier repairers, can operate in the Capital from today.
On Monday night, the chief secretary, Vijay Dev, issued an order to lift the limits on the services they provide.
The order also allowed the operation of pathology laboratories, the operation of homes for the indigent and the mentally disabled, as well as for the physically disabled.
Veterinary doctors, nurses, and staff, under the order, were allowed to travel; He also stated that online or distance learning needed to be encouraged. – Jatin Anand
9.30 am | Hariana
Villagers oppose cremation of women for fear of COVID-19 spreading
A group of people in the Chandpur village of Haryana in Ambala opposed and attempted to interrupt the cremation of an elderly woman, suspecting that the woman died of COVID-19 and feared that the cremation would spread the deadly coronavirus, police said.
Police said moderate force was used to disperse the crowd, after stones were thrown at police personnel and members of the health department and municipal committee at the cremation site in the village Monday night. . – Vikas Vasudeva
9.00 am
BRICS Foreign Ministers hope to exchange ideas on joint response to COVID-19 today
Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar will join his counterparts from Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa on Tuesday as the BRICS group enters a major brainstorming session to forge a joint response to counter COVID-19 pandemic, followed by preparations for an economic recovery in emerging economies and the Global South.
the ministerial videoconference Hosted by Russia, the current rotating head of the BRICS, is also expected to reflect the post-COVID-19 global order and the role of emerging economies in shaping it. – Atul Aneja
8.40 am
Seven new cases detected in Odisha
Of the seven new cases, four were reported by Sundargarh and three by Bhadrak, bringing the state total to 118, the State Department of Health said Tuesday. – Prafulla Das
7.40 am | Bihar
With another positive case of Nalanda’s COVID-19 from a 27-year-old woman, the total number in Bihar has risen to 346. – Amarnath Tewary
7.00 am | U.S.
Trump blames China for the spread of the coronavirus, says US investigation. USA
United States President Donald Trump said Monday that China could have stopped the coronavirus before it swept the world, saying his administration was conducting “serious investigations” into what happened.
“We are doing very serious investigations … We are not happy with China,” Trump said at a White House press conference. “There are many ways to hold them accountable.”
5.45 am
HAL allowed work to resume from Tuesday with fewer staff
The Home Office has allowed Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) to resume manufacturing operations as an essential defense service since Tuesday (April 28), but with reduced staff and under strict security guidelines.
HAL stopped work a month ago under a national blockade imposed to control the COVID-19 pandemic.
4.00 am
Odisha prepares an inexpensive “spray box” and “face shields”
The Berhampur Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) of Odisha has prepared a low-cost “spray box” and “face shields” for medical personnel involved in the treatment of patients with COVID-19.
Upon receiving information in this regard, the Director General of Employment and Training (DGET) and the Central Ministry for Skills Development and Entrepreneurship has organized a video conference of different ITIs in the country on April 30, where Berhampur ITI will provide technical training for preparing these much-needed medical equipment to other ITIs for local production to an end, said Berhampur ITI director Rajat Panigrahy.
4.86 lakh people register with the Odisha government. back home
A whopping 4.86 lakh of stranded migrant workers and other natives have registered with the Odisha government in 48 hours stating that they intend to return home.
The overwhelming response was received from people trapped outside after the government made registration mandatory for all returnees. Both potential returnees and family members can register online or fill out forms per person at panchayats for the return.
3.30 am
Irresponsible for calling Chinese test kits “faulty”: Chinese spokesperson
It is irresponsible to label Chinese products as “defective,” the Chinese embassy spokesman said Tuesday morning, after the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) asked states to stop using rapid test kits. of antibodies and return them to manufacturers in China. China.
