Coronavirus India live updates: TN extends lockdown till Dec 31 with several relaxations

After a ‘Covishield’ vaccine volunteer sued the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) and the Oxford Group over ‘adverse reaction’ in the course of the vaccine trial, the SII on Sunday denied the allegations and dubbed them “malicious” and “misconceived”.

The SII stated it could search damages in extra of ₹100 crore and would defend such malicious claims.

You can monitor coronavirus instances, deaths and testing charges on the nationwide and State ranges right here. An inventory of State Helpline numbers is obtainable as effectively.

Here are the updates:

Tamil Nadu

Lockdown prolonged till Dec 31 in TN

The Tamil Nadu authorities has prolonged the coronavirus lockdown till December 31 with several new relaxations in restrictions. This embrace opening of seashores to public, reopening of choose lessons, and permission for political assembly, albeit with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols. The public is suggested to proceed to put on masks, wash palms with cleaning soap and observe bodily distancing.

Here are the highlights:

– Classes could also be reopened for final-year UG college students of arts and science, technical, agricultural, fisheries and veterinary  programmes in all faculties and universities from December 7.

– Classes could also be reopened for UG and PG medical programmes from December 7 by complying the SOP; nevertheless, lessons for the 2020-21 batch to begin solely from February 1, 2021.

– Swimming swimming pools could be opened for sports activities coaching functions.

– Beaches to be opened as much as public. People could go to Marina and different seashores from December 14 relying on the unfold of COVID-19 and by complying the SOP.

– Social, political, leisure and non secular conferences in auditoriums to be allowed however solely with 50% of its seating capability (or a max of 200 individuals) between December 1 and 30 by complying with the SOP.

– Exhibition halls could also be reopened just for enterprise functions and by complying the SOP.

– Mandatory e-registration for motion into the State (besides from Puducherry, AP, Karnataka) to proceed.

Rajasthan

BJP MLA Kiran Maheshwari dies after testing constructive for COVID-19

BJP chief and MLA from Rajsamand in Rajasthan Kiran Maheshwari, who had examined constructive for coronavirus, died at a hospital in Gurgaon. She was 59.

Maheshwari, a three-time MLA from Rajsamand, was present process therapy at Medanta hospital for the previous few days. She handed away late Sunday evening

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Rajasthan Chief (*31*) Ashok Gehlot, Assembly Speaker CP Joshi, BJP State president Satish Poonia and different leaders condoled her demise.

Chennai

COVID-19 mattress occupancy dips in Chennai authorities hospitals

Bed occupancy in COVID-19 wards on the 4 authorities medical school hospitals in Chennai have dipped as a result of decline in contemporary coronavirus infections.

Nevertheless, the hospitals are retaining the beds allotted for such sufferers with one of many principal amenities — Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) — beginning to streamline the influx of sufferers with COVID-19 to 2 blocks.

Delhi

Stricter implementing of tips forces weddings in Delhi to develop into smaller

Weddings have develop into smaller. Social distancing norms are being enforced rigorously in congested metropolis markets. The enforcement of ₹2,000 high quality for protocol violations, after an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 instances, couldn’t have been timelier.

According to Delhi Police, near 2,000 folks have been issued fines starting from ₹500 to ₹2,000 over the previous week. The most prosecution for COVID-19 offences, with a complete of 1,501 fines, was issued on November 22. Each high quality amounted to ₹500. Since these have been upped to ₹2,000, 1,474 people have been issued challans, in response to police information.