The Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission has postponed elections to urban and rural local bodies have been postponed in the state on the pretext of Coronavirus scare, but now it appears it might take quite some time to conduct the elections because the disease has become pandemic.
With COVID-19 infrastructure in place, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is now intensifying efforts to aid people of the state, stranded in other states.
In a major decision, the YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh led by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday invoked Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) on public and private hospitals, sanitation, civil supplies and several other services for a period of six months.
It looks like the Tablighi Jamaat conference held in Delhi in the third week of March is the main reason for the spread of Coronavirus across the country and Andhra Pradesh is no exception.
Andhra Pradesh records its first coronavirus death today as 55-year old man succumbs to COVID-19. He was admitted on March 30 and was suffering from Hypertension Diabetes.
Avoiding handshake is a key social distancing norm in the wake of global pandemic coronavirus, but top politicians and officials in a town in Andhra Pradesh shook hands with a man as the latter walked out of a hospital after treatment for Covid-19.
Twelve more persons tested positive for coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh since Thursday night, taking the state's total such cases to 161.
The revenues of media took a beating during this lockdown period. Several TV news channels are looking at huge losses.
The number of Covid-19 positive cases in Andhra Pradesh rose to 149 as six more tested positive since Thursday evening.
It is known that many Corporate companies and celebrities are coming forward to extend their support for the fight against Coronavirus by donating to CM Relief Fund of Andhra Pradesh. Now Aurobindo Pharma also joins the list.
As many as 91 people from Andhra Pradesh who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi have tested positive for Covid-19, officials said on Thursday.
Some sections of media are making big noise by politicising the statements given by YS Jagan.
Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy has elaborately briefed on the steps the State has been taking in fighting COVID-19 during the video conference the Prime Minister had with Chief Ministers on Thursday.
Notwithstanding the stay order issued by the Andhra Pradesh high court, YSR Congress party president and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is hell bent on implementing his government’s ambitious programme of distributing house sites to over 54,000 landless poor in Amaravati capital region.
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After facing initial criticism for its goof-up in rescuing the migrant workers from the state returning to their villages due to lockdown.
