The stringent National Security Act (NSA) will be slapped on people who attack policeman enforcing the lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Uttar Pradesh government said on Friday.
Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh: 34 new cases of coronavirus have been reported from Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours. The total number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in India surged to 2301, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday.
On Thursday, two absconding persons, who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi's Nizamuddin last month, were held in Greater Noida and quarantined, police said. Two others, who had provided shelter to the Jamaat attendees, were also arrested and quarantined, they added.
At a time when the world is virtually waging a war against COVID-19 and the country is under a 21-day lockdown, two families in Uttar Pradesh have named their babies 'Corona' and 'Lockdown' with a hope that they would remind people about taking precautions.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday said salaries of its employees will neither be deferred nor cut amid the coronavirus lockdown and its impact on revenues.
A 72-year-old man who had tested positive for coronavirus died in Meerut on Wednesday, the first death in the Uttar Pradesh district seen as a hotspot in the fight against the virus.
As many as six new cases of novel coronavirus have been reported from Noida area of Uttar Pradesh. According to the details, the new cases have been reported from Gautam Budh Nagar, taking the total in Noida to 45.
Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh: A 25-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh has died due to coronavirus in Gorakhpur. With this, the state reported its first fatality, where the tally has reached 100. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is taking strict actions to ensure lockdown orders are being followed in the state.
157 people from Uttar Pradesh had attended the yearly congregation hosted by Tablighi Jamaat held earllier this month. Out of these, 10 to 12 people are yet to be traced.
Five members of a family have contracted COVID-19 from another member who was already infected with coronavirus in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
Sixteen new coronavirus positive cases were reported in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, taking the total tally in the state to 88, officials said.
Doctors, nurses and paramedical staff working with coronavirus patients will be lodged in four 5-star hotels of the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Monday.
Eleven more persons were tested positive for coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, taking the total number of corona-infected patients in the state to 72, said officials.
The Yogi Adityanath government has directed the UP-State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) not to charge bus fares from stranded passengers who are being ferried to their destinations.
Only those prisoners who are serving less than 7 years of prison sentence are going to be released from prison.
Five fresh coronavirus positive cases have been reported in Noida on Saturday. With this, the total number of COVID-19 infected cases reach 23 in Gautam Buddh Nagar.
In a bid to strictly implement the nationwide lockdown in the state, the Uttar Pradesh police has registered over 2,800 FIRs, booking close to 8,650 people for violating the prohibitory orders, a senior official said.
The total number of cases have now reached 42, including eight in Agra, three in Ghaziabad, 14 in Noida, eight in Lucknow, two in Pilibhit and one each in Baghpat, Lakhimpur-Kheri, Moradabad, Varanasi, Kanpur, Jaunpur and Shamli
One more person has tested positive for coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh, taking the number of COVID-19 cases in the state to 38, a senior health official said on Wednesday.
Uttar Pradesh's Yogi Adityanath government on Wednesday deployed over 12,000 mobile vans, e-rickshaws, and 'thelas' (handcarts) to ensure doorstep delivery of food items during the lockdown.
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