54 and counting: Suryapet slips into red zone

Ch Sushil Rao / TNN / Updated: Apr 18, 2020, 11:39 IST

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With as many as 54 Covid-19 cases reported in Suryapet district so far, the entire Suryapet town was declared a red zone on Friday.

54 and counting: Suryapet slips into red zone

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HYDERABAD: With as many as 54 Covid-19 cases reported in Suryapet district so far, the entire Suryapet town was declared a red zone on Friday.
The decision was taken following a spurt in the number of cases. Energy minister Jagdeesh Reddy held a meeting on containing the spread of the virus in the district. Rajya Sabha member B Lingaiah, district collector Vinay Krishna Reddy and health officials discussed what needed to be done to contain the virus.

After the meeting held in the municipal corporation office, Jagdeesh Reddy said all essentials and provisions would be supplied to people in the entire town as lockdown would be strictly implemented in the town as it has been declared a red zone.

With the number of cases having gone up in the district, he urged people to voluntarily come forward and get tests done if they have any symptoms of the virus. While urging the people to follow social distancing, he said since tests had been taken up, as reports were coming now, the figures of positive cases were increasing.
Officials have been sounded on taking precautions at market yards where paddy procurement is taking place. Police pickets have been posted in all areas in Suryapet town, especially where cases have been reported. Barricades have been put up to prevent people from moving out of the areas.

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Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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