Maintain high alert in anticipation of third wave: Tamilisai
The Hindu
Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has advocated maintaining a state of high alert anticipating a third wave of the pandemic and the emergence of new highly transmissible variants of COVID-19.Ms. So
Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has advocated maintaining a state of high alert anticipating a third wave of the pandemic and the emergence of new highly transmissible variants of COVID-19. Ms. Soundarajan, who is also Telangana Governor, while chairing a video-conference to review the pandemic situation in Puducherry from Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad, told officials to act with the expectation that the third wave would be severe. Noting that amid reports of a third wave and emergence of a new variant Delta Plus that spread even more rapidly, the Lt. Governor underscored the importance of sustaining coronavirus prevention activities along with the vaccination programme. She also called for a regional survey on efficacy of curfew restrictions/relaxations and the vaccination situation, besides initiating research on samples of black fungus.With the Prajwal Revanna sexual abuse case taking new twists every day, JD(S) State president and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday appealed to the Hassan MP, who is his nephew, to return and subject himself to the legal process. This is the first time that such an appeal has been made by the family.
Amidst continuing protest over the murder of Anjali Ambiger in Hubballi, Home Minister G. Parameshwara, who visited the victim’s family on Monday, announced in a press conference that like the Neha Hiremath case, this too would be handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for inquiry.