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Foxconn suspends operations of 2 factories in China amid COVID-19 restrictions

United News of India (UNI) — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 06:38:03 +0000

Beijing, April 25: Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn, Apple’s main supplier of electronic components, has suspended operations of two factories in the eastern city of Kunshan due to Covid-19 restrictions, Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post reported on Monday. In April, Taiwanese company Pegatron, which assembles iPhone smartphones for Apple. Suspended the operation of two factories in the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Kunshan. Amid an outbreak of Covid-19. Since Wednesday, the activities of two factories were suspended. As new coronavirus cases were detected at the plants, the newspaper said. The shutdown of factories will put Apple’s supply chains in mainland China in a complicated situation, the newspaper noted, adding that several other Apple suppliers in the country also halted production due to Covid-19 restrictions.

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Tamil Nadu govt extends COVID-19 restrictions till August 23, Details here

Aayushi Singh — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 15:22:10 +0000

On Friday, the Tamil Nadu Government has extended the COVID-19 related lockdown in the state till August 23 while adding new restrictions, to keep in check the number of people at the places of worship, the government had said that the religious places would be shut for devotees on Friday, Saturday, and Sundays.

The State has also planned on reopening of schools from September 1, for class 9 to class 12 students with only 50 per cent capacity.

From August 16, all the medical and nursing colleges in the state would be allowed to reopen and the guidelines would be issued soon for the same.

Action against shops would be taken against shops that violate the guidelines of COVID-19 issued by the government, said the Stalin Government.

The Tamil Nadu Government had allowed only 50 per cent of students in the industrial training institutions, industrial schools, etc in the previous relaxation order issued, however, the schools, colleges, theatres, bars, and swimming pools were closed.

On Thursday, Tamil Nadu was registered with over 1,997 fresh cases of the COVID-19 virus which had pushed the cases to 25,69,398 and 33 people died due to the virus which had made the total death count to 34,230. 28 of the 33 deaths due to the virus had died in government facilities and 5 deaths occurred in private health care facilities. 9 people who had died had no pre-existing illness.

Mussoorie: tourists restricted with 30-minutes time period to visit Kempty Falls

Aayushi Singh — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 06:46:38 +0000

Only 50 tourists will be allowed to bathe at Mussoorie’s famous Kempty falls with a maximum permissible time of 30 minutes.

Iva Ashish Shrivastava, District Magistrate, said that the district administration had taken the decision in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. She said that there would be a time limit set for thirty minutes for each bather and also mentioned that an air horn would be used as a signal for the exit time.

This news came after a viral video showed a large number of tourists bathing in the fall without wearing masks or maintaining the social distancing norms.

In places like the Kuldi Bazar and Mal Road which have often been crowded showed people not following the COVID-19 imposed restrictions nor wearing masks. A similar pattern was seen in Nainital where due to an increase in the number of tourists, the distancing norms were unable to be followed.

The Union Health Ministry said this week that they raised concern over reports of people flocking to the hill stations and various tourist destinations in large numbers. It had been referred to as revenge travel by Lav Agarwal, the secretary (MoHFW).

The popular hill stations like Mussoorie, Shimla, Narkanda, Manali, Kufri, Dalhousie, were witnessing the arrival of tourists in a large quantity who had been looking to get rid of the rising warm temperatures in the northern sides.