Telangana planning to extend the lockdown
telangana cabinet meeting is currently underway in pragathi Bhavan, and the chief minister is expected to address the media after that. Reports are emerging that telangana government is mulling on extended the Lockdown till May 7th. It is known to our readers that prime minister narendra modi announced the Nationwide Lockdown until May 3rd.
Further, the Center announced some relaxations from april 20th in non-hotspot areas but telangana government had decided not to allow them. Given that there are reports that some food delivery boys getting infected with coronavirus, the government is also considering a ban on all the food delivery apps like swiggy, zomato, food panda, etc. under further notice.
As per the medical bulletin released last night, the total number of cases in telangana is 809. One hundred eighty-six of them are discharged, and another 18 have passed away, taking the total number of cases to 605. The state is consistently adding around 50 cases every day, and so the government had decided to be more careful in the coming days. ghmc has become the Crux of the infection cases with a majority of the cases.