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infected with the Sars-cov-2 infection.

The fire services department will launch intensive sanitation drives in the hot spots. All lockdown passes issued to the civilians will be cancelled, the DGP said. Drones will be used to keep a watch on people’s movements in densely populated areas, he added.

During the lockdown the police received information that people are moving in the narrow l anes f r om one l ocal i t y t o another. The chances of the spread of the coronavirus loom large. Barriers will be erected and police force will be deployed to check the movement of the people in the lanes, the officers said.

ACS Awanish Kumar said the state government has identified 22 hotspots in Argra, 13 in Ghaziabad; 12 each in Gautam Budh Nagar, Lucknow and Kanpur; seven in Meerut; four in Varanasi, Shamli, Saharanpur and Maharajgan; three each in Bulandshahar, Basti and Firozabad, and one in Bareilly and Sitapur.

He said the district administration will take the assistance of locals in identifying infected persons and outsiders. People should not panic as essential commodities and medicine will be supplied at their homes, Kumar added.

India is already under a threeweek, nationwide lockdown, which began on March 25. There are reports that the Centre is considering extending the lockdown after suggestions by several states, including Uttar Pradesh. Commercial rail and air travel as well as interstate travel is completely banned across the country. Only people involved in the delivery of commercial services are allowed on the road.

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(Top) A pink supermoon is seen over Belvoir castle in Leicestershire, England; (Bottom L-R) the moon seen in Mexico city; the phenomenon of "supermoon'' happens when the moon is at its closest point to the earth and looks larger than usual as seen in Moscow. AGENCIES