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The development came after the director and senior scientists at the laboratory tested positive for the virus over the last five days.

Police said constable Shiv Kumar of PCR wing reported that he, along with home guard volunteer Ravinder, was on patrolling duty when they saw five persons standing at Mauli Jagran village.

Adviser Manoj Parida said, "Decision on weekend lockdown and longer lockdown will be taken in war room meeting headed by Administrator V P Singh Badnore Friday. Night curfew timing will continue to be 10 pm to 5 am."

Sources said that the UT Administrator has asked the police department to look into the possibilities, which can allow the administration to use these antiviral injections, which are already out of stock in this time of pandemic.

Reports of shortage have been received from different parts of the state. WhatsApp groups are flooded with SOS calls from people asking for Itolizumab and Tocilizumab injections that are used to mitigate an immune reaction called ‘cytokine storm’ in Covid patients.

The tally of cases in the city increased to 35,770, with 4,125 active cases and the death toll rose to 423.

Brigadier Rashpal Singh Parmar (retd), of the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME), was a resident of Paschim Vihar in New Delhi.

Two brothers, Shabudeen Ansari, 35, Sarif Ansari, 26, and their associate, Talib Ansari, 28, were arrested from two villages in Jamtara district on April 9.

As per data, from January 1 to April 20 this year, there have been 432 patients in the age group of 0-10 years, making up 2.83 per cent of the total cases.

Manufactured by a Switzerland-based company and marketed by Cipla in India, one vial of the drug is priced above Rs 40,000, yet, it is not available in the Chandigarh market for two weeks now.

Sources in GMCH-32 said that though Dr Ravi Gupta's father had tested positive on April 8, he continued to attend office.

While cases were reported from all sectors, Manimajra reported 53 new cases, Sector 40 had 29 cases, Sectors 37 reported 22 cases, Sector 22 had 19 cases, Sector 41 reported 16 cases, Sector 7, 21, 19 has 14 cases each

Major Ashish Saurabh Sharma of Rajasthan stated that he booked a residential apartment in the project of Sushma Buildtech Limited named ‘Sushma Crescent’, at Gazipur village, Zirakpur, Mohali, Punjab, in a total price which was fixed at Rs 55.77 lakh.

At least 3,000 Remdesivir injections were seized from the pharmaceutical company, Health Biotech Limited, in Baddi.

The victim was identified as Vijender Kumar, a resident of Bapu Dham Colony in Sector 26. Police said that victim was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident and had received severe head injuries.