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YS Jagan Mohan Reddy

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Untitled Carousel Andhra Pradesh: Deputy CM says Corona cases just 26 in state if Delhi returnees haven't added Barely a week after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy appealed to people not to view the Coronavirus cases on account of Delhi returnees from a religious angle, his deputy K Narayana Swamy made controversial comments on the Markaz participants.

Untitled Carousel Lockdown: Telangana CM KCR for extension, Andhra Pradesh's YS Jagan for relaxation "While I support the steps being taken by the Centre to contain the COVID-19 situation, I also feel that the wheel of the economy should continue to run, if not at full speed, but to the extent of providing basic necessities to the people," he said.

: Thegovernment has taken a decision to distribute masks to all citizens. Each of the 5.3 croreof the state will get three masks. Thus, close to 16 crore masks will be supplied.Chief ministerdirected the officials to complete distribution of the masks as quickly as possible.Neighbouring Telangana has made masks mandatory for all when they venture out of homes.Jagan was on Sunday reviewing theconditions and preparedness of the administration.Village and ward volunteers in the state have completed third round of door-to-door survey of people for Coronavirus symptoms. In the third survey that covered 1.43 crore out of the total 1.47 crore families, the volunteers found symptoms in 32,349 persons. Localandreferred them to doctors. The doctors felt need for Coronavirus tests for 9,107 persons. However, the CM instructed the health department to conduct tests on all the 32,349 to leave no scope for suspicion.The health officials are gearing up to conduct Coronavirus tests on 45,000 people in areas (red and orange zones) where from Covid19 positive cases surfaced.The CM asked the health administration to lay special focus on senior citizens, people with diabetes, BP and other complications.Meanwhile, the state has reported 417 positive cases as of Sunday morning. Of them 13 are foreign returnees and 12 are their contacts. As many as 199 Delhi returnees and 161 of their contacts tested positive.The other 32 are those who came from other states or their primary contacts.