Covid-19: Seven big updates of the day

1 The Ministry of Home Affairs has allowed travel of certain categories of Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders to India.

2 Railway reservation is open for public in all classes of 230 trains connecting various stations in the country, the Ministry of Railways said on Friday. Bookings are available online as well as through railway reservation counters.

3 A total of 2,755,714 Covid-19 tests have been done so far in the country, Indian Council of Medical Research head scientist Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar said on Friday. He said Friday was the fourth day when more than 100,000 tests have been done in a day.

4 Air India on Friday started booking for domestic flights amid the lockdown. The airlines will operate a total of 8,428 flights each week for the next three months from May 25 to August 25. 5 Twenty-four new Covid-19 positive cases have been reported in the Border Security Force in the last 24 hours. With this the number of active cases in the force has risen to 108, BSF said. 6 The Bihar Education Department has written to all district magistrates and district education officers that the foodgrains in schools meant for the mid-day meal scheme should be used for preparing food for people housed in the quarantine centres. 7 Further relaxing the lockdown norms, the Tamil Nadu government on Friday allowed plying of autos and cycle rikshaws from May 23, with only one passenger. The government has allowed the services of autos and cycle rickshaws from 7am to 7pm. The directive does not apply to Chennai and containment zones. —