"lockdown"

Kirana stores and other business establishments will be opened twice from 6 am to 11 am and 5 pm to 7 pm

The state government have imposed extensive COVID-19 curbs in addition to measures like a weekend lockdown and night curfew till May 15.

As per the guidelines only pharmaceutical shops are allowed to function during the weekend lockdown.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had announced a state-wide lockdown till May 16 to tackle the second wave of COVID-19 situation in the state.

"The total lockdown will be enforced from 4 am on May 10 to 4 am on May 24," Chief Minister M K Stalin said.

The decision to advance the summer vacation was taken after a review meeting with the deans and heads convened by the Vice-Chancellor

Through the findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the researchers analyzed more palatable alternatives to the kind of social distancing mandates that threw a wrench at how businesses, schools and even family gatherings work.

Religious places will remain closed, and people are requested to carry out religious activities at home during the lockdown.

Areas with high caseloads will be declared micro-level containment zones

The Pinarayi Vijayan government decided to clamp the complete shutdown in the wake of severe spike in the positive cases.

During the lockdown period, all transportation services except those operating for emergencies remain shut and markets remain closed.

The vaccination drive against COVID-19 in the state will continue in all districts from Monday to Saturday, during the lockdown period.

The decision of the Chief Minister came after Patna High Court on Monday asked the state government to control the COVID-19 situation.

Rohit Manchanda of Houze of Gigs says his sessions get many together digitally.

Gandhi has been pushing for the implementation of the party's proposed Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY) providing minimum income guarantee to vulnerable sections.

Dr Fauci said the world can help by supplying India with materials and perhaps even personnel that they need to adequately address it.

Earlier, weekend curfew was enforced in nine districts of the state.

Barring weekends, essential commodities would be available on all other days during the two-week-long lockdown, the order issued by Chief Secretary S C Mohapatra said.

The state clocked a 50 per cent positivity rate on Thursday when out of 5,910 samples tested for coronavirus, 3,019 returned positive, health department data showed.

If resilience is understood as the ability to see positives in the midst of a negative situation, then many of the study's participants demonstrated resilience during that time, the researchers said.