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Updated: May 7, 2020 7:20:49 am
As many as 27 people succumbed to the virus in the state on Wednesday, 25 of the deaths were from Ahmedabad.
To control the spread of the coronavirus, the civic authorities of Ahmedabad and Surat decided to close all the stores. except those who sell milk and medicine for a week, which triggered the purchase of food and vegetables by citizens. The order will take effect from midnight on May 7 in Ahmedabad, while in Surat it will apply from Saturday.
Up to 382 new cases of COVID-19 were reported on Wednesday in Gujarat, with 291 from Ahmedabad alone. With this, the total number of positive cases in the state has reached 6,669. At the highest date, 5,559 samples were analyzed in 24 hours across the state.
As many as 27 people succumbed to the virus in the state on Wednesday, 25 of the deaths were from Ahmedabad.
Ahmedabad accounts for more than 70 percent of COVID-19 cases in Gujarat and the number of deaths caused by the disease.
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Additional chief secretary Rajiv Kumar Gupta, who took over the city of Ahmedabad on Tuesday, held a meeting with officials from the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and issued an order saying: “Everyone who works in stores such as vegetables, fruits, groceries, provisions, supermarkets, ice cream parlors, and people dedicated to home delivery of these items, as well as Swiggy, Zomato, Dominos, and others, become potent sources of infection for many. the AMC area, all stores and home delivery services, except milk and medications, will be closed for seven days from May 7. “
In his order, the Municipal Corporation of Surat said: “The markets of the agricultural products market committee, the vegetable markets in all areas designated for farmers, the independent vegetable stalls, the fruit shops and the sale of vegetables and fruits in any way are prohibited from May 9 to 14 “.
The state government also decided to suspend the distribution of free food grains to APL-1 ration card holders in the city of Ahmedabad. The distribution that was due to start Thursday will now occur after new dates for the municipal corporation areas are announced, according to an official statement.
The decision to close completely in Ahmedabad followed an order from the municipal commissioner in charge Mukesh Kumar under Rule 11 of the Epidemic Diseases Law, for “the effective implementation of social distancing and minimizing overcrowding to reduce the spread of infection in the city Ahmedabad. “
Shock in the Jamalpur area of Ahmedabad old town, a red light district, on Wednesday, as people invade vegetable shops and supermarkets after the closing order. (Express photo: Javed Raja)
Branches of all banks, except ATMs, will also remain closed in the red zones until further notice.
Prime Minister Vijay Rupani wrote to Union Interior Minister Amit Shah requesting a visit from the country’s “top three doctors” to guide those at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital on the best available treatments.
A government statement said Rupani also had a phone conversation earlier in the day, where he suggested that Dr. Randeep Guleria, director of AIIMS Delhi, Dr. Rajesh Chawla of Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, and the Mumbai-based pulmonologist, Dr. Rohit Pandit, were dispatched overnight to the designated COVID hospital on the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital campus, in an attempt to “better direct the state and the doctors as well as the Civil Hospital medical teams to reduce high mortality rate and improve your discharge rate. “
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