‘This curfew will kill us’
ByVijay ChavanVijay Chavan / Updated: Apr 6, 2021, 06:00 IST
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Amid the alarming exponential rise in COVID-19 cases, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and the district administration had already imposed a curfew between 6 pm and 6 am for the next entire week, inviting outrage from various industries that were already struggling after last year’s lockdown. Now, the state government has once again announced stricter lockdownlike (break the chain) restrictions till the end of month, sparking even louder protests. In an order on Monday evening, the civic body announced that all non-essential shops and services will stay completely shut till the end of the month.
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Lockdown imposed in Maharashtra s Nagpur in view of surging Covid-19 cases will not continue from April 1. Covid-19 restrictions that were imposed by the district administration will not continue, said Dr Nitin Raut, guardian minister, Nagpur. The state government slashed the rates for RTPCR, rapid antigen and antibody tests further on Wednesday. Now, getting an RT-PCR test in a hospital or a laboratory will cost Rs 600 and home collection Rs800 in Maharashtra. The public health department on Wednesday issued a notification announcing the new rates. From the initial cost of Rs4,500, the price of RT-PCR was brought down to Rs1,600 in September, Rs850 in December and now to Rs600 at a laboratory or a hospital. The home collection rate is Rs 800 now, down from Rs 2,000 in September. The rate for bulk testing has been fixed at Rs 500, a reduction from Rs 700. Stay with TOI for