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New Delhi : Lockdown has garnered multiple gains and among them is the fact that it has decelerated the pace of spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The testing capacity has increased in the country through 435 Government laboratories and 189 private laboratories (total of 624 labs).
Cumulatively, 32,42,160 samples have been tested so far for COVID-19, whereas, 1,16,041 samples were tested on May 26, 2020. A total of 1,51,767 cases have been reported in the country in which 64,426 persons have been cured and the recovery rate is 42.4%. The fatality rate is 2.86% whereas the world average is 6.36%, according to a PIB release. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued a Guidance Note on Provision of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health + Nutrition services during & post COVID-19 Pandemic.
Govt. committed to provide quality education and educational infrastructure for students of the North –Eastern States : The government has granted permission for the establishment of permanent campus of Sikkim University (a Central University) at Yangyang at a cost of Rs 986.47 crore. The government of Sikkim has allotted 300 acres of land at cost of Rs 15 crore of which 265.94 acres of land has already been handed over to the University.
The Minister also informed that the Government has already sanctioned revised cost estimates of 6 NITs at Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Delhi, and Puducherry at Rs. 4371.90 crore. These NITs will be fully functional from their respective permanent campuses by March 31, 2022.
Haryana: The Chief Minister of Haryana said that the people’s patience and support in following the restrictions during the lock down period and efficient arrangements made by the State Government have helped in dealing with the pandemic.
Himachal Pradesh: In wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state government had decided to impose curfew in the entire state from March 24, 2020. State Cabinet in its meeting held on May 23, 2020, decided to authorise the District Magistrates to extend curfew under Section 144 up to June 30, 2020, if the situation so requires.
Kerala: State govt is mulling changes in its decision for paid institutional quarantine following widespread protests from various quarters. State Cabinet concludes that there has been widespread violation of lockdown curbs by people misusing the relaxations. There has been a spike in the number of cases in the state and of the present 415 cases, 231 have been registered in the past four days, including 67 on May 26, 2020, the highest recorded in a day. Of these, 133 have come from abroad and 178 from other states.