Hyderabad: Telangana reinstated the mask requirement on Thursday, less than a month after it was repealed-at least for people attending large gatherings. Officials also warned that, due to the uptick in other parts of the country, COVID-19 cases are projected to rise slightly starting in the first week of June.
In one such incident in Telangana s Sangareddy district on Tuesday, a man climbed on a tree to avoid vaccination. When the health workers reached the house of Ghousuddin at Rejinthal village in Nyalkal mandal of Sangareddy district, he refused to take the vaccine.
After the highly transmissible new variant B.1.1529 of COVID-19 was reported in South Africa, the Telangana Health Department has tightened surveillance activities at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. The officials sounded a high alert and are focusing on all international travellers from Botswana, South Africa, Israel, Belgium, and Hong Kong.
Telangana Govt To Disburse 4 Lakh Pending Ration Cards Immediately Jun 09, 2021, 15:57 IST
The Telangana Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday lasted for about six hours at Pragathi Bhavan. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao issued orders to extend the lockdown by ten days with a few relaxations. Besides this, the cabinet decided to issue ration cards to 4,46,169 eligible beneficiaries whose applications are pending with the government, immediately.
The concerned authorities were instructed to complete the issuance of cards within 15 days. The Chief Minister told the District Collectors to complete the procurement of about 84 lakh tonnes of paddy for the Yasangi season immediately.
The Cabinet approved the establishment of ‘Telangana Special Food Processing Zones’ (TSFPZ) in nine districts(before the separation), excluding Hyderabad district. The authorities are directed to take immediate steps to set up rice mills and also food processing industries in not less than 25