With 30 municipal areas accounting for almost 80% of the country’s COVID-19 cases, the Union Health Ministry on Saturday asked States and Union Territories to focus not just on containment zones but also buffer zones around them to break the chain of transmission.
Elsewhere, China’s commercial hub city of Shanghai announced the restart of some classes in schools and the revival of flights.
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3.15 pm | Tamil Nadu
TN extends lockdown till May 31
Tamil Nadu government has extended the lockdown till May 31, CM Edappadi K. Palaniswami announced.
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3.00 pm | India
Nepal thanks India for providing medical supplies to fight COVID-19
Nepal on Sunday thanked India for providing medical supplies, including testing kits, as part of the bilateral cooperation to fight the coronavirus pandemic in the country, which reported the first death from the deadly disease on Saturday.
2.45 pm | Karnataka
One more death, 54 new cases in Karnataka
One more death has been reported in the State taking the death toll to 37.
A 54-year-old male resident of Udupi with cardiac issues was admitted in a private hospital in Udupi district. He died due to cardiac arrest on May 14 and tested positive for COVID 19 on May 16.
Meanwhile, 54 new cases have been reported taking the total number of positive cases to 1,146. This includes 37 deaths due to COVID-19, one non-COVID death and 497 discharges.
2.30 pm | Tamil Nadu
Indian Council of Medical Research to test random samples from COVID-19 affected places in Coimbatore
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will test 400 serum samples randomly collected from residents of 10 places and their peripheries, affected by COVID-19, in Coimbatore district, to check for community spread of the disease. The serum samples will be subjected to an advanced antibody-based test, according to the Health Department.
2.00 pm | Delhi
Over 60% of sex workers in Delhi return to their home states
Over 60% of Delhi’s sex workers have returned to their home states due to loss of means of livelihood amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown that pushed many of them to the brink of starvation.
The fear of contracting the deadly pathogen has kept customers away, leaving a debilitating impact on sex workers in the city.
1.50 pm | Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh reports one death, 25 fresh cases, lowest in the past month
Andhra Pradesh has reported one more COVID-19 death and only 25 fresh cases, during the last 24 hours, which is the lowest day tally in the past one month.
According to the bulletin by the Health department, the tally has gone up to 2,355 including 150 migrant cases, while the toll reached 50. With 103 f