- Chandigarh: The UT Administrator approved end of containment operations in Sector 38 from 27/05/2020 and Sector 52 from 28/05/2020. It was also decided that screening, surveillance and strict monitoring of the health of the residents will be continued. Further, regular sanitization measures and IEC campaign in the area will be undertaken by Municipal authorities. Random samples of fresh suspect cases, if any, will be taken and reported to Administration. Social gathering in the area will continue to remain restricted as per the guidelines issued by Government of India and necessary social distancing, mask wearing and hygiene will be strictly enforced.
- Punjab: Amid mounting economic woes, the Punjab Government has decided to seek a fiscal stimulus of Rs.51,102crore from the Government of India, to help the state tide over the financial crisis triggered by the COVID pandemic and the prolonged lockdown. The Punjab Government will decide on the future course of action with respect to the lockdown in the state on May 30. Chief Minister will chair a review meeting with the concerned departments on the overall COVID situation in the state on May 30, and announce the government’s decision on lifting or further extension of lockdown thereafter.
- Haryana: Haryana Government has directed all the Deputy Commissioners of the state to ensure that international travellers arriving in the country remain in institutional quarantine for the first seven days after which they will be eligible for home quarantine for the next seven days. If there is no adequate home quarantine facility, the concerned Deputy Commissioner in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of his or her district may retain such a passenger for a further period of seven days at the designated institutional quarantine facility. Apart from this, the DCs have also been instructed to follow the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHF&W) in letter and spirit.
- Himachal Pradesh: Chief Minister while addressing the Deputy Commissioners, Superintendents of Police and Chief Medical Officers of the State through video conferencing stressed upon the need to ensure better facilities in institutional quarantine centres so that the people have comfortable stay in these centres. He said that all the people arriving from red zones have to be kept under institutional quarantine and must be shifted to home quarantine only after their tests for COVID-19 was found negative. He said that same procedure needs to be adopted for Himachalis coming from other countries. He said that main focus should be laid on tracing and screening of all the contacts of COVID-19 positive patients to ensure their timely treatment and check spread of this virus. He said that all these persons should be asked to download ‘Corona Mukt App’ to effectively monitor the movement of quarantine persons.
- Kerala: In response to the suomoto case taken by the Apex Court over the plight of migrant labourers, Kerala government informed SC that it sent 70,137 migrant labourers to their native places in 55 trains; 4,34,280 migrant labourers sheltered in 21,556 camps with food, water and other amenities. Liquor outlets in the state started functioning from this morning; widespread complaints reported against Bev-Q app, the virtual queue management App for sale of liquor. Police began surprise checks to find violators of home quarantine; violators being moved to state facilities. On the 119th day after the first Covid19 case was reported, confirmed cases in Kerala crossed 1,000 yesterday reaching 1,004; nearly 45 per cent (445) got added in the last 14 days. Out of the 6 lakh who have applied online till now, 1.05 lakh Keralites, from both abroad and other states have returned to the State till May 27.
- Tamil Nadu: Southern Railway closes headquarters in Chennai after staff test COVID-19 positive; office to re-open on Monday, after disinfection of the entire premises. Three passengers- one from Bengaluru and two from New Delhi – who arrived in Madurai by flight test positive for Covid19. State issues advisory to farmers on locust; advisory issued even as officials say they believe TN faces no threat. 817 fresh cases yesterday take State’s Covid19 tally to 18,545. Active cases: 8500, Deaths: 133, Discharged: 9909. Active cases in Chennai are 6307.
- Karnataka: 75 new Covid cases, 28 discharges & one death till 12pm today; Today new cases are from Udupi 27, Hassan 13, Bangalore city 7, Yadagiri 7, Chitradurga 6, Dakshin Kannada 6, three each in Kalburgi&Chikkamagalur, Vijayapura 2, Raichur 1. Total positive cases in the State rise to 2493. Active cases: 1635, Recovered: 809, Deaths: 47.
- Andhra Pradesh:CM launches educational web portal, www.apsermc.ap.gov.in, to monitor schools and colleges in the State, says positive environment will be created for industrial development. 54 new cases, one death reported with 45 discharged during last 24 hours after testing 9858 samples. Total cases: 2841. Active: 824, Recovered: 1958, Deaths: 59. Total positive cases from other States reached 293 of which active cases are 126. Cumulative positive cases from abroad stand at 111.
- Telangana: Despite extended lockdown and shortage of workers and funds, the Telangana government has procured 12,000 crore worth farm produce from farmers, including paddy, maize, Bengal gram, sunflower and jowar. Telangana High Court sought to know from the state and Union governments and their respective drug control administration departments if they had been implementing provisions under the Drugs & Cosmetics Act and Pharmacy Act properly. Total positive cases in Telangana as on 28th May are 2098. As on date 173 migrants, 124 foreign returnees/Saudi Arabia deportees tested positive for Covid19.
- Arunachal Pradesh: Govt has constituted an Economic Revival Committee to review the economic situation due to COIVID-19 pandemic.
- Assam: 33 new cases of COVID19 positive in Assam. Total cases rise to 831, active 737, recovered 87, deaths 4, said State Health Minister.
- Manipur: CM holds meeting with Health Department, Health Mission and authorities of UNACCO School, Meitram, Imphal West on establishing a 100 bedded temporary COVID Care Centre at the school for treatment of COVID patients of the State.
- Mizoram: Train carrying stranded people of Mizoram from Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh arrived at Guwahati Railway Station today.
- Nagaland: Governor R N Ravi stresses on need to have more Bio Safety Level Labs in the State and to conduct contact tracing more vigorously.109 vehicles booked for violating lockdown guidelines in Dimapur. Rs 15,400 collected as fine.
- Sikkim: 4415 stranded Sikkimese have arrived in the State out of registered 8766 stranded citizens. And 2063 stranded persons were brought home by 7 special trains from various parts of the country.Agriculture Minister urged General Manager, RBI Gangtok to finance Farmer Producer Organisations, cooperatives and to organize credit camps for farmers, issue of Kishan Credit Card and to resolve the pending issues.
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