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* Covid cert must go to the office? No, says the government
Employees of several private companies are lining up at government hospitals looking to get tested for Covid-19, saying their employers insist they produce negative certificates if they want to return to work. The health department says that no employer can make such a claim.
Several private firms reopened in Bengaluru on Monday, after relaxation of some lockdown restrictions. The government has limited assistance to private establishments to 33% of their normal force.
Health workers at a Covid-19 hospital in eastern Bengaluru were stunned to see a queue outside their door on Thursday. It included employees of private banks, clothing chains and other commercial establishments, which required swab samples to be collected for testing, hospital officials said.
* Update at 9.28am: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) issues a revised discharge policy for patients with Covid-19.
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* Update at 9.18am | The death toll from Covid-19 increases to 1,981; Cases Rise to 59,662 in India: Union Ministry of Health
* The Karnataka government and South Western Railway (SWR) resumed services on Friday, transporting nearly 3,600 people on two trains to Lucknow and one to Danapur, Bihar.
* Since merchants and shoppers ignored social distancing rules, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Friday ordered Commercial Street shopping malls and seven other highways in the central business district to close the blinds until further notice.
* The Karnataka government allowed take-away sales of alcoholic beverages from clubs, hotels, bars and restaurants on Friday until May 17.
* The Karnataka government spent Rs 3.5 lakh on each of 136 Covid-19 patients treated at the Trauma Care Center at Bangalore Victoria Hospital, S spokesman and state minister Suresh Kumar said on Friday.
* The Karnataka government also extended cash aid of Rs 5,000 to two more categories in the unorganized sector, shoemakers and skilled leather workers (who work on the road). The decision will benefit 11,722 families. Dhobis, barbers, car drivers, and taxis are already covered by the new initiative.
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