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TopicQuarantine centers

Topic: Quarantine centers

If Hong Kong wants zero Covid strategy to succeed, it must improve its quarantine rules

It’s increasingly difficult to find a clear, logical justification for policies, which at this point are defensive and rooted in fear. The govt must improve its quarantine system.

Registration, Covid test, mass quarantine — how Assam’s Dhubri coped with big migrant influx

After lockdown was enforced, Assam's Dhubri district administration set up makeshift testing and quarantine facilities to cope with the influx of migrants returning home.

Cannot allow home isolation for mild Covid patients since they are carriers: UP govt to SC

Uttar Pradesh government also said that it has 'sufficient infrastructure' for all Covid-positive patients in the state.

Village level quarantine centres are ‘the worst’: Uttarakhand HC asks state to fund gram sabhas

A survey of quarantine centres at village level was done by the district legal services authority following the Uttarakhand High Court's order last month.

Detaining people in quarantine centres after negative Covid test violates Article 21: HC

The Allahabad High Court also directed that a 3-member committee be formed in every district to ensure effective functioning of quarantine centres.

Quarantine centres in UP are so bad they have become ‘torture camps’, says Akhilesh Yadav 

The SP chief also demanded that the government makes public the account of its expenditure in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

On Camera

Why Modi, BJP should worry about bad blood between CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Rahul Gandhi

If there is bad blood between the CEC and the Opposition leaders, it will shake the people’s faith in election results. It’s the worst thing that could happen to Indian democracy.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?