The Supreme Court has asked Centre and states to consider imposing complete lockdown in the view of increasing Covid 19 cases. The direction by the apex court came on Sunday (May 2) after various sessions of COVID-19 pandemic situation hearings.  

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"We would seriously urge the Central and State Governments to consider imposing a ban on mass gatherings and super spreader events. They may also consider imposing a lockdown to curb the virus in the second wave in the interest of public welfare," said the Supreme Court.  

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"In light of the continuing surge of infections in the second wave of the pandemic, we direct the Central Government and State Governments to put on record the efforts taken to curb the spread of the virus and the measures that they plan on taking in the near future," had said in its order on Sunday.

In a big relief to the public, the Supreme Court on Sunday also directed that no patient shall be denied hospitalisation or essential drugs in any State or Union Territory for lack of local residential or identity proof.

"Left to their own devices, citizens have had to suffer immeasurable hardship. Different states and local authorities follow their own protocols. Differing standards for admission in different hospitals across the nation leads to chaos and uncertainty. The situation cannot brook any delay. Accordingly, we direct the Central Government to frame a policy in this regard, in exercise of its statutory powers under the Disaster Management Act, which will be followed nationally, " the order read. 

Meanwhile, India recorded over 3.68 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, said Union Health Ministry data on Monday morning. The 3,68,147 new infections take active COVID cases in India to 34,13,642