Coronavirus (Covid-19) India Lockdown News Live Updates: West Bengal has announced a slew of new restrictions to tackle the Covid crisis. All local trains in the state will be suspended from Thursday. People entering the state via flights, long-distance trains and inter-state buses must carry negative RT-PCR reports.
India reported a record 3,780 deaths in the last 24 hours, the highest daily toll since the pandemic began. Over 900 deaths were from Maharashtra, while Delhi and Uttar Pradesh reported 338 and 351, respectively. At least 13 states are reporting more than 100 deaths a day.
Coronavirus India Live Updates: K VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor to Centre, has warned that a third wave of Covid infections is inevitable. “A phase three is inevitable, given the higher levels of circulating virus but it is not clear on what time scale this phase three will occur. Vaccines are effective against current variants. New variants will arise all over the world and in India too but variants that increase transmission will likely plateau. Immune evasive variants and those which lower or increase disease severity will arise going ahead,” he said.
Soon after taking oath as the chief minister for the third time, Mamata Banerjee has announced a slew of new restrictions to tackle the Covid crisis in West Bengal. All local trains in the state will be suspended from Thursday. From May 7, no air passenger will be allowed in Bengal without RT-PCR negative report not older than 72 hours. People entering Bengal via long-distance trains and inter-state buses must carry RT-PCR negative reports. Offices in Bengal should operate with 50 per cent workforce. Moreover, starting Thursday, banks will be operational between 10 am and 2 pm. Metro rail and government-run transport services will operate with 50% occupancy.
India reported a record 3,780 deaths in the last 24 hours, the highest daily toll since the pandemic began. Over 900 deaths were from Maharashtra, while Delhi and Uttar Pradesh reported 338 and 351, respectively. At least 13 states are reporting more than 100 deaths a day. These include previously uncounted deaths from earlier days. The country reported 3.82 lakh cases of the novel coronavirus in the 24 hours ending 9 am Wednesday. Of these, Maharashtra recorded 51,880 cases, while Karnataka reported 44,631. Active cases are now more than 34.87 lakh.
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