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  • Goa extends curfew by per week until June 28

    Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant Saturday introduced that the curfew within the state that was to be in place till June 21 had been prolonged until June 28.
    Sawant tweeted: “State Level Curfew will be extended till 7 am, 28 June 2021. Shops in Shopping malls, except cinema halls, theatres, multiplexes, entertainment zones allowed to be open between 7 am to 3 pm. Fish market may also open.”
    The curfew that adopted a four-day lockdown, was first imposed by the federal government on May 9 to May 23 and was subsequently prolonged. While grocery retailers and retailers promoting different important gadgets have been first permitted to remain open from 7 am to 1 pm, the time was later prolonged until 3 pm.
    While malls, eating places, bars, casinos, swimming swimming pools proceed to stay closed, the federal government Saturday allowed retailers inside malls to additionally stay open from 7 am to three pm.

    On Saturday, the take a look at positivity fee in Goa was 8.70 per cent with an addition of 302 new instances. The whole energetic instances within the state on Saturday was 3,473.

  • Patients hesitating, says GMCH, HC says current occasions could also be motive

    Assuring the High Court of Bombay at Goa that services at Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) are among the many greatest Goa, the Advocate General (AG) of the state on Monday stated sufferers are delaying coming to the hospital following media stories, to which the courtroom stated this can be because of the occasions that happened over the previous couple of days
    The A-G stated this has had a “reverse effect” and significant sufferers, who’re all referred to GMCH, are coming in at a late stage, making remedy tough. GMCH has been on the centre of a storm after a number of Covid sufferers died on the hospital, a lot of them allegedly as a result of interrupted oxygen provide.
    Earlier, HC had noticed that the fabric positioned earlier than it confirmed that sufferers had suffered, and in some instances succumbed to, scarcity of oxygen. On Monday, a division bench led by Justice M S Sonak advised the A-G: “Hesitation of people may have something to do with what has happened over the last five-six days. Videos (of hospital wards) have gone viral. People will naturally feel that.”

  • Decision on lockdown to be taken in subsequent 2-3 days: Goa CM Pramod Sawant

    Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant stated on Thursday {that a} resolution on implementing a lockdown within the state will probably be taken within the coming two or three days.
    He added that the state authorities has already imposed tighter restrictions and warfare rooms and helplines will probably be arrange in all constituencies of the state.
    Deputy chief minister of Goa, Chandrakant Kavlekar, stated all MLAs help the thought of a lockdown to curb the unfold of the virus. He added that instances have been rising and the an infection had additionally unfold to rural components of the state.
    Reiterating the ideas of activists and opposition events within the state, the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), too, urged Chief Minister Sawant to implement a lockdown as lively instances within the state close to the 30,000-mark.
    On Thursday, there have been 29,752 lively instances in Goa and 58 deaths have been reported within the final 24 hours.
    The GCCI stated final yr’s lockdown from March 22 to May 4 had helped management the unfold of the virus. “Unfortunately, this time, we have so far been reluctant to use the tried-and-tested method and seem to be concentrating more on economic revival rather than survival of citizens”.
    The GCCI stated partial lockdowns will not be efficient. “There is growing concern among citizens which is evident from the fact that local authorities, village panchayats and municipalities are declaring lockdowns in their respected areas to stop the spread of the virus.”

    GCCI president Manoj Caculo, in his letter to the Chief Minister, stated: “We submit that the healthcare infrastructure in the state is already on the brink of being overwhelmed, and there is an urgent need to take the extreme measure of total lockdown for at least 15 days with a view to arrest the increasing number of positive cases and fatalities and give much required breather to revive the healthcare systems and the health workers to rejuvenate and ramp up the capacities and capabilities.”
    Sawant is anticipated to take a call relating to a lockdown within the state on Friday.