Pedestrians wearing protective mask walk past an effigy reading “Stay Home” at a police barricade during a partial lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus in New Delhi, India. (Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg)
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Jun 29, 2020
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Maharashtra government has further extended the lockdown in the entire state till the midnight of July 31, 2020, according to the order issued by the Chief Secretary.
“Concerned District Collectors and Commissioners of the Municipal Corporations in the state may enforce certain measures and necessary restrictions in specified local areas on the permitted non-essential activities and movement of persons to control Covid-19”, the government order said.
Delhi government has decided to start a ‘Plasma Bank’ in Delhi for the treatment of patients infected with the novel coronavirus, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said at a media briefing.
The 'Plasma Bank' will be set-up at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in Delhi, and will start operations within the next two days, he said.
Kejriwal added that “Anyone who needs plasma will need a recommendation from a doctor.”
He appealed to the people who have recovered from Covid-19 to donate their plasma for the treatment of patients currently suffering from the deadly infection.
We have got arrangements for 4,246 beds out of which 2,014 are ready, another 949 beds have been kept reserved in private sector. A total of 52 govt & 195 private hospitals have been booked for #COVID19 cases. We'll have over 600 ventilators soon: Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh pic.twitter.com/ATuDUrmY4k
‘Project PLATINA’-World’s Largest convalescent plasma therapy trial cum treatment of severe #COVID19 patients was today launched by Maharashtra Medical Education and Drugs Department & inaugurated by CM Uddhav Thackeray: Maharashtra CMO pic.twitter.com/dhwKKQvzjB
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy holds meeting with medical experts, in view the spread of Covid-19 in the state.
As per the last bulletin, total number of positive cases in Tamil Nadu stands at 82,275 including 45,537 discharges, 35,656 active cases and 1,079 deaths.
83,98,362 samples have been tested totally up to June 28, of which 1,70,560 samples were tested on Sunday, Indian Council of Medical Research said in a statement.
