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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said that the state government will soon announce a financial package to steer the state out of the present economic crisis caused due to the Covid-19 situation.
Talking to reporters in Pimpri Chinchwad township near Pune, Pawar said that as a result of the pandemic and the lockdown, all financial activities have come to a standstill, and businesses as well as jobs have been adversely impacted.
“In a nutshell, we are facing an economic crisis and we want to find a way out. The state government will soon announce a financial package and a decision in that regard will be taken in the cabinet,” Pawar said.
Source: PTI
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said the current phase of lockdown, slated to end on May 31, should be extended till June 15 considering the overall Covid-19 scenario in the country, where the case count has crossed the 1.6 lakh-mark.
Sawant, who spoke to Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the phone on Thursday, said during the conversation he suggested lockdown extension for another 15 days, but sought relaxations for Goa during the period.
The chief minister said Goa will pitch for relaxations like allowing reopening of malls, restaurants and gyms in the state during the lockdown period.
He said all these sectors (gym, mall and restaurant) can open with 50% of their staff capacity and by strictly adhering to social distancing norms and other protocols related to curbing the coronavirus spread.
Sawant said the state government is waiting for fresh lockdown guidelines from the Union home ministry, which are expected to be announced on Saturday.
Only after understanding those guidelines, we will come to know whether Goa is allowed to give certain relaxations, he said.
Source: PTI
Students of state-run schools in West Bengal are likely to attend classes on alternate days after they reopen, in order to observe social distancing norms. The schools will be asked to follow an "alternate model" and the department will ensure that classes take place adhering to social distancing nor.ms, Education Minister Partha Chatterjee told reporters on Thursday.
Asked to elaborate on the "alternate model", he said details of it would be informed later. The alternate model envisages one set of students of a particular class will attend school on every alternate day, a source in the education department explained. To a question, Chatterjee said state-run schools are slated to reopen after June 30.
Private educational institutes are free to follow this schedule or they may go by their own timetable, he said. However, the minister hinted that he expects private schools will follow the governments decision. "If a state-run school and a private school are situated in the same locality, the same yardstick should be applied to both, as students of the same locality will face similar situation," Chatterjee said.
Source: PTI
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Brazil’s cases hit another daily record as hot spots shift to developing countries ill-equipped to contain its spread. Latin America now accounts for 40% of daily virus deaths as cases surge in countries from Mexico to Peru. South Korea reported 58 more cases as it tries to control an outbreak tied to a distribution center.
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