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After chairing a meeting of Council of Ministers at Janata Bhawan, Guwahati, some decisions have been taken on implementation of lockdown in Guwahati.“In Green Zone districts, standalone shops in rural areas will be open from April 28. However, markets will remain closed. Moreover, no lockdown relaxation in Red Zone districts – Dhubri, Golaghat, Nalbari, Morigaon & Goalpara and their adjoining areas within 5 km radius,” tweeted Sarbanada Sonowal, CM of Assam.
Assam govt. will extend inter-district travel for stranded people within state until Apr 30. The dates provided earlier were from 25 to 27 April during which permission for movements were granted. Thousands of people had reached home within Assam due to this service provided by the Assam government.
Nagaland which has no COVID-19 cases within the state has decided to relax some rules amid lockdown. Shops that fall under municipalities and town councils, such as, neighborhood shops, stand alone shops, shops in residential complexes will be open. Malls will stay shut. Home deliveries from food outlets have been permitted. 50% workforce can be employed in such venues where proper hygiene standards need to be maintained.
391 students from Kota reached Guwahati amid lockdown. Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had sent out tweets on this.Sarma had said that the Assam students who will return to the state from Rajasthan’s Kota will be screened and quarantined as per COVID-19 prevention procedure
Arunachal Pradesh’s Chief Minister Pema Khandu has thanked PM Narendra Modi in fighting COVID-19 situation in the country.The Arunachal Pradesh government has also provided a list of numbers of respective district control rooms where people can call with queries on COVID-19. Also, No masks, no fuel rule has been implemented in Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh. People working at petrol depots and gas agencies have been directed to not provide fuel to customers who arrive without wearing masks.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has not made payments to companies whose test kits were found faulty, informed Government. ICMR had asked States to stop usage of rapid testing kits of COVID-19 for at least two days as they were giving inaccurate results.When West Bengal accused the ICMR of sending faulty kits, it refuted the charges saying the kits should be stored in below 20 degree Celsius temperature to get accurate results. It also said if the variation in results was not big then there was no need to worry. But now the ICMR has said any new observation about the testing kits would not be taken lightly and would be cross-checked thoroughly.Meanwhile, as of now, 6,184 people have been cured from coronavirus with a recovery rate of 22.17%. Since yesterday, an increase of 1396 new cases has been reported. A total of 27,892 people have been confirmed positive as of now for COVID-19 in India
Serum institute in Pune will start producing COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University. The process will start in a few weeks and the vaccine will come to the market by October if human trials become successful.
In PM Modi’s interaction with Chief Ministers of various states, he said that COVID-19 patients should not be treated as criminals. This is his fourth such interaction with CMs of various states organised to get an update on the coronavirus situation in the country. Modi asked the CMs to take care of areas where the virus is spreading and help people deal with mental stress in such a situation. Modi also said that in case any state reports more number of coronavirus cases then they will not be held guilty but it is important for states to implement lockdown rules strictly to contain the situation.