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.
After facing initial criticism for its goof-up in rescuing the migrant workers from the state returning to their villages due to lockdown.
The number of Covid-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh rose to 132 on Thursday as 21 more persons tested positive for the virus, officials said.
In what can be an alarming situation in Andhra Pradesh, as many as 67 positive cases of Coronavirus were reported in the state within 24 hours.
In the biggest spike in Covid-19 cases in a single day, as many as 67 persons tested positive in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 111.
Another man under treatment for Covid-19 at Hyderabad's Gandhi Hospital died on Wednesday, taking the death toll in Telangana to seven.
The spread of Coronavirus across the world has created a lot fear psychosis among the people.
Stating that there is no stigma attached to people affected by COVID-19 as it is similar to any other infection that can be easily cured if timely treatment is obtained, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy urged all those who travelled to the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi, their family members and their contacts to come forward for medical tests.
YSR Congress party MLA from Nagari, actress and anchor R K Roja might be a loud-mouth politician known for his pungent comments against her political rivals, but many a time, she has proved that she is very kind at heart.
Thanks to a network of village and ward volunteers it had put in place on Independence Day this year, the Andhra Pradesh government has been able to smoothly execute its coronavirus containment measures and deliver social welfare schemes.
The sudden spurt in the number of Coronavirus positive cases in the last 12 hours in Andhra Pradesh sent the people and the state government in a tizzy.
The two media heads in Andhra Pradesh are known for opening relief fund accounts and collecting funds from the people in every disaster.
As many as 43 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in Andhra Pradesh since Tuesday night, taking the overall count to 87 in the state, the government said.
Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister Amjad Basha denied he visited Tablighi Jamaat event at Delhi's Nizamuddin during his March 2 visit to the national capital.