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Number of Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra has crossed 50,000, according to the state government’s health ministry. 33,988 of these cases are live right now. Mumbai alone accounts for three-fifth of the cases, a count of over 30,000.
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Today morning, I spoke to civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri and requested him to give us some time to do preparations (to resume domestic air travel): Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray pic.twitter.com/469uHqfCFr
— ANI (@ANI) May 24, 2020
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said it was wrong to impose the lockdown suddenly, and now it cannot be lifted all at once.
Amid the rising number of Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, Thackeray also said there was a need to be extra cautious during the upcoming monsoon.
“It was wrong to impose the lockdown suddenly. It will be equally wrong to lift it in one go. It will be a double whammy for our own people,” he said in a televised message.
Thackeray, whose party Shiv Sena parted ways with long-term ally BJP last year, said though the Union government has been of little help, he would not indulge in any political mudslinging.
"The Maharashtra government has not yet received its due GST amount. The Centre’s share of train ticket cost (for facilitating transportation of migrant labourers to their native places) is yet to be received. There is still shortage of some medicines. Earlier, we did face shortage of PPE kits and other equipment," he said.
India will have an important role to play in the mass production of medicines and vaccines for coronavirus infection once the treatment for the deadly disease is found, French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain has said.
"It is very important for states to coordinate if we want the Covid-19 vaccine and/or medicines to be produced and distributed equitably worldwide. India will have an important role to play as a producer of medicines and vaccines," French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain told PTI in an interview.
India is a leading manufacturer of vaccines and generic drugs globally. Several research institutes in India are also working on separate programmes to find a vaccine for the coronavirus.
The French Ambassador's comments also came in the backdrop of efforts by a large number of countries as well as the 27-nation European Union to ensure equitable access to any vaccine or medicine for treatment of coronavirus infection through their mass production under voluntary patenting.
The issue figured prominently at the recent two-day conference of the World Health Organisation where many countries pressed for making the vaccine available to all countries and not only to those who have deep pockets.
"France and India have supported the European resolution (at the WHO) for universal, timely and equitable access to all necessary products for countering the pandemic, and underscored the role of extensive immunisation against Covid-19 as a global public good," he said.
The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday allowed 17 industrial estates in Chennai to resume work from Monday with conditions, including confining the workforce to 25 percent and implementing safety measures.
The industrial estates situated in non-containment zones, including the Ambattur and Guindy clusters can resume work from May 25, the government said, adding however that employees residing in containment zones would not be allowed to report for work.
The strength of the workers should be capped at 25 percent and thermal scanners must be used for screening employees, an official release said. Following social distancing, disinfecting work places twice a day and practising personal hygiene were among the other norms.
The industries in the clusters are expected to resume work partially from Monday after a gap of two months.
Source: PTI
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Migrants returning to Manipur from various parts of the country and abroad who fail to undergo mandatory quarantine will be arrested and put in jail, Chief Minister N Biren Singh said, as the northeastern state logged over two dozen Covid-19 cases in a little over a month of being declared coronavirus-free.
The chief minister said those found violating the Covid-19 protocol will be prosecuted under the National Disaster Management Act, 2005.
"This is a very serious issue. Returnees flouting the protocol will be arrested and put in jail," Singh told reporters on Friday.
He said the returnees testing negative for novel coronavirus will be allowed to be home quarantined.
"Our primary task is to prevent community spread of the disease," the chief minister said.
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Globally, cases crossed 52 lakh, leaving over 3.4 lakh dead as of Sunday morning.
Japan is set to lift the state of emergency in Tokyo and surrounding regions on Monday as new virus cases tail off, while restrictions are being eased further in Australia.
The increase in new U.S. cases trailed the daily average of the past week, and remained below 2% for the eighth day. Brazil’s new infections climbed 5%.
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