***CORONA VIRUS UPDATES***

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MHA guidelines on 21-day complete lockdown:

The Ministry of Home Affairs issued guidelines on the 21-day lockdown ordered to curb the spread of the coronavirus on Tuesday. Listing the establishments that will mandatorily remain closed during the lockdown, the ministry also listed the exemptions including grocery and ration shops, petrol pumps, banks, ATMs, etc.

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MHA says all Central, state offices to remain shut except: 

All Central government offices shut except defence, central armed police forces, treasury, public utilities (including petroleum, CNG, LPG, PNG), disaster management, power generation and transmission units, post offices, national information centre, early warning agencies.

All state government offices shut except 1) Police, home guards, civil defence, fire and emergency services, disaster management, and prisons; 2) district admin and treasury; 4) electricity, water, and sanitation; 5) Municipal bodies 

 

 

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All commercial and private establishments to be shut except:

1) Shops, including ration shops (under PDS), dealing with food, groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy and milk booths, meat and fish, animal fodder. However, district authorities may encourage and facilitate home delivery to minimise movement of individuals outside their homes.

2) Banks, insurance offices, and ATMs.

3) Print and electronic media

4) Telecommunications, internet services, broadcasting and cable services. IT and IT enabled services only (for essential services) and as fas as possible to work from home.

5) Delivery of all essential goods including food, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment through E-commerce.

6) Petrol pumps, LPG, Petroleum and gas retail and storage outlets

7) Power generation, transmission, and distribution units and services

😎 Capital and debt market services as notified by the securities and exchange board of India

 

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No need to panic, says Narendra Modi; essential services to remain open

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, soon after his address to the nation announcing a complete lockdown for 21 days, took to Twitter to urge citizens not to panic. Meanwhile Union health minister Harsh Vardhan also reiterated that essential services will continue to remain functional.

 

 

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Complete list of MHA guidelines on lockdown:

 

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In Mumbai, police patrols spread awareness about lockdown

Mumbai Police are patrolling several parts of the city, including Bandra, announcing that all shops, grocers and pharmacies will be open for the next 21 days, during the complete lockdown announced by Narendra Modi.

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Three new COVID-19 cases reported in Chennai

The Tamil Nadu government said that three new cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported in Chennai on Friday.

 

 

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Six COVID-19 cases reported in Punjab

Six more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Punjab, taking number of confirmed cases to 29 in the state, officials said.

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Total enni cases ivala

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Second COVID-19 case reported in North East

News18 reported that a 50-year-old man was tested positive for coronavirus in Mizoram, which is the second case in the northeast. "He has a travel history of Qatar, Amsterdam, Istanbul and Doha," the report said.

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Experts say 21-day lockdown is necessary

Nitin Pai, director of think-tank The Takshashila Institution, tweeted saying, "This chart helps explain why the 21 day lockdown is necessary. The outbreak just got onto the exponential curve; extreme social distancing now can reduce the slope and the infection rate."

 

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1 minute ago, riashli said:

Total enni cases ivala

Around 20-30..

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41 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

Experts say 21-day lockdown is necessary

Nitin Pai, director of think-tank The Takshashila Institution, tweeted saying, "This chart helps explain why the 21 day lockdown is necessary. The outbreak just got onto the exponential curve; extreme social distancing now can reduce the slope and the infection rate."

 

India will be out of danger with this step

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