A day after a BSF driver who escorted a central team tested positive for COVID-19, five other troopers attached to the South Bengal frontier were found infected with the disease, the paramilitary force said. Out of these five positive cases, three were engaged in escort duties of the Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT)
At least 22 migrant labourers, who had returned from Andhra Pradesh, escaped from a COVID-19 quarantine centre in Chhattisgarh s Dantewada district, police said on Friday. The labourers escaped from a quarantine facility in Dantewada late on Thursday evening and a search was launched to trace them.
The Ghaziabad administration in Uttar Pradesh on Friday said markets in the district will open from May 25 on alternate days from 10 am to 5 pm. Two days time has been given to shopkeepers to make arrangements to ensure social distancing, it said. In case the markets open on Saturday, people would rush to shop and there is a risk of spreading of COVID-19.