10 foreigners punished for violating Covid lockdown in Rishikesh; write 'sorry' 500 times

As India gears up for a most likely extension of lockdown, ten foreigners in Rishikesh were made to write 'I am sorry' 500 times on Saturday after y were caught breaching lockdown. tourists from America, Israel, Australia, and Mexico were asked to write imposition as a punishment after y were found roaming on banks of river Ganga without any purpose. state of Uttarakhand has reported 35 positive cases so far and has zero deaths as on Sunday. 

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Vid Sharma, police officer-in-charge of Tapowan post, said that it would be unfair to allow foreigners to take a stroll outside while locals were asked to remain indoors strictly. Furr, police officials said that y would instruct hotels in region to t let tourists outside without a local helper being with m and warned of strict legal action if this rule was flouted. lockdown is eased daily between 7 am and 1 pm in state of Uttarakhand for people to move around and buy essentials. 

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Coronavirus in India

Coronavirus cases in India have crossed 8,000 mark, as per union ministry of Health and Family Welfare. According to latest update, number of total cases in country has climbed to 8,356, while latest death toll stands at 273. On Saturday evening, Indian Council for Medical Research has put out data saying that re had been 1.79 lakh tests conducted till 9 pm that night, of which 7703 people had tested positive, with 17 thousand of those tests, or roughly one-tenth being conducted on that day itself.

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country currently is in a 21 day lockdown period that was anunced by PM Narendra Modi on March 24 and on Saturday, PM Modi met with Chief Ministers of all states via videoconference in order to assess situation and take a decision regarding extension of a lockdown. Multiple states such as Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Maharashtra have already anunced an extension till April 30. 

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