Express photo by Nirmal Harindran Scrambling to contain the Covid surge, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray Tuesday announced on the movement of people in the state from 8 pm on April 14 to May 1, but stopped short of calling it a lockdown.
Incidentally, the Union health ministry on June 6 dropped hydroxychloroquine from Covid-19 treatment protocol.
Assembly of five or more persons is banned with immediate effect.
Amid rising cases and shortage of beds and critical care facilities, the Delhi government issued orders to attach hotels and banquet halls with private and government hospitals, to add more beds for Covid patients.
No casualty was reported, they said, adding that the firefighting operation went on for hours.
Vaccination schedules are published by the District Administrators for government vaccination centers and by the Site Managers for private vaccination centers , from time to time.