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Elections to 129 municipal bodies in the state put off for two months because of Coronavirus pandemic
Karnataka to hold 9-day legislative session from September 21 amidst Corona crisis
Pune: Which could possibly be the first of its kind survey in the country, the Indian Institute of Science’s education and research-led survey has now begun a study to detect ‘neutralising antibodies’ in an effort to understand the human body’s response to the virus in the city.
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The latest survey follows the recent Sero-survey in Pune which revealed that nearly 50 per cent of samples of local residents from five high-incidence areas had antibodies for coronavirus infection.
In the meantime, although Maharashtra has 1.60 lakh active Covid cases, as part of unlocking measure, the State Road Transport Corporation resumed its services from Thursday morning with the first ‘Shivneri’ bus leaving Mumbai for Pune at 7 a.m.
Just a couple of days ahead of Maharashtra’s most popular festival, Ganesh Utsav, the state also permitted resumption of inter-district bus transport service.
Meanwhile in Rajasthan, elections to 129 municipal bodies in the state were put off for two months in view of the coronavirus pandemic. In an order, the State Election Commission said the elections scheduled to be held in August 2020 had been postponed till October 20, 2020 in view of the current situation. Rajasthan has 14,671 active Covid cases, while the death toll has reached 915 with 5 more deaths reported on Wednesday.
In Karnataka, amidst corona crisis, the State cabinet decided to hold 9 days legislative session from Sept 21 . It also decided to bring amendment to Slaughter of Cows Act. Meanwhile state health department revised guidelines for containment and buffer zones. Karnataka reported 8000-plus Covid cases again on Thursday; fatalities rise in last few days taking total number of deaths stand to 4,327; total Covid positive tally rise to 2,49,590 cases.
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