Lab technicians talk while colleagues seal bagged boxes of Corosure probe-free RT-PCR based Covid-19 Diagnostic kits in a crimping room at the Newtech Medical Devices facility in Faridabad, Haryana, India. (Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg)
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The Uttarakhand government is considering the option of sealing the state's borders with neighbouring states and imposing complete lockdown in the state on weekends in view of the surging cases of Covid-19, an official spokesman said here on Friday.
The chief minister has asked Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh and Health SecretaryAmit Negi to seriously consider taking all steps to contain the spread of the virus including sealing the state's borders with neighbouring states and imposing a complete lockdown on Saturdays and Sundays if necessary, the spokesman here said.
However, Rawat has asked the officials to be lenient with people coming to Uttarakhand for important work or those who have bookings in hotels. Movement of such people can be allowed with certain conditions, he said.
There has been a spike in Covid-19 cases in Uttarakhand over the past oneweek. As many as 120 cases were reported on July 12, 71 on July 13, 78 on July 14, 104 on July 15 and 199 on July 16.
The Madhya Pradesh Assembly's Monsoon session, which was scheduled to begin here from July 20, has been postponed in light of the coronavirus pandemic, an official said on Friday.
The decision to defer the session was taken unanimously at an all-party meeting on Friday chaired by pro- tem speaker Rameshwar Sharma, the Assembly official said.
The meeting was attended by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Leader of Opposition Kamal Nath and Home and Legislative Affairs Minister Narottam Mishra, among others, he said.
The decision will be forwarded to the governor for approval, he added.
Goa: Streets in Panaji wear a deserted look as the state observes lockdown in view of rising cases of COVID-19.
The state government has announced 'Janata Curfew' between 8 pm and 6 am till August 10 and complete lockdown for three days on Friday, Saturday and Sunday this week. pic.twitter.com/P4HdKBH0Ml
After the U.S., which has carried out a record 42 million Covid-19 tests, India has done the second largest number of 12 million coronavirus tests, the White House has said.
More than 3.5 million people have tested positive with the coronavirus and 138,000 died in the U.S. Globally, more than 13.6 million have tested positive and over 586,000 have died.
With regard to (the coronavirus) testing, we've done more than 42 million tests. The second-highest number is 12 million from India. We're leading the world in testing, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters at a news conference on Thursday.
The White House was responding to questions related to the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.
Manila, capital of the Philippines, may return to a lockdown as coronavirus cases rise. Jakarta in Indonesia keeps social-distancing measures that were set to expire amid a surge in cases. Florida and Texas reported record numbers of virus deaths. Brazil surpassed 2 million cases as the virus spreads in the country’s poorer, remote areas.
Globally, total cases have topped 13.7 million with over 588,000 deaths.
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