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Twenty-five people died in the past one week at village Itarra in Ghatampur tehsil of Kanpur district after developing flu-like symptoms, residents say.
Patara, Paras, Bhadras and Jahangirabad all villages in Ghatampur have each lost at least 10 people to suspected Covid around the same period.
These are small villages, each with a population between 500 and 1,000. None of them had witnessed a single Covid death during the outbreak’s first wave last year, residents told The Telegraph.
But the second wave seems to be playing havoc in rural Uttar Pradesh although the state government seems to have no figures, especially the death toll, which earned it a rap from Allahabad High Court on Tuesday.
Updated May 16, 2021 · 10:59 am Naga Sadhus take a holy dip in the waters of the Ganges River on April 12 in Haridwar. | AFP/Money Sharma
The World Health Organization has linked the surge in coronavirus cases in India to religious and political gatherings in the country. In its weekly epidemiological update on the pandemic released on Tuesday, the health body flagged flouting of Covid-19 norms in such events.
“A recent risk assessment of the situation in India conducted by WHO found that resurgence and acceleration of Covid-19 transmission in India had several potential contributing factors, including increase in the proportion of cases of SARS-CoV-2 variants with potentially increased transmissibility; several religious and political mass gathering events which increased social mixing and, under use of and reduced adherence to public health and social measures” the document noted.
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A two-judge bench comprising Justice Siddharth Verma and Justice Ajit Kumar made this observation while hearing a PIL on the spread of the pandemic in the State The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday observed that the amount of compensation for polling officers, who died due to COVID-19 during Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh, is very less and the compensation must at least be to the tune of ₹1 crore. A two-judge bench comprising Justice Siddharth Verma and Justice Ajit Kumar made this observation while hearing a Public Interest Litigation on the spread of the pandemic in the State and conditions of quarantine centres.
Prayagraj: Keeping in view the rise in Covid-19 cases and apprehension to life of the accused, police and jail personnel, the Allahabad High Court on Monday directed that alleged offenders may be given anticipatory bail for a limited period to ensure that they do not spread the coronavirus inside jails after being sent there.
Anticipatory bail is granted to a person against whom an FIR has been lodged, and apprehending his arrest he approaches the subordinate courts or high court against the same. While granting anticipatory bail, the court directs that in case of arrest, the alleged offender will be enlarged on anticipatory bail. Allowing an anticipatory bail plea of one Prateek Jain of Ghaziabad, Justice Siddharth passed this order, while allowing anticipatory bail plea to the petitioner for a limited period. Prateek Jain is accused in a cheating case.