A healthcare worker takes a swab sample from a person for COVID-19 testing. (Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey)
Coronavirus India Live Updates: National Conference President and Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah has tested positive for Covid-19, his son Omar announced on Tuesday. “My father tested positive for Covid-19 and is showing some symptoms. I will isolate myself along with other family members until we get tested, ”Omar tweeted. Reacting to this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished “speedy recovery” and “good health” for Farooq Abdullah.
India recorded 56,211 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours to 8 a.m. Tuesday, bringing the country’s total to more than Rs 1.20 crore. Of the total cases, 5.40 lakh are active, while more than 1.13 million people have recovered after testing positive. With 271 new deaths, the figure is over 1.62 lakh now. Maharashtra reported 31,643 cases on Monday and represents more than 3.36 lakh of active cases in the country.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra, which is at the center of Covid’s resurgence in India, is likely to release new standard operating procedures by April 1 to slow the spread of the virus. However, a total lockdown is unlikely from now on. A second review meeting will be held today with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to discuss the future course of action.
Eight states, including Maharashtra, Karnataka and Punjab, account for 84.5 percent of the 68,020 new cases registered in the country, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. The national capital registered more than 1,900 new cases on the same day, the highest in around three and a half months.
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Bhopal’s bustling New Market area had an unusual visitor last week: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. What he brought was also unusual: not a shopping bag, but white paint and masks.
Chouhan’s appearance was part of a movement to promote the ‘Mera Mask, Meri Suraksha’ initiative to combat the outbreak of Covid cases in Madhya Pradesh. On March 23, the Chief Minister launched the state campaign by visiting crowded places, distributing masks to people, and using the paint to draw distance circles outside the tents.
The looming threat of a shutdown in the state with a daily spike in Covid cases has put migrant workers on the edge with some contemplating plans to return to their places of origin to avoid being caught off guard despite the state government still has not made any decisions. announcement of a confinement.
After the 21-day national shutdown was announced on March 24 of last year, many stranded workers without ration or money had walked thousands of miles or overpriced to get home.
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