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Complete Shutdown For 3 Days;What’s Open;What’s Not,Know Here.

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The Yogi Adityanath government has decided to impose a lockdown in the state in the wake of rising corona virus cases in Uttar Pradesh. The 55-hour lockdown will come into force from 10 pm today and remain till 5 am on Monday.

The government, however, insisted that it is “not a lockdown”. The decision was taken after reviewing the present state of COVID-19 and to effectively check its spread, Chief Secretary R K Tiwari said in the order.

Here is a look at what will remain open and what will be closed in the state:

What will open

  • Medical and health services and essential services will continue as before.
  • There will be no restriction on movement of those working in essential services, corona warriors, sanitation and the door-step delivery staff.
  • The movement of railways would continue and Uttar Pradesh Road Transport Corporation would make arrangement to operate buses to carry passengers arriving at the railway stations.
  • International and domestic air services would also continue as before and there would also no curbs on movement of people from airports to their destination, the order said.
  • Goods carrier vehicles would also not be restricted.
  • The traffic on national and state highways too would continue.
  • Petrol pumps would remain open
  • ‘Dhabas’ would also remain open, the order said.
  • A campaign for sanitation and supply of potable water would be carried out from July 10 to 12 and all officials and employees involved in it would be exempted from these restrictions, the order said, adding the concerned offices too will remain open.
  • Industrial units in rural areas would remain open, the order said.
  • All big construction works of expressways, bridges, roads and private projects would also continue.

What will close

  • All offices and markets will remain closed during this period.
  • All the offices, markets in urban and rural areas, ‘galla mandis’ (grain markets) and other business establishments will remain closed, the order said.
  • Barring those industrial units, which work continuously, other units in the urban areas would remain closed.
  • Bus services, other than those ferrying passengers to railway stations, would be prohibited.

Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh reported 1,248 new COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours. There are 10,373 active cases, 21,127 discharged so far and 862 patients have succumbed to the infection.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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