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Abe, citing Abody for emergency use to treat the COVID-19 patients, is expected Dnew coronavirus pandemic, a Paris-based body behind the events said examination scheduled to be held on May 31. The commission will announce experts' evaluation on the current situation on the infections, said that the to be available by next week, the CEO of the company Monday. Members of Bureau International des Expositions had been voting fresh dates for this exam after a review on May 20. "Taking notice measure, currently through Wednesday, should stay in place as the manufacturing the medicine has said. The announcement on the requested delay for days, with a final tally expected by the end of May. of the extension of restrictions, the Commission decided rise in the number of patients has not decreased significantly was made on Sunday by Dan O'Day, CEO of Gilead On Monday, however, the bureau said a required two-thirds of the countries that it will not be possible to resume examinations and enough and hospitals are still overburdened. He said there is a Sciences, the pharmaceutical company making the in the organisation had voted to approve the delay, meaning it would be interviews for the present," the UPSC said. The Civil possibility of an early lifting of the measures if data at mid-May vaccine. The US is the worst-affected country in the world granted.The bureau's executive committee Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2020, scheduled to show improvement. Abe declared the state of emergency on April with over 1.1 million COVID-19 cases and more than voted unanimously in April to back the be held on May 31, 2020, therefore stands deferred. 7, initially only for Tokyo and six other urban prefectures, but later 67,000 deaths. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposal. Dubai, a sheikhdom in the United This preliminary examination also serves as the extending it to the entire nation and requesting the people to gave emergency use authorisation (EUA) for the use of Arab Emirates, has bet billions of dollars on screening test for the Indian Forest Service Examination. reduce social interactions by up to 80%. investigational Remdesivir to treat COVID-19 patients. the event to rejuvenate its troubled economy. 1,074 Covid patients Covid, cash crunch no bar for tipplers recover in last 24 hrs l Chaos reigns supreme as connoisseurs queue up in front of liquor stores across State PNS n NEW DELHI CHINNAM PRADEEP KUMAR Corona tally n VIJAYAWADA As many as 1,074 COVID-19 patients have recovered in the touches 1,650 The long wait for tipplers in the last 24 hours, the highest State ended on Monday with number of recoveries record- with 67 fresh the government allowing liquor ed in one day, the health min- outlets to resume business, istry said on Monday. cases in AP albeit with a 25 per cent Addressing a press briefing, VIJAYAWADA: Andhra price hike. Joint Secretary at the health Pradesh continues to grapple Major challenges As per the guidelines of the ministry Lav Agarwal said with the Covid-19 pandemic Central government, the State the recovery rate stands at as the number of cases ahead for government has given the 27.52 per cent with 11,706 detected keep fluctuating with universities green signal for liquor sales to COVID-19 patients each passing day. The state start in some zones, leaving the cured till now. nodal officer reported that people in other zones 'red'. The In the last 67 cases were detected number of liquor stores, which 24 hours, from the samples was earlier reduced from 4,380 1,074 tested during the 24 4 to 3,500, is expected to be Consumers, left, brave the blazing hot sun as they wait in serpentine queues in front of an outlet to buy liquor in Vizag on Monday. A man, right, clutches bottles of COVID- hours ending 10 am further reduced in the liquor in joy after making his purchase. Photos by Sumit Onka 19 patients of Monday. coming days. have With 10,292 On Monday, customers were the shops, but the chaos that to reining in the spread of recovered, samples tested seen standing in serpentine was the norm meant that all the virus. the highest during this period, queues right that stretched for rules flew out the window. The main argument of the Vends reopen, rules forgotten number of the state reported the largest number of tests hundreds of metres at some The time of the decision to critics of liquor sales is that a he opening of liquor vends in Andhra Pradesh on Monday as part of recoveries in places, right from early morn- reopen liquor outlets — the sizeable number of people may one day, Agarwal conducted in a single day. Timplementing the relaxed guidelines on lockdown led to chaos with ing at the government liquor number of Coronavirus cases use the relaxation period for people lining up outside liquor shops, ignoring physical distancing said. 3 outlets. The 25 per cent price have been on the rise in the liquor purchase from 11 am to norms. A report from SPS Nellore district that one person collapsed He further said the outcome hike seemingly was no deter- State for the past 10 days with 7 pm as an excuse to come out and died of sunstroke while waiting to buy liquor at Podalakuru village, ratio of COVID-19 — the rent at all, it appeared by 60 positive cases being report- of their homes during the but the Superintendent of Police Bhaskar Bhushan denied any such ratio of recoveries and deaths ed, taking the number of over- the queues. ed on an average every day — lockdown, thus contributing to incident. "Nothing of that sort happened in my district,” he said over of closed cases — was record- all cases to 42,533, while the The demand was such that led to critics questioning the the spread of the virus. Going phone. Technical glitches in computers in government-run liquor ed at 90:20. total active cases stand 29,453, the police and village / ward wisdom of the State govern- by the number of people out on outlets caused abnormal delay in sales. In border districts like Chittoor, "The outcome ratio on April he said. volunteers deputed at the out- ment. the roads, and the chaos at the SPS Nellore, East Godavari and Krishna, tipplers from neighbouring 17 was 80:20 which is now Agarwal also said that the lets to monitor and maintain The Centre, it may be men- liquor outlets, these fears states Tamil Nadu and Telangana joined the serpentine queues since 90:20 which can be seen as an COVID-19 curve is relatively social distancing, had a tough tioned here, had extended the appeared to have been justified. Monday morning to purchase liquor. improvement," Agarwal said. flat as of now and it was not time. Token system was imple- lockdown for another two 3 In the last 24 hours, 2,553 right to talk in terms of when Salman donates mented for liquor purchase at week up to May 17 with a view 3 COVID-19 cases were report- the peak would come. ration to people affected by lockdown due to Covid-19 Govt to facilitate Average number of Covid Central teams to visit return of Indians 5 tests increases to 2,345 worst-hit districts in AP from abroad PNS n VIJAYAWADA from May 7 PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n NEW DELHI The Union Ministry of Health The number of Covid-19 tests and Family Welfare has The Union government will being conducted in the state formed as many as 20 teams facilitate the return of Indians saw a further increase, with the and has dispatched them to 20 stranded abroad and the average number of tests districts that are reporting the process will begin from May 7 per million population maximum number of Covid- in a phased manner. reaching 2,345. Cong will pay 19 cases across the country. In a statement, the Home The number of Covid-19 Three districts in Andhra the States in the implementa- Ministry said only asympto- tests conducted per day in for rail tickets Pradesh — Kurnool, Guntur tion of containment measures matic people would be allowed Andhra Pradesh has increased and Krishna — which are for Covid-19 in the affected to travel and it would be to 10,292.