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Coronavirus lockdown: Chandigarh Police devises a “Corona trap” to tackle suspected patients and lockdown violators without touching them

OpIndia Staff - 26 April, 2020

The VIP Security wing of Chandigarh Police has made the device, which is a metal rod with a tong like structure at one end

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The curious case of Worli Koliwada containment zone being touted as a model worth emulating by the Uddhav Thackeray govt

Jinit Jain - 25 April, 2020

Times of India claimed that IMCT "felt" that Worli Koliwada can be a perfect model for the rest of the country in containing the coronavirus outbreak.

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Coronavirus scare at Rajasthan village after several Rs 500 currency notes found thrown at a villager’s house

OpIndia Staff - 24 April, 2020

An amount of 13500 rupees with some torn currency notes were found at the residence of one Ghadseiram in a Rajasthan village

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Doctors write letter flagging mismanagement of Coronavirus crisis in West Bengal, TMC MP Mahua Moitra says ‘you don’t even pay taxes’

OpIndia Staff - 24 April, 2020

Mahua Moitra took to Twitter to ridicule doctors who wrote to CM Mamata Banerjee raising concerns on the COVID-19 situation in West Bengal

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Only 18 among 57 deaths of Coronavirus positive patients are due to the virus, rest because of co-morbid conditions: West Bengal Audit Committee

OpIndia Staff - 24 April, 2020

WB Audit Committee concludes that 39 of 57 Coronavirus patients in the state died due to co-morbid conditions and not due to COVID=19

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5 of the 126 arrested for attacking the healthcare team in Bengaluru test positive for Coronavirus: Details

OpIndia Staff - 24 April, 2020

Team of health workers and BBMP officials in Bengaluru was brutally attacked by a violent mob in the Padarayanapura locality, a coronavirus hotspot.

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Bodies of suspected Coronavirus patients handed over to relatives by Mumbai’s Nair Hospital before test results were out, some test positive later: Report

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2020

The BMC Nair Hospital released the dead bodies of suspected Coronavirus positive patients before their test results came in.

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#IndiaFightsCorona: 78 districts in 23 states and UTs have not reported a fresh coronavirus case in last 14 days

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2020

12 districts across India have not registered a single new coronavirus case in 28 days.

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West Bengal: Days after video of suspected coronavirus patients sitting next to dead bodies goes viral, govt bans mobile phones in hospitals

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2020

Twitter users claimed that the mobile phone ban has come after a viral video exposed the government's apathy at MR Bangur hospital where corpses of coronavirus patients were kept in close proximity of other individuals.

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