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Update at 10.40pm: Vadodara booked a Vadodara pharmaceutical employee who tested positive for Covid-19 as he had traveled home from Ahmedabad during the lockdown and concealed his travel history for a week.
Update at 10.10pm: With 268 new cases, the Covid-19 count rises to 6,086 in Ahmedabad; 19 more deaths reach 400, PTI quotes a health department official.
Update at 9.16pm: Daily tests for Covid-19 are further reduced to 2,978 in the last 24 hours in Gujarat, as the total tests conducted so far reach 1.16 lakh in the state.
Update at 8.38pm: Gujarat recorded 235 discharges of patients recovered in 24 hours, bringing the total number to 2,780. The downloads include 109 from Ahmedabad, 65 from Surat, 17 from Mehsana and 16 from Rajkot
Update at 7.52pm: Gujarat records 20 deaths, 347 new cases in 24 hours; total in the state harvests 8,542 including 513 deaths.
Update at 7.30pm: So far there have been 1.51 lakh cases in Gujarat for blockade and quarantine violations and more than 27,000 people arrested using CCTV and camera footage of drones, state police chief general Shivanand Jha said on Monday. (PTI)
Update at 6.42pm: A mass of about 2.56 lakh of migrant workers who left Gujarat on special Sharamik trains amid the coronavirus-induced blockade until Monday traveled to Uttar Pradesh, a state government official said. (PTI)
Update at 5.37pm: All delivery personnel in Ahmedabad will have to download the Arogya Setu app on their mobile phones, says Gujarat’s additional chief, Secy Rajiv Kumar Gupta. (AND ME)
Update at 4.53pm: Ahmedabad, the second city most affected by COVID-19, has decided to be fully digital for all purchases, including home delivery orders, to avoid the possible spread of the infection through tickets. (PTI)
Update at 3.58pm: Hundreds of workers working at the Nirma Limited detergent plant in the Bhavnagar district of Gujarat allegedly rioted and destroyed a staff bus in the early hours of Monday after a special train from Shramik to Uttar Pradesh was canceled, he said. police. (PTI)
* * Update at 2.04pm: MHA issues standard operating procedures for passenger travel on special trains beginning Tuesday; only confirmed electronic tickets will be allowed, reports PTI
* Urgent need to lift the blockade; otherwise the financial system may collapse: IIM-Ahmedabad professor
* Indian Railways will restart passenger train operations with special trains from New Delhi connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Central Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi to starting tomorrow
* * Update at 11.28 a.m.: Two people in Jamnagar and one in Bhavnagar test positive for Covid-19
* * Update at 11.20 a.m.: Two SRP Jawans from Bharuch, who returned from their service in Ahmedabad, test positive for Covid-19
* * Update at 11.17 a.m.: Shramik’s special trains now have up to 3 stops in the destination state, operate with a total capacity of around 1,700 instead of 1,200: Rail Order (PTI)
* * Update at 11.01 a.m.: Ensure opening of all private clinics, nursing homes, laboratories with all medical staff, MHA tells states (PTI)
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Update at 9.54am
: Union Secretary of the Interior Ajay Bhalla writes to the top secretaries of all states to cooperate in receiving special Shramik trains and to facilitate the movement of stranded migrant workers.
* * Update at 9.38 a.m.: The number of deaths by Covid-19 increases to 2,206; cases climb to 67,152 in India, PTI reports citing Union health ministry
* * Update at 8.32am: Today, technology is helping many in efforts to free the world from Covid-19. I salute all who are at the forefront of research and innovation on ways to beat the coronavirus. May we continue to take advantage of technology to create a healthier and better planet, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (AND ME)
* *Despite the fact that the people of Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and some other cities have faced difficulties due to the unavailability of vegetables and groceries, the state government is considering a proposal to resume these services from May 15. However, these essential services may be opened under strict guidelines.
* *Citing the intensified liquidity crisis after the Covid-19 crisis and the slowdown in economic growth, Professor Sebastian Morris of the Indian Institute of Administration, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), stressed the urgent need to lift the blockade in India. Addressing a public online conference on the deepening crisis in the Indian economy, Morris said the blockade only helps improve the medical system in India and nothing else.
* *A PIL has contested the May 6 notice from the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) prohibiting the sale of items other than milk and medicine in city areas because the sudden announcement of the decision led to overcrowding in supermarkets and vegetable stores, and resulted in noncompliance with social distancing regulations that put public health at risk.
* *Despite the fact that thousands of migrant workers have registered every day to return to their respective states, Ahmedabad collector KK Nirala has asked the workers to be patient and contain restraint, as all who have registered they will be sent back home.
* *The first flight that was scheduled to arrive at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI) in Ahmedabad on Sunday afternoon from Singapore and bring back the Gujaratis who were stranded there, did not arrive at the city airport. Sources confirmed that the flight was supposed to land in Mumbai and then arrive in Ahmedabad at 3:30 p.m.
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