Patna courts closed for santisation

All courts in Patna have been closed for two days from Wednesday for santisation. District and Sessions Judge of Patna, Rudra Pratap Mishra, on Wednesday issued an order directing closure of all courts at Patna, Danapur and Patna City for two days. A decision was taken following information received by the DJ that one of the lawyer, Vijay Bhanu has tested corona positive.

DJ in his order said Viay Bhanu, a member of the Bar Association was in in an isolation ward for treatment of Corona.

He said all court buildings, including offices shall remain shut for sanitation.

According to the order, urgent bail matters would be heard through virtual hearing from residences of judicial officers only. Court had opened yesterday allowing physical appearance of the lawyers. In Patna High Court, urgent matters are being heard through virtual hearing only.

Meanwhile, the number of Corona positive patients crossed 10,000 marks on Wednesday, when 10,076 patients were found positive till date. Health Minister, Mangal Pandey said so far 768 people have died.Two died in Nalanda Medical College Hospital, a dedicated Covid hospital at Patna. Minister claimed samples of 2.28 lakh people have been collected so far and it has been found one out of every 22,000 22 was Corona positive in Bihar.

Following a strong warning note issued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his speech on Tuesday, safety measures have been intensified in Bihar. Security and health staff are allowing entry to government servants and officers to the four buildings of State Secretariat here after complete thermal screening and sanitation. Employees with masks were allowed entry and those not having it were instantly supplied by the health staff.