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c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA CHENNAI I MONDAY 19 I APRIL 2021 WEATHER Max: 35OC NATION | 4 WORLD | 5 SPORT | 8 Min: 26OC Yediyurappa in Nasa Mars copter Muttiah Muralitharan admitted Rainfall: Nil hospital, stable flight ‘today’ to hospital in Chennai ASTROGUIDE Vol. 17 No. 23 Established 1938 | 8 PAGES| `3.00 Pilava: Chithirai 6 deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Tithi: Sapthami Star: Punarpusam Rahukalam: 7.30 am to 9 am Central lens on Yamagandam: Night curfew from tomorrow 10.30 am to 3 Noon PRAYERS ■ TN declares lockdown on Sundays ■ Puts off plus 2 exam medicine prices Fajar: 4.45 am Luhar: 12.14 pm R. MOHAN & DC CORRESPONDENT D. SEKAR | DC RAILWAYS TO NEW DELHI, APRIL 18 INDIA REPORTS Asar: 3.19 pm CHENNAI, APRIL 18 Maghrib: 6.22 pm RUN ‘OXYGEN Singh roots for compulsory The Union home ministry 2.61 LAKH MORE Isha: 7.34 pm It’s back to basics again in is closely monitoring the the fight against Covid-19 movement and pricing of SUNSET TODAY 6.22 PM in Tamil Nadu. Curfew at EXPRESS’ TRAINS essential medicines like CASES; 1,501 DIE SUNRISE TOMORROW 5.54 AM night (10 pm to 4 am) and a licensing to produce vaccine Remdisivir, vaccines and MOONRISE TODAY 11.11AM total Sunday lockdown New Delhi, April 18: oxygen cylinders in all New Delhi, April 18: A MOONSET TOMORROW 1.17 AM have been ordered to kick The Railways will run New Delhi, April 18: states and Union record single-day rise of in from Tuesday, April 20. ‘Oxygen Express’ trains Former prime minister RAHUL GANDHI Territories. 2,61,500 coronavirus infec- The decision to try and over the next few days to Manmohan Singh on Source said a team of tions has taken India's CORONA clamp down was taken transport liquid medical Sunday wrote to Prime senior officials has been total tally of Covid-19 after a lengthy meeting at oxygen and oxygen cylin- Minister Narendra Modi SUSPENDS ALL set up in the ministry cases to 1,47,88,109, while the chief minister’s resi- ders across the country on the Covid-19 crisis, which is in constant with active cases have sur- C UNT dence on Sunday. as the demand for med- stressing that ramping up PUBLIC RALLIES all state police forces and passed the 18-lakh mark, In a statement released ical oxygen in the coun- vaccination was the key to taking feedback on action according to Union Health CASES DEATHS late evening, the govern- try has gone through the battling the pandemic, New Delhi, April 18: taken. The ministry has Ministry data updated on ment spelt out the mea- roof. and mooted steps to boost Congress leader Rahul also assured states that Sunday. (+2,58,095) (+1,570) sures it will be putting in Empty tankers will supply including invoking Gandhi on Sunday can- para-military forces can The death toll increased place to try and stem the begin their journey from compulsory licensing pro- celled all his public rallies also be provided for their to 1,77,150 with a record 1,50,54,027 1,78,743 tide of the coronavirus Kalamboli and Boisar visions as in case of in poll-bound West Bengal assistance to check mis- 1,501 new fatalities. The that has been infecting railway stations in and HIV/AIDS drugs. following a rapid rise in use of Corona medicines active cases stand at close to 8,000 people a day near Mumbai on Monday In a letter to the Prime Covid-19 cases in the coun- and vaccines. 18,01,316, comprising 12.18 covid19india.org in its second wave before to load liquid medical Minister, the veteran can do much better and try. “I would advise all "We are monitoring the per cent of the total infec- exploding past the 10,000- oxygen from Vizag, Congress leader said one very quickly”. political leaders to think situation round the clock tions. — PTI STATE GOVERNMENT BULLETINS mark on Sunday when Jamshedpur, Rourkela must not look at absolute “There are many things deeply about the conse- across the country. All 10,723 new cases pushed and Bokaro, railway offi- numbers but the total per- we must do to fight the epi- quences of holding large state police units have (+10,723) the caseload to 9.91 lakh cials said. — PTI centage of the population demic but a big part of this public rallies under the been directed to take that there would be no 13,113 and total fatalities to that has been vaccinated. effort must be ramping up current circumstances,” stringent actions against shortage of central para- TN: 9,91,451 13,113. “The key to our fight the vaccination pro- he said on Twitter. — PTI hoarders or those selling military forces to assist The night curfew will be banned. Inter-district and against Covid-19 must be gramme,” he said while essential medicines, oxy- the local police in giving WORLD CONFIRMED CASES total with autos and taxis inter-State transport will ramping up the vaccina- making several sugges- gen or other Corona-relat- protection to frontline also banned. In normal not be allowed either and tion effort. We must resist tions. er and taxi drivers, munic- ed important health items health workers like doc- times, autos and taxis are only persons driving in an the temptation to look at The former prime minis- ipal and panchayat staff, at much higher price than tors, nurses and other 14,18,34,251s expected to ply only for emergency will be the absolute numbers ter suggested that states and possibly lawyers who what is prescribed by the staff at hospitals. medical emergencies and allowed on the road. Of being vaccinated, and should be given some flex- have to attend courts as government. In addition, Home ministry officials DEATHS to serve train and air trav- course, essential services focus instead on the per- ibility to define categories frontline workers, and raids are being conducted admitted that maintain- el passengers. There will like the carrying of milk centage of the population of frontline workers who they can then be vaccinat- by respective state police ing laws and order at hos- be strict SoPs on public and making newspaper vaccinated,” he said in his can be vaccinated even if ed even if they are below at various police during pitals or other Covid facil- 30,29,273 transport on working deliveries and hospital letter. they are below 45 years. 45 years. which Remdisivir and ities is a huge challenge COUNTRIES, days. emergency service vehi- Noting that India cur- Currently, people above The suggestions come a Corona vaccine have since people are likely to AREAS WITH State Board exams for cles will be allowed to ply. rently has vaccinated only 45 years of age are eligible day after the Congress been recovered," get agitated in view of the CASES 219 Class 12 have also been Transportation of petrol, a small fraction of its pop- for vaccination. Working Committee met remarked a senior min- high casualty rate or not worldometers.info postponed and classes can diesel and LPG will also ulation, Dr Singh said he He said some states may and discussed the efforts istry official. getting proper facilities be held only online and be exempted. is certain that with the want to designate school required to fight the Covid The home ministry has like bed or oxygen at hos- No lockdown on May 2, summer camps are ■ P2 right policy design, “we teachers, bus, three-wheel- pandemic. ■ P4 also assured all states pitals. says chief electoral officer Acute shortage of vaccines, send The Tamil Nadu chief electoral offi- cer has clarified that there will be no lockdown on Sunday, May 2, the more doses, Stalin writes to Modi day on which votes polled in the elections to five state assemblies, Chennai, April 18: DMK Prime Minister and appea- Centre should allow states including in Tamil Nadu, will be president MK Stalin on led to him to “take a policy to independently procure counted. Sunday urged Prime decision swiftly” over it. drugs, vaccines and med- Minister Narendra Modi Tamil Nadu would need ical equipment as the pan- to direct officials to send more vaccine doses than demic affected states could UK Oppn asks Johnson 20 lakh COVID-19 vaccine allotted now to accomplish not wait every time for doses “requisitioned” by effective vaccinations, Centre's nod for “each and to cancel India visit the Tamil Nadu govern- break the cycle of infec- everything,” he said. London: Britain’s Opposition Labour ment immediately and tion and flatten the curve, Tamil Nadu had on Party on Sunday joined calls for ensure supplies commen- he said. Now, there was a Saturday reported 9,344 Prime Minister Boris Johnson to surate with the state's pop- “huge shortage of vac- new COVID-19 cases push- cancel his visit to India, starting next ulation. cines” across the state and ing the caseload to Sunday, amid growing concerns of In view of rapid increase there are news reports to 9,80,728. Till date, “only a new variant of COVID-19 detected in the number of people suggest that the people 46.70 lakh people” have in the country. getting infected by Covid- who visit government hos- been vaccinated out of Public Health England 19, 'universal vaccination' pitals for vaccination which, 40.64 lakh were has said that 77 cases of the so- is the need of the hour to were returning for want of administered the first called double mutant Indian variant protect lives, the DMK vaccine availability, dose and 6.05 lakh the sec- have been detected in the UK since chief said in a letter to the Stalin, claimed.

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