More than 1,000 people have tested positive for the coronavirus at the site of a major Hindu festival in India in two days, officials said, as huge crowds of mostly maskless devotees descend on the Ganges River in the northern Uttarakhand state.
The virus was detected in the city of Haridwar, which lies along the river where the weeks-long Kumbh Mela, or the pitcher festival, is being observed, officials said. Of some 50,000 samples taken from people in Haridwar, 408 tested positive on Monday and 594 on Tuesday, the Uttarakhand government said.
The latest figures came as Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of neighbouring Uttar Pradesh state, tweeted on Wednesday that he had also tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated Apr 14, 2021 | 14:00 IST
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had on Tuesday announced various restrictions in the state till May 1, including the imposition of Section 144 from 8 pm on Wednesday. Mumbai: Passengers stand outside the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to board outstation trains | Photo Credit: PTI
Mumbai: A day after Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced lockdown -style restrictions beginning 8 pm on April 14 till April 30, several people assembled outside the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai’s Kurla on Wednesday to board long-distance trains.
The decision to impose restrictions was taken in a bid to break the chain of the coronavirus which has gripped Maharashtra.
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Mumbai: Passengers rush outside Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to board trains, CR asks people not to panic
Several people gathered outside the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai on Wednesday to board long-distance trains, a day after the Maharashtra government announced severe restrictions on public movement to check the spread of COVID-19. The Central Railway (CR) appealed to people not to panic and avoid crowding the stations.
The Railway Protection Force and the Government Railway Police have deployed additional force outside the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) to control the crowd.
Reeling under an unprecedented COVID-19 wave, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday announced severe restrictions on public movement over the next 15 days across the state. The restrictions, which exclude essential services, will come into effect from 8 pm on Wednesday and remain in force till 7 am on May 1. Section 144 of the CrPC, pro