Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy had extended support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for candle light across the nation on April 5.
As the people continue to reel under the coronavirus-fueled lockdown, the crisis is bringing out the best among police personnel in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in their attempts to help the needy.
The massive publicity advertisement put up on Times Square in New York with YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy appealing to the Telugu people in the US with regard to Coronavirus situation has got heavy trolling from his adversaries in politics and also some NRIs.
Close on the heels of the Telangana government headed by K Chandrasekhar Rao, the YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh led by Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has also announced a big relief for the employees of three departments from the recent salary cut decision.
Another 16 Covid-19 positive cases were reported in Andhra Pradesh overnight, taking the total number of infected in the state to 180.
It is a known fact that Telugu Desam Party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu always tried to have best of both in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
In the midst of police excess during the lock down across the state, AP chief minister Jaganmohan Reddy took time to give a soft class to the State police on being people-friendly.
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.
