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Uttar Pradesh: Covid-19 test mandatory for passengers coming from these States

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Uttar Pradesh is likely to take an important decision for people coming from the states with a higher prevalence of COVID-19 infections in the country. The UP Additional Chief Secretary (Health), Amit Mohan Prasad, said in a letter on Friday (February 26) that the state may make the COVID-19 test mandatory for visitors from Kerala and Maharashtra in its bid to tighten restrictions in the wake of increasing cases.

Prasad, in his letter, suggested that the symptomatic passengers should undergo an RT-PCR test and all passengers arriving from Kerala and Maharashtra be tested for coronavirus through an antigen test. The letter was addressed to the state government and said that surveillance measures were going to increase for visitors from these states.

All passengers arriving in the state via rail routes shall follow the same protocol. The government will get information about passengers coming by rail route or via buses etc. from the concerned transport authority and will monitor and test the passengers as per the requirement,” said the letter.

The letter also mentioned that instructions were going to be made to put promotional material in all the districts of the state. It would also mention the contact number of the Chief Medical Officer of the district and the District Surveillance Unit.

It is in line with the decision of some other states that have made a COVID-19 test mandatory for passengers arriving from states that are seeing a surge in cases recently.

To keep the pandemic situation in check, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Friday 24 deputed high-level multi-disciplinary teams to such states to support them for adequate public health measures for coronavirus management.

The central ministry also suggested that all the states and union territories conduct a regular critical review of the coronavirus situation with district officials so that the progress made in terms of the COVID-19 response was not lost.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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